Mischief Brew

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Mischief Brew is an Anarchist folk-punk band. It is a wicked concoction by Erik Petersen – a musical feast falling somewhere between the categories of pirate punk, Celtic folk, gypsy swing, devilish jazz, American olde-tyme and country. It’s good music to stomp, kick, pogo, jitterbug, waltz, drink, twist and shout to – whether the performance is solo acoustic or with a backing band of accordion, drums, and mandolin.

Erik started making music at a young age, but it wasn’t until age 16 that he started playing shows with his punk band, The Orphans. Influenced by “Fresh Fruit”-era Dead Kennedys and “Worlds Apart”-era Subhumans, the band had released a 7” (“Anthems for Doomed Youth,” 1996) before half of them were even old enough to drive. They officially disbanded in 2000 and Erik continued to make music…digging into the past for a more traditional sound to mix with punk ideals. The result was “Mirth,” a demo of acoustic punk influenced by medieval danses and raucous Romany dust-raising ditties (2000). The tape was rough and scratchy - yet it was clear that there were solid anthems buried under that hiss, which was evident by the scope of the tape, spanning city and state. Logically, a live show was expected – and despite the drums and extra instrumentation on the tape (all layered on a four-track recorder), there was no band. Over the years, seeing “Mischief Brew” on a flyer meant you were just seeing Erik Petersen with an acoustic guitar or mandolin.

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deviantpsyche wrote:
Friday morning

just got this Artist's ringtones at www.itsflycell.com. Roll Me Through the Gates of Hell is my favorite! love it.

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MellowT wrote:
25 days ago

PC is a bunch of liberal bullshit. To be PC is to not flick off a cop and call him a fucking pig, stealing is not politically correct either. PC is the most unpunk thing you can do.

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thinkcrime wrote:
last month

Overly PC is basically just people being scared of something that will offend someone else. Whether or not you're black, you can't say 'nigger', regardless of the context. Likewise, I can't call my friends 'taigs' as a joke, because in Northern Ireland it's totally omg offensive. I don't really understand that too many folk-punk bands are necessarily PC, but whatever goes, I guess.

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LucidStrike wrote:
last month

WTF does it even mean to be "overly PC"? Maybe it doesn't mean what I think it means, but it sounds like something an oppressive, counter-revolutionary manarchist would say.

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Min0r-threat wrote:
last month

Just started listening to them, i usually dont like folk punk, but this, its really nice, i love it

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thebrapscallion wrote:
last month

thinkcrime: he means they're a good band, but that folk punk is generally a bunch of tree-hugging crusty losers with whiney voices and horribly overly pc atttitudes.

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g3tyousuM wrote:
October 2009

a musical feast indeed.

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thinkcrime wrote:
October 2009

"I love this band ! But I hate the scene around it." How do you mean?

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preacherdaniel wrote:
October 2009

I love this band ! But I hate the scene around it.

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darkgnome wrote:
October 2009

Nice ;D

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eatBRAINS420 wrote:
October 2009

one of my faves at the moment

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sm0th3rl0v3 wrote:
October 2009

<3 this band. (2)

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MilyIsAPunk wrote:
September 2009

<3 this band.

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chendrick420 wrote:
September 2009

come back to state college/Altoona there will be more than 4 of us this time

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ricecracker420 wrote:
September 2009

musicgasm

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rebdomie wrote:
September 2009

Why are you so good, Mischief Brew? :(

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tyler11383 wrote:
August 2009

so much shitty music. but once in a while you find something like this.

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odd_shoed_guy wrote:
August 2009

hey any plans to come to ireland???????????? =P

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yimpat wrote:
August 2009

Anybody willing to share the Punx Win split? It'd be muchly appreciated.

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LarryKleist wrote:
July 2009

brilliant

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