The Ducky Boys
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The Ducky Boys are a street punk
band from Boston
, Massachusetts
. Since forming in 1995 in the Charlestown
neighborhood of Boston, the band has spanned over ten years with two tenures that have led to four full-length albums and over 50 songs. The band derives its name from the name of an Irish street gang in the 1979 movie, "The Wanderers
". (There is also another punk band by the same name: The Ducky Boys from Brooklyn, NY formed in the early 1980s and are featured on the "Staring Down the Barrel" compilation, which features over a dozen tracks by very obscure, unknown punk bands from '79 through '83.)
Lead on bass
and vocals
by band frontman Mark Lind
and drums
by mainstay Jason Messina, while featuring a rotating cast of guitarists, the band released four full length albums before being placed on hiatus by Lind in early 2007. The band is scheduled to perform in September 2007.
Over the last ten years, the band's sound has evolved from quick punk riffs to more stripped down rock music and a developing message of social consciousness. However, the band's influences, which include Rancid
, Social Distortion
, The Clash
, Bruce Springsteen
, and dozens of other punk and rock n' roll bands, still remains a prevalent element in the band's sound. http://www.thorprecords.com/bands/theduckyboys.php
with Dropkick Murphys
and within two years, the band was picked up by GMM records.
The band's first album, No Gettin' Out
, was recorded at Salad Days Studio
, Boston, and was released in January 1997. Featuring the song "I'll Rise Up", the album was composed of 15 tracks that totaled a length of almost 39 minutes.
would help define the band and eventually increase their status in the punk rock community. Featuring songs such as "These Are The Days" and "I've Got My Friends", the album was widely praised and deemed a street punk classic.
However, as Lind stated in a recent interview, "we didn't know what we were doing" soon after the release of Dark Days. "We thought bigger than we actually were", Lind further stated and as a result, the band soon experienced turmoil over the future direction and would eventually break up though they would remain on and off until 2002. http://www.punknews.org/article/18011
. Under the production of Jim Siegel, the album has a clear, big, professional sound found in both the punk shout outs and melodic rock n' roll type songs. http://www.punknews.org/review/3484
The album features a punk influenced cover of the notable song "Stand By Me". Lind's song writing was widely acclaimed and the album as a whole proved to be a huge success in both sales and popularity.
. The album was more of a group presentation with several lyrics written by Sullivan and a more complex drum sound. The album features both punk and blues elements with influences by both The Clash and Dropkick Murphys
clearly heard with the message again evokes social themes of political, social, and economic magnitude. It received relatively positive reviews. http://www.punknews.org/review/5247
The 12 song album features "Celebrate", "Bombs Away and "The Middle Children of History", which all exhibit the developing style and message of the band; and especially focusing on topics such as poverty and the war in Iraq
.
The album is the first of a two album contract with Sailor's Grave Records.
Former members
Street punk
Street punk is a working class-based genre of punk rock which took shape in the early 1980s, partly as a rebellion against the perceived artistic pretensions of the first wave of British punk. Street punk emerged from the Oi! style, performed by bands such as Sham 69, Angelic Upstarts, Cockney...
band from Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. Since forming in 1995 in the Charlestown
Charlestown, Massachusetts
Charlestown is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and is located on a peninsula north of downtown Boston. Charlestown was originally a separate town and the first capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; it became a city in 1847 and was annexed by Boston on January 5, 1874...
neighborhood of Boston, the band has spanned over ten years with two tenures that have led to four full-length albums and over 50 songs. The band derives its name from the name of an Irish street gang in the 1979 movie, "The Wanderers
The Wanderers (1979 film)
The Wanderers is a 1979 greaser film based on the novel by Richard Price .-Overview:...
". (There is also another punk band by the same name: The Ducky Boys from Brooklyn, NY formed in the early 1980s and are featured on the "Staring Down the Barrel" compilation, which features over a dozen tracks by very obscure, unknown punk bands from '79 through '83.)
Lead on bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and 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...
by band frontman Mark Lind
Mark Lind
Mark Lind is a singer/songwriter from Charlestown, Massachusetts. He released his debut studio album Death or Jail in early 2006. Lind is also the front-man and bassist of Boston punk band The Ducky Boys. His most recent solo release, an EP titled Compulsive Fuck Up was released in March 2007...
and drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
by mainstay Jason Messina, while featuring a rotating cast of guitarists, the band released four full length albums before being placed on hiatus by Lind in early 2007. The band is scheduled to perform in September 2007.
