IRISH ROVER AND THE CREW, THE STORY BEHIND THE NAME ::

IRISH ROVER AND THE CREW ®, the genuine Irish punk rock performer & band was founded in 2005. by Irish Rover( better known as OIrishRover to many ), art. Rover MacGowan MacChroi, lead singer and lyricist, as victim of geography under given circumstances stuck in southeastern Europe, Serbia, Belgrade. With Shane MacGowan as the crucial influence the story is intented to feature STRONGLY INDIVIDUAL IRISH SPIRITED ATTITUDE AND PUNK ROCK EXPRESSION OF ROVER'S WITH SUPPORTING IRISH PUNK ROCK BAND(MEMBERS OF THE CREW) AND THAT IN ALL MEANS GOAL OF CREATING WORLDWIDE TOP RATED IRISH MUSIC PERFORMANCE. OIrish punk rock carries extreme energy, pure emotions, both in fast and slow songs, its the real life talking, philosophy of life, without pretending, faking, acting, posing and that takes rare people who are in the story 101%, with heart and soul included. No poseurs here, no feckin' way, to hell with poseurs & rednecks legions for they are many! The essence people not surface people! Essence punk not surface junk! OIrish punk rock ain't a job position, greedy opportunity, hobby or whatever but top positioned expression within spiritual ladder. OIrish punk rock is far from beeing bunch of people just knowing beats and wires! Due to wrong place of creation, far from Ireland and any Irish music roots and people who are to be found in many countries besides Ireland but so far not in Serbia, the story suffered very much from the starts. After enormous efforts and persuit so far, it was the complete lack of Irish musicians I have found in Belgrade, Serbia which led to lack of opportunity to choose, leading to breaking points, small number of gigs and real recorded material with "candidates" for The Crew who had every possible motives but the ones needed for the true Irish band. Due to situation wrong choices sadly followed. And the result? The complete dissapointment, discrace and loss of time with those who in attitude, spirit, devotion, style etc. rather matched Shaban(Serbian turbo folk cultural terorism "music" created under Slobodan Milosevic, the No. 1 European dictator after world war II) than the work of Shane whose songs are the starting point(tribute to Shane MacGowan until reaching enough of Rover's authentic songs for performing). The invitation for cooperation follows and its for worldwide musicians, no matter what country they're from BUT honesty, devotion and real feelings for this story come No. 1 and are a must! Irish Rover And The Crew is an enormous potential story, purest Irish punk rock band to be, and it will happen sooner or later, but with real people, real Crew, there were too many attempts by wrong people to put the idea down, to compromise with the essence, Irish music, Ireland, punk rock etc. but there can and never will be any compromise with the greatest stuff in the world! And when time comes the story will happen where and with whom Irish punk rock music is appreciated in its true meaning. For good people my doors are always widely opened. Irish Rover And The Crew story remains the only genuine Irish punk rock music performer & band in Southeastern Europe with Irish Rover as the only genuine Irish lead singer in Belgrade, Serbia. Future gigs are based on finding suitable Crew members or solo performance. Worldwide support and offers are needed more than ever! With Paddy's furious devotion for you! Slainte.