Rum Rebellion (album)
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Rum Rebellion is the debut album
Album
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 by the Australia
Australia
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n folk punk
Folk punk
Folk punk , is a fusion of folk music and punk rock. It was pioneered in the late 1970s and early 1980s by The Pogues in Britain and Violent Femmes in America. Folk punk achieved some mainstream success in that decade...

 band Mutiny
Mutiny (band)
Mutiny are an Australian folk punk band based in Melbourne. Their slogan is "Folk punk for punk folk".They first formed in 1991 and have performed in Australia, Europe and the US. The original members were Chris Patches , Greg Stainsby , Briony Grigg , and Alice Green...

. It was released in 1997 by Deported Records in Australia. It was reissued in the U.S. on Hell's Ditch Records in 1999 and again in 2002 on Fistolo Records. Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
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-based Irish punk band Rum Rebellion cites both this album and the Australian rebellion of the same name
Rum Rebellion
The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of government in Australia's history. The Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh, was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston, working closely with John Macarthur, on 26 January 1808, 20...

 as inspiration for their band name.

Track listing

  1. "Bligh" - 3:42
  2. "Girlz on the Fiddle" - 2:56
  3. "High on the Hill" - 4:08
  4. "Here's to Adventure" - 0:54
  5. "Take a Chance" - 3:09
  6. "Knife" - 4:30
  7. "These Streets" - 3:38
  8. "Bodgy Tatts" - 2:32
  9. "Drink to Better Days" - 5:23
  10. "Enjoy It While It Lasts" - 2:55
  11. "Diddly Squat" - 1:52

Credits

  • Alice - bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Chris - vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

    , drums
    Drum kit
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  • Greg - acoustic
    Acoustic guitar
    An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...

     and electric guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

    , mandolin
    Mandolin
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    , vocals
  • Michelle - 5 string violin
    Violin
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    , vocals
  • Briony - vocals, acoustic 12 string guitar, mandolin, tin whistle
    Tin whistle
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With guests

  • Dan Green - piano accordion
    Piano accordion
    A piano accordion is an accordion equipped with a right-hand keyboard similar to a piano or organ. Its acoustic mechanism is more similar to that of an organ than a piano, as they are both wind instruments, but the term "piano accordion"—coined by Guido Deiro in 1910—has remained the popular...

  • Gus McMillan - banjo
    Banjo
    In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...

  • Dave Corbet - trumpet
    Trumpet
    The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

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