Over the last ten years, the band's sound has evolved from quick punk riffs to more stripped down rock music and a developing message of social consciousness. However, the band's influences, which include Rancid
Rancid (band)
Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1991. Founded by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, both of whom previously played in the ska punk band Operation Ivy, Rancid is credited—along with Green Day and The Offspring—for reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the...
, Social Distortion
Social Distortion
Social Distortion is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California. The band currently consists of Mike Ness , Jonny Wickersham , Brent Harding and David Hidalgo, Jr...
, The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
, Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
, and dozens of other punk and rock n' roll bands, still remains a prevalent element in the band's sound. http://www.thorprecords.com/bands/theduckyboys.php
Formation and early years
The band was formed in 1995 by Lind (age 18), Messina (age 19), and former guitarist Mike Marsden (age 17). The band's first two songs were "White Slum" and "Pride". The band soon recorded their first official release in a 7" splitSplit album
A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
with Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys are an Irish-American punk rock band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1996. The band was initially signed to independent punk record label Hellcat Records, releasing five albums for the label, and making a name for themselves locally through constant playing and yearly St....
and within two years, the band was picked up by GMM records.
The band's first album, No Gettin' Out
No Gettin' Out
No Gettin' Out is the first studio album of The Ducky Boys. It was recorded and released in 1997.-Track listing:All songs written by Mark Lind, except where noted.# "I'll Rise Up" – 2:25...
, was recorded at Salad Days Studio
Brian McTernan
Brian McTernan is a record producer who has worked with bands from all over the world. He works out of the Baltimore, MD area at Salad Days Studio. Brian was voted to be one of the 50 most influential people in Maryland by the Maryland Daily Record...
, Boston, and was released in January 1997. Featuring the song "I'll Rise Up", the album was composed of 15 tracks that totaled a length of almost 39 minutes.
Dark Days
Soon after the release of No Getting Out, the band, plus guitarist Mike O'Leary, returned to the studio. Recorded between February and March 1998, the album Dark DaysDark Days (The Ducky Boys album)
Dark Days is the second studio album of The Ducky Boys. It was recorded between February and March 1998 at The Outpost in Stoughton, Massachusetts. This is the band's second of two albums with GMM Records and the last album before the band broke up for five years before re-forming in 2003...
would help define the band and eventually increase their status in the punk rock community. Featuring songs such as "These Are The Days" and "I've Got My Friends", the album was widely praised and deemed a street punk classic.
However, as Lind stated in a recent interview, "we didn't know what we were doing" soon after the release of Dark Days. "We thought bigger than we actually were", Lind further stated and as a result, the band soon experienced turmoil over the future direction and would eventually break up though they would remain on and off until 2002. http://www.punknews.org/article/18011
Three Chords and the Truth
After almost five years, which saw several successful side-projects by Lind, Sinners and Saints and Dirty Water, the band permanently re-formed in 2003. Gone were Marsden and O'Leary with former The Eleventh Hour lead singer Douglas Sullivan taking over on lead guitar.http://www.punknews.org/article/18011 With this soon came the recording of the band's third album, entitled Three Chords and the TruthThree Chords and the Truth (The Ducky Boys album)
Three Chords and the Truth is the third studio album of The Ducky Boys. It was recorded and released in 2004. The group reverted back to a three piece band with a big, professional recorded sound for the album...
. Under the production of Jim Siegel, the album has a clear, big, professional sound found in both the punk shout outs and melodic rock n' roll type songs. http://www.punknews.org/review/3484
The album features a punk influenced cover of the notable song "Stand By Me". Lind's song writing was widely acclaimed and the album as a whole proved to be a huge success in both sales and popularity.
The War Back Home
Lind began writing shortly after the release of Three Chords and within a year, production began on the band's fourth album The War Back HomeThe War Back Home
The War Back Home is the fourth studio album of The Ducky Boys. It was recorded and released in 2006. The album was a total band collaboration with lyrics written by both bassist Mark Lind and guitarist Douglas Sullivan...
