Editing Dropkick Murphys (section)

==Musical style and influences==
The band's early influences were punk bands like [[Greenland Whalefishers]], [[Swingin' Utters]], [[the Ramones]], [[the Clash]], and [[Sex Pistols]], as well as [[the Pogues]] and Irish bands like [[Stiff Little Fingers]] and [[the Dubliners]].<ref name="influences">{{cite web| author = Hellcat Records| title = Hellcat Records| work = Website| publisher = hell-cat.com| year = 2007| url = http://www.hell-cat.com/artists/artist/26| access-date = February 9, 2007| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120402164234/http://www.hell-cat.com/artists/artist/26| archive-date = April 2, 2012| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/dropkickmurphys.html |title=Music: Dropkick Murphys prepare for a hair-raising Rave-up |website=Onmilwaukee.com |date=November 12, 2007 |access-date=July 5, 2011}}</ref>

When they wrote their first song, Barroom Hero, they were surprised to hear how much the vocal melody sounded like those from old [[Irish music]] they heard as children, something the band-members at one time tried to reject. "It dawned on us that Irish music was a bigger influence on all of us than we'd realized," said Ken Casey. "Growing up in Boston, every time you went to a wedding or a wake or your grandparents' house, you heard that music. I went through a phase of hating it just because it's what my (folks) listened to."<ref name="chron1"/>

While frequently referred to as a [[Celtic punk]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8483758/dropkick-murphys-boston-night-out-interview |title=A Boston Night Out With Dropkick Murphys Interview |magazine=Billboard |date=November 8, 2018 |access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/lehigh-valley-music/mc-ent-review-flogging-molly-dropkick-murphys-philadelphia-20180622-story.html |title=REVIEW: Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys are Celtic equivalent seminal punk at Philly's Festival Pier |work=[[The Morning Call]] |last=Moser |first=John J. |date=June 22, 2018 |access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.liveabout.com/top-celtic-punk-bands-2803356 |title=Top 6 Essential Celtic Punk Bands |website=Liveabout.com |last=Cooper |first=Ryan |access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> band, some of their earlier material has also been classified under other [[punk rock]] subgenres like [[Oi!]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/306443761.html?dids=306443761:306443761&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+16%2C+2003&author=Brett+Milano&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=MUSIC+REVIEW%3B+Murphys+play+hard+and+hearty+at+Avalon&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712211847/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/306443761.html?dids=306443761:306443761&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+16,+2003&author=Brett+Milano&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=MUSIC+REVIEW;+Murphys+play+hard+and+hearty+at+Avalon&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2012 |title=MUSIC REVIEW; Murphys play hard and hearty at Avalon |website=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=March 16, 2003 |access-date=July 5, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/11/the_long_road_home/ |title=Dropkick Murphys return to Boston, the city that launched them – The Boston Globe |work=Boston Globe |date=March 11, 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2011|last1=Mooney |first1=Brian C. }}</ref><ref name="Robb 2006"/> [[street punk]]<ref name="pappalardo2">{{cite web |last1=Pappalardo |first1=Anthony |title=Dropkick Murphys aim to shed light on silent drug epidemic with new album |url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/dropkick_murphys_prefer_human_race_to_presidential_race_on_new_album |website=Altpress.com |access-date=10 July 2017 |date=2016-12-20}}</ref><ref name="breihan2">{{cite web |last1=Breihan |first1=Tom |title=Album Of The Week: Dropkick Murphys 11 Short Stories Of Pain And Glory |url=http://www.stereogum.com/1918097/album-of-the-week-dropkick-murphys-11-short-stories-of-pain-and-glory/franchises/album-of-the-week/ |website=Stereogum.com |date=2017-01-03}}</ref> and [[hardcore punk]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

They often cite [[AC/DC]] as an influence on their formula of maintaining a specific style; Casey once said, "I think our goal is to be the AC/DC of Celtic punk rock. The worst thing we can do to the local fans who have stuck with us is to all of a sudden try to be [[Fall Out Boy]] with bagpipes."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vindy.com/news/2007/sep/14/dropkick-murphys-rock-harder-with-latest-cd/ |title=Dropkick Murphys rock harder with latest CD |website=Vindy.com |access-date=July 10, 2019 |archive-date=July 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710190221/http://www.vindy.com/news/2007/sep/14/dropkick-murphys-rock-harder-with-latest-cd/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Al Barr commented "We've always said we're like the Ramones or AC/DC with what we do; if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But at the same time, we have to keep challenging ourselves... if we find that tunes we're putting together for a record are boring us, we're not going to record them."<ref>{{cite news|last=Blase |first=Frank De |url=http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/music/articles/2009/06/MUSIC-INTERVIEW-The-Dropkick-Murphys/ |title=Music Interview: The Dropkick Murphys – Music Articles |newspaper=[[Rochester City Newspaper]] |access-date=July 5, 2011}}</ref>