Street Dogs – Street Dogs

When some snotty kid in tight jeans and a bad haircut tells you that the world needs a little punk rock and roll, it’s OK to roll your eyes, shrug your shoulders and say ‘whatever’. When Mike McColgan and his Street Dogs says exactly the same thing, it’s perfectly acceptable to sing along while throwing your beer in the air.
The difference is that McColgan is the real deal. This former Dropkick Murphys vocalist / firefighter / Gulf War vet / Street Dogs frontman is blue collar and punk as fuck and has the right to demand more punk rock and roll. After all this self-titled album is already the band’s fifth so he has done his fair share of providing punk and rock and roll with a little bit of folk thrown in for good measure.

With a whopping 18 tracks to get through, the songs don’t outstay their welcome. They come in, blow up in a singalong chorus and then quickly ring out to make way for more pounding drums and loud guitars. Nothing wrong with that because after all, we all need more punk rock and roll.
Score: 7.5 out of 10
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