Biography
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Black 47
3 follower
Origin :
United States
Genres :
Celtic punk
Celtic rock
Irish rebel music
Labels :
EMI
Mercury
Shanachie
Tim Kerr
Years active :
1989–2014
Members :
Geoffrey Blythe
Thomas Hamlin
Larry Kirwan
Joseph Mulvanerty
Fred Parcells
Joseph "Bearclaw" Burcaw
Past members :
Chris Byrne
Andrew Goodsight
Kevin Jenkins
David Conrad
Website :
black47.com
Black 47 were a New York City based celtic rock band with Irish Republican sympathies, whose music also shows influence from reggae, hip hop, folk and jazz. The band was formed in 1989 by Larry Kirwan and Chris Byrne, and derives its name from a traditional term for the summer of 1847, the worst year of the Great Irish Famine.
