Neck (band)
Neck | |
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in 2023 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Celtic punk, folk punk, street punk |
| Years active | 1994 to present |
| Labels | Golf, Abstract/Candlelight, Paddy Plastic, Militant Entertainment, Hibernian, Bad Dog/CoreTex |
| Members | Leeson O'Keeffe, Sara-Lou Bowrey, Simon Pwosion Pick, Tom Ashcroft, Jules Davies, Dan Camalich |
| Past members | Leigh Heggarty (Ruts DC), Sean Gannon & Romeo Stodart (The Magic Numbers), Jason Cook (Blaggers ITA), Kieran "Mo" O' Hagan (Shane MacGowan and The Popes), Liam Marr (Booze & Glory) |
| Website | Official website archive |
Neck are a six-piece London-Irish Celtic punk band from the North London neighbourhood of Holloway led by Leeson O'Keeffe who was a member of Shane MacGowan and the Popes. The band was influenced by two other London bands: The Clash and The Pogues, blending Punk rock with traditional Irish music to play a London-Irish style known as 'Psycho-Cèilidh' where a cèilidh is an Irish social gathering with Gaelic folk music.
O'Keeffe died in April 2024 of cancer.