. The album was more of a group presentation with several lyrics written by Sullivan and a more complex drum sound. The album features both punk and blues elements with influences by both The Clash and Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys are an Irish-American punk rock band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1996. The band was initially signed to independent punk record label Hellcat Records, releasing five albums for the label, and making a name for themselves locally through constant playing and yearly St....
clearly heard with the message again evokes social themes of political, social, and economic magnitude. It received relatively positive reviews. http://www.punknews.org/review/5247
The 12 song album features "Celebrate", "Bombs Away and "The Middle Children of History", which all exhibit the developing style and message of the band; and especially focusing on topics such as poverty and the war in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
.
The album is the first of a two album contract with Sailor's Grave Records.
The Future
The band is currently operating on a "part-time" basis, performing a small amount of shows throughout the year, featuring the lineup of Lind, Messina, and Sullivan.Members
- Mark Lind - bass, lead vocals
- Jason Messina - drums
- Douglas Sullivan - guitar, vocals
Former members
- Mike Marsden - guitar, vocals
- Mike O'Leary - guitar, vocals
- James LynchJames LynchJames Lynch may refer to:* James Lynch , Irish Roman Catholic archbishop.* James Lynch , Irish Roman Catholic bishop* James B...
- guitar, vocals - Joe Riot - guitar, vocals
- Tom DeRecco - guitar, vocals
Performances
The Ducky Boys have performed with the following bands:- RancidRancid (band)Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1991. Founded by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, both of whom previously played in the ska punk band Operation Ivy, Rancid is credited—along with Green Day and The Offspring—for reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the...
- Dropkick MurphysDropkick MurphysDropkick Murphys are an Irish-American punk rock band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1996. The band was initially signed to independent punk record label Hellcat Records, releasing five albums for the label, and making a name for themselves locally through constant playing and yearly St....
- Blood for BloodBlood for BloodBlood for Blood is a hardcore band from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed by Shane Flannery in 1994, motivated by the hardcore scene in Boston and New York City at the time. In 1997 they were signed to Victory Records...
- Stiff Little FingersStiff Little FingersStiff Little Fingers are a punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They formed in 1977, at the height of the Troubles. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star , doing rock covers, until they discovered punk. They split up after six years and four albums, although they...
- Far From Finished
- Street DogsStreet DogsStreet Dogs are a punk rock band originally from Boston, Massachusetts. The band's current line-up includes Mike McColgan, former lead singer of Dropkick Murphys, Johnny Rioux, Marcus Hollar, Tobe Bean III and Paul Rucker.-History:...
- Swingin Utters
- Flogging MollyFlogging MollyFlogging Molly is a seven-piece Irish-descendant band from Los Angeles, California, that is currently signed to their own record label, Borstal Beat Records.-Early years:...
- HepcatHepcatHepcat is a ska and reggae band formed in southern California in 1989.Their soulful harmonies and mellow rhythms were unlike those of contemporaries and more akin to musicians from the heyday of 1960s Jamaican ska, also referred to as the first wave....
- The BusinessThe BusinessThe Business may refer to:* The Business , a British weekly magazine* The Business , a novel by Iain Banks* The Business , an English punk rock/Oi! band* The Business , a 2005 film directed by Nick Love...
- Roger Miret and The DisastersRoger Miret and the DisastersRoger Miret and the Disasters are a street punk group formed by Agnostic Front frontman Roger Miret. The band was formed in 1999. They released their first self-titled debut album in 2002 on Hellcat Records and "Give 'Em The Boot" was released as a single to promote the album. A second album, 1984,...
- H2OH2O (American band)-Prologue:Prior to the formation of H2O, in the early-mid-1980s, Todd Morse and Rusty Pistachio were part of the speed punk band "Roadside Petz". This band featured Wayne Williams on drums...
- Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Anti-FlagAnti-FlagAnti-Flag is a punk rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States, formed in 1988. The band is well known for its outspoken political views. Much of the band's lyrics have focused on fervent anti-war activism, criticism of United States foreign policy, corporatism, U.S. wealth...
- Agnostic FrontAgnostic FrontAgnostic Front is an American hardcore band. The band began playing hardcore similar to their contemporaries, and were thrust to the forefront of the burgeoning New York hardcore scene in the mid-1980s with their widely regarded 1984 classic Victim in Pain before evolving to incorporate thrash...
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- OxymoronOxymoron (band)Oxymoron is a German Oi!/streetpunk band formed in 1992. The band was founded by Sucker and his cousin Björn , along with two friends, Martin and Filzlaus .-Career:...
