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MY TRIBE ***Final***

My Tribe ep 4. Cian Hynes (2) Image Name: My Tribe ep 4. Cian Hynes (2)
My Tribe ep 4 Niall & Fionn O'Malley (2) Image Name: My Tribe ep 4 Niall & Fionn O'Malley (2)
My Tribe ep 4. Ruth Ní Cheallaigh Image Name: My Tribe ep 4. Ruth Ní Cheallaigh
My Tribe ep 4. Ivy Dowling Image Name: My Tribe ep 4. Ivy Dowling

Episode 4

In County Clare, Michael explains how Punk took him away from his comfortable, middle-class upbringing and taught him to be a free-thinker. Cian reveals that Punk inspires its members to be active in their tribe, which lead him to establish popular Punk fanzine Riot77. In Galway 18-year-old Ivy sees Punk as a way of expressing herself and standing out from the crowd. Pete Holidai of seminal band the Radiators from Space tells us that tragedy struck at Ireland’s first ever Punk festival in 1977. Father and son Niall & Fionn discuss the role of Punk in the anti-fascist movement. Revealing the links between Punk and post-punk movement Goth-Rock is 17-year-old Ruth from Carlow who found her tribe with her Skinhead and Punk friends in the town.

 

Series Overview: 

Brand new four-part bi-lingual series My Tribe reveals the underground worlds of some of music’s most defining youth culture movements – the Rockabillies, the Mods, the Skinheads and the Punks. It takes the viewer inside these scenes where music is life, clothing is precise, and attitude is everything. The series delves into the archives to reveal the fascinating origins of these subcultures while also meeting the modern-day members of these tribes to find out what makes them so enduring. This is the definitive story of Ireland’s musical tribes from the 1950s to today, sound-tracked by the essential anthems of these scenes including songs by Bill Haley, The Jam, The Specials and The Undertones.

My Tribe takes the viewer behind the sensationalist newspaper headlines to discover the real Rockabillies, Mods, Skinheads and Punks and the passion, dedication and sense of belonging that their tribe gives them. These are worlds that are rarely seen or experienced on Irish television, lifting the lid on the underground scenes of these fascinating subcultures.