Portland's original Irish folk punk sea shanties from HELL!!!
Rum Rebellion began as an all-acoustic project in January 2005. At first we played all traditional Irish tunes and sea shanties, Within a year we added drums and electric bass, started writing our own tunes, and began playing shows. "Cruisin' For A Boozin'", the first (and only) full-length recording, was independently released in Nov. 2006. In 2007 we started playing out-of-town shows in Oregon and Washington. We embarked on three tours in 2008 and two in 2009. 2009 also saw the addition of electric guitar and the release of "Pick Yer Poison", a split album with our comrades Hammered Grunts on Rodent Popsicle Records. Plans for 2010 include a West Coast US tour in March, a 2nd full-length recording to be released in July, and a full tour of either Europe or the US following the release.
Many talented musicians have played a variety of instruments with Rum Rebellion during our existence, including five drummers (what the hell is it with drummers?), fiddle, accordian, and bouzouki. Our current instrumentation includes acoustic guitar, electric guitar, tin whistle, mandolin, banjo, piano accordian, bass, and drums. It's been one hell of a ride with so many different talents contributing at different points in the band's history. We're all very grateful for everyone that has played with us!
CHEERS to everyone who has come to our shows, gotten shitfaced, thrown down in the pit, and supported us on the way! Several tours & new tracks are on the way for 2010!
Pick Yer Poison PROFANE EXISTANCE Review
Two Portland bands here on another Rodent Popsicle / Pyrate Punx split release. My brother said he saw RUM REBELLION a while back and said I wouldn’t like them. Well…I, much like this CD, am split. I really like the guys voice, he has a cool singing voice that isn’t raspy or snotty, it’s just cool. I dig the Irish jig, pirate howdown, folk thing they have going on and they are incredibly talented. The arrangements are really cool, a lot of fun and I like how strong the backing vocals are and their ability to play off of the main vocal. But…They lost me when they started shouting “Oi, Oi, Oi”. The lyrics are pretty lighthearted and they state on their site they are not into being political they are more into Punk, Skin and Hooligan unity. HAMMERED GRUNTS share a drummer with RUM REBELION and play more straight forward street punk type stuff. Songs about being punk and pissed pretty much make up their half of this disc. Whenever a band enters into a split they, sometimes unfairly, risk being compared to the other band and on this split CD RUM REBELLION takes the (rum?) cake. Even with their chants of “Oi”. (Clusterfuxjosh)
Pick Yer Poison MAXIMUM ROCK 'N' ROLL - March 2010 Review:
Six tracks apiece from these, er, "pirate-friendly" Portland bands, including a cover each of the others band's song - both of which (original and cover) are included here. Rather cool, actualy. RUM REBELLION has that folk-punk thingy down real good; acoustic (and electric) guitar, tin whistle, mandolin, etc. Fortunately, they dont claim to be Irish, so no weird/phony accents, just some rollickingly good punkified reels and jigs in there with the melodic punk. Somewhat akin to the best of the REAL MACKENZIES if you switched out the bagpipes for a mandolin. HAMMERED GRUNTS play a much more straight-ahead, driving punk/thrash with shouted vocals. Their RUM REBELLION cover has some fantastic lead guitar work. Well worth walking the plank for.
