List of Nontraditional Bagpipe Usage - Bagpipes in Rock (common Usage)

Bagpipes in Rock (common Usage)

• Finn's Fury, a New York Celtic rock band use bagpipes on many songs. They often perform on stage with the Nassau County Firefighters Pipes and Drums.
• Dropkick Murphys, a Boston, Mass. Irish-American punk band use bagpipes in many of their songs. An example of this would be their covers of the Boston Red Sox anthem "Tessie" on EP album of the same name.
• The New York-based Irish-rock band Black 47 (formed 1989) incorporates the uilleann pipes with a horn section consisting of alto saxophone and trombone.
• British folk-rock songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson has used Northumbrian smallpipes on two of his albums: 1988's Amnesia, on the track "Pharaoh," and 1994's Mirror Blue, on the track "Beeswing." In both cases the piper is Alistair Anderson. Thompson's guitar playing is influenced by pipe music, and he has cited Billy Pigg as one of his influences.
• The German band Corvus Corax (formed 1989) uses bagpipes extensively, alongside various authentic medieval instruments.
• The Scottish-Canadian punk rock band Real McKenzies (formed 1992) has featured bagpipes on all their albums, played by various pipers. Their most recent piper, Matt MacNasty, has been playing with the group since their 2003 album Oot & Aboot and also played on their albums 10,000 Shots and Off the Leash, released in 2005 and 2008 respectively.
• The German band Schelmish uses the medieval bagpipes extensively, along with other various authentic medieval instruments.
• The nu metal band KoЯn often uses bagpipes in their songs (played by vocalist Jonathan Davis). Korn used bagpipes in the soft, restrained opening of "Shoots and Ladders" from their self-titled debut album. It marked the first time that bagpipes were included by Korn on a song. Other KoRn songs that include bagpipes are: "Lowrider" from Life Is Peachy, "My Gift to You" from Follow the Leader, "Dead" from Issues, "Let's Do This Now" from Take a Look in the Mirror, and the first 11 seconds of I Will Protect You from Untitled uses bagpipes. Also "Liar", "Seen It All", "10 or a 2-Way" all end off with bagpipes playing and are all on See You on the Other Side. Bagpipes can also be heard on "Lead the Parade", track 6 on the bands ninth studio album "Korn III: Remember Who You Are". There is also a bagpipe solo on the song "Bleeding Out" on their tenth studio album "The Path of Totality".
• American punk rockers Flatfoot 56 (formed 2000) use Highland bagpipes in many of their songs.
• The German medieval metal/industrial metal band Tanzwut uses bagpipes.
• The German medieval metal band In Extremo uses bagpipes extensively.
• The German hard rock/heavy metal/folk bands Subway to Sally and Schandmaul use bagpipes.
• The German death metal band Suidakra used bagpipes on their album Command to Charge, released in 2005.
• The German power metal band Grave Digger incorporated bagpipes in many of their songs, from their concept album "Tunes Of War".
• The Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie use Galican bagpipes, played by Sevan Kirder (2003–2008), and Päde Kistler (2008-) in all their music.
• The Irish-influenced American punk band Flogging Molly (formed 1998, Los Angeles) incorporates uilleann pipes into some of their songs.
• The Toronto-based Scottish-punk band Enter the Haggis (formed 1996) frequently makes use of Highland bagpipes.
• Neurosis have used bagpipes on their albums Through Silver in Blood (April 1996) and Times of Grace (May 1999).
• The Australian folk/rock band Brother often pairs bagpipes with the didgeridoo in their songs.
• The often surreal band Forest for the Trees makes liberal use of bagpipes.
• The Spanish folk metal band Mägo de Oz uses bagpipes in many songs, e.g. "El Atrapasueños" ("The Dreamcatcher").
• Though not actual bagpipes, the Scottish band Big Country would often use guitars that, by the use of electronics, were very similar sounding to bagpipes.
• Bad Haggis, featuring Eric Rigler, who it has been speculated is the most recorded bagpiper alive, utilizing Highland and uilleann bagpipes. Rigler also played on the Braveheart soundtrack, and for Phil Collins' cover of "True Colors."
• Dutch black metalers Black Nocturnal Darkness also incorporated bagpipes, specially in their early years. Also the folk metal of Magnor (a side project of Black Nocturnal Darkness) makes use of this instrument.
• The Battlefield Band, while playing mostly traditional Scottish music, has a tradition of ending their first set with one or another of Creedence Clearwater Revival's hit songs.
• Canadian rock band The Mudmen (formed in 1998) has released three albums. The group consists of six men, and two of which (brothers who are both former world's strongest men) play Highland pipes within the band.
• Portuguese group Gaitafolia (formed in 1998), which mix traditional music for the Transmontan bagpipe with modern sets.
• Irish folk-metal band Cruachan uses bagpipes in songs, also uses many folk instruments.
• Paddy Moloney of The Chieftains played uilleann pipes on British progressive rock musician Mike Oldfield's album-length work Ommadawn and also the track "Taurus II" in the album Five Miles Out. Oldfield himself plays Northumbrian smallpipes in the title track of QE2.
• Neutral Milk Hotel utilized uilleann pipes on track 10 (often referred to as the Untitled Track) of their album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.
• Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac incorporated Highland bagpipes in his band The Kitchen Devils. Piper Scott Long from the former fiddler's back up band appears on the double platinum recording Hi How Are You Today and Helters Celtic.
• Seven Nations, an American Celtic-rock band, features Highland bagpipes and shuttle pipes in many of their songs. Band member Scott Long plays pipes.
• Argentine celtic folk rock band Skiltron makes heavy use of the bagpipes in a style common in Europe but still rare in South America.
• South African trio Haggis and Bong uses bagpipes and drums with no lyrics.
• Nightwish, a Finnish symphonic metal band, on their Dark Passion Play album, used Uilleann pipes on several songs, most notably "Last of the Wilds".
• Slade mimicked the bagpipe sound in "Run Runaway" with electric guitars played in harmony, rather than actual bagpipes.
• Latvian folk black metal band Skyforger uses bagpipes.
• Dixebra, a Spanish rock band, uses bagpipes in almost all of their songs. The Asturian bagpipe has been replaced by an electronic bagpipe in later years.
• Dispatched used bagpipes on their album Terrorizer: The Last Chapter... released in 2003.
• Prague-based celtic punk band Pipes and Pints (formed 2006) incorporates highland bagpipes extensively in their music.
• Scottish group the Red Hot Chilli Pipers uses bagpipes in everything they do, including many covers of contemporary songs.
• The Singers of Chipuco is another American band that usually uses bagpipes in their songs.