my apologies if this has been posted before, because of this server crap i can't read certain pages of this thread.
i listen to a lot of punk rock containing an element of irish and scottish traditional folk music - either re-worked "punkified" traditional songs, or just punk rock songs with various instruments (ie. bagpipes) associated with the countries.
i post on another board, which is dedicated to helping out smaller not-too-well-known bands hook up with people to play shows and generally get the word out about their bands, and there are quite a few bands that incorporate that kind of sound into their style of punk rock, ranging from pogues sound-a-likes to straight-up street punk with bagpipes.
so, about a week or two ago, some kid from scotland posted a ranting thread about how americans are so stupid that they don't realize that people actually from scotland and ireland are offended by what these bands are doing. they hate the real mckenzies for wearing traditional dress incorrectly, or they hate them for being canadian yet trying to sing in a hilariously fake scottish accent. this kid's post raelly pissed off a lot of the scottish-american and irish-american posters on the board who felt they were being attacked for just having pride in their heritage.
what i was wondering is, do you have any idea what i'm talking about? as someone actually from scotland, do these bands piss you off?