- Pinkerton ThugsPinkerton ThugsThe Pinkerton Thugs are a punk band from Kennebunk, Maine. While the band officially became the Pinkerton Thugs in March 1996 , the band has been together since July 1994 under a number of different names...
- The Unseen
- GuttermouthGuttermouthGuttermouth is an American punk rock band formed in 1988 in Huntington Beach, California and currently recording for Hopeless Records. They have released nine full-length studio albums and two live albums and have toured extensively, including performances on the Vans Warped Tour...
- Voodoo Glow SkullsVoodoo Glow SkullsVoodoo Glow Skulls are an American ska punk band formed in 1988 in Riverside, California by brothers Frank, Eddie and Jorge Casillas and their longtime friend Jerry O'Neill...
- The AtarisThe AtarisThe Ataris are a rock band from Anderson, Indiana. They have released five studio albums, and their most recent E.P. was released on November 25, 2010 on the Gainesville, Florida based label, Paper + Plastick. It contained the brand new tracks "All Souls' Day" and "The Graveyard of The Atlantic"...
- New York DollsNew York DollsThe New York Dolls is an American rock band, formed in New York in 1971. The band's protopunk sound prefigured much of what was to come in the punk rock era; their visual style influenced the look of many new wave and 1980s-era glam metal groups, and they began the local New York scene that later...
- DarkbusterDarkbusterDarkbuster is a punk rock band hailing from Boston, Massachusetts, known largely for their songs about the joys of heavy drinking, which have earned them a strong following in the American Northeast....
- The DistillersThe DistillersThe Distillers were an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1998. They released their first two albums on Hellcat Records/Epitaph Records before moving to Sire, part of the Warner Music Group. The Distillers were originally formed by Australian-born Brody Armstrong , a woman with a...
- US Bombs
- Catch 22Catch 22 (band)Catch 22 is an American ska punk band from East Brunswick Township, New Jersey.The band was formed by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Tomas Kalnoky and drummer Chris Greer who recruited trumpeter Kevin Gunther, who was working in a local record store...
Studio albums
- No Gettin' OutNo Gettin' OutNo Gettin' Out is the first studio album of The Ducky Boys. It was recorded and released in 1997.-Track listing:All songs written by Mark Lind, except where noted.# "I'll Rise Up" – 2:25...
, 1997 - Dark DaysDark Days (The Ducky Boys album)Dark Days is the second studio album of The Ducky Boys. It was recorded between February and March 1998 at The Outpost in Stoughton, Massachusetts. This is the band's second of two albums with GMM Records and the last album before the band broke up for five years before re-forming in 2003...
, 1998 - Three Chords and the TruthThree Chords and the Truth (The Ducky Boys album)Three Chords and the Truth is the third studio album of The Ducky Boys. It was recorded and released in 2004. The group reverted back to a three piece band with a big, professional recorded sound for the album...
, 2004 - The War Back HomeThe War Back HomeThe War Back Home is the fourth studio album of The Ducky Boys. It was recorded and released in 2006. The album was a total band collaboration with lyrics written by both bassist Mark Lind and guitarist Douglas Sullivan...
, 2006
Splits
- Ducky Boys/Dropkick Murphys 7"DKM/Ducky Boys Split 7 inchSpilt 7inch is a split EP by Dropkick Murphys and The Ducky Boys. It was released in July 1996 on Flat Records, with 2,000 copies on black vinyl and 1,000 copies on green vinyl. This is the first release by both bands...
- Ducky Boys/Pinkerton ThugsPinkerton ThugsThe Pinkerton Thugs are a punk band from Kennebunk, Maine. While the band officially became the Pinkerton Thugs in March 1996 , the band has been together since July 1994 under a number of different names...
7", 1998 - Ducky Boys/Shods 7"
Compilations
- Runt of the Litter Vol. 2 (featuring an early version of Regrets)
- Give 'Em the Boot IVGive 'Em the Boot IVGive 'Em the Boot IV is the fourth compilation album in the Give 'Em the Boot series, released in 2004 .- Track listing :#"Killing Zone" - Rancid#"Dirty Reggae" - The Aggrolites#"Atomic" - Tiger Army#"Propaganda" - The Slackers...
- Scene Killer Vol 1
- Old Skars And Upstarts 2005
- Oi! Skampilation 3
- Skins & Pins Volume 1
- East Coast Of Oi!
- Never Mind the Sex Pistols Here's the Tribute
- I've Got My Friends (Boston/San Francisco Split)