Street Dogs- Savin Hill LP

In 1999, Mike McColgan shocked the musical community by leaving the groundbreaking and successful Dropkick Murphys to pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a Boston firefighter. Do Or Die, McColgan's last record with the Dropkicks remains a punk rock classic. Still an active fireman in Boston, and living in the blue-collar, Irish catholic neighborhood Dorchester, Mike McColgan never stopped writing music and was ready to hit the stage and studio immediately. The band then recruited well-known Boston punk bassist Johnny Rioux and the lineup was finally complete. Johnny had played bass with The Bruisers (the current DKM singers' previous band) and most recently Epitaph/Hellcat band Roger Miret and The Disasters. Formed in 2002, the band's goal was to take punk and rock influences they had grown up with, mix melody, power, and a real, honest portrayal of the world and put it on record to take to the masses. The result is explosive and infectious. Their debut album, Savin Hill has 15 powerful, jump out of your seat, sing-along anthems clocking in at just over 40 minutes. Dig a little deeper into Street Dogs, and you'll find 4 guys tired of the cookie cutter, bubble gum, TRL, excuse for punk rock. Street Dogs are proof positive that it is still possible to have catchy angst driven songs set to a real life lyrical backdrop.