Wolfe Tones

Formed: 1963 in Kilrush, Ireland

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Group Members: Tom Byrne, Derek Warfield, Brian Warfield, Noel Nagle

Biography: Very few bands manage to stay together for several decades. Even fewer are able to do it when their prime focus is politics. But then again, there aren't many around like the Wolfe Tones. Taking their name from Wolfe Tone, one of the leaders of the 1798 Irish Rebellion, they've remained unabashedly loud ...Read full biography

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Let The People Sing

Released: 1963

Label: Shanachie Entertainment Corp.

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The Wolfe Tones' first album is still considered by many fans to be their best. Certainly it's a strong start to their canon; many bands' first albums find the group in an unformed stage, yet to hit upon ...Read full review

A Sense Of Freedom

Released: 1987

Label: The Orchard

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1987's A Sense of Freedom is perhaps the Wolfe Tones' most explicitly political album. Recorded at a period when friction between Irish Nationalists and Unionists over the fate of Northern Ireland was ...Read full review

More The Wolfe Tones albums: Main Albums (21), Compilations (12), DVD/Video (5)

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