Pipes and Pints

Pipes and Pints
Pipes & Pints performing in 2015
Background information
OriginPrague, Czechia
Genres
Years active2006–present
LabelsFly High Booking
Members
  • Vojta Kalina
  • Ivo "Rafan" Traxmandl
  • Lukas Vincour
  • Travis O'Neill
  • Ondra Balvin
Past members
  • Tomas Novotny
  • Syco Mike
Websitepipesandpints.com

Pipes and Pints are a Celtic punk band from Prague, Czechia, formed in 2006.[1] The band combines punk rock with Highland bagpipes.[2][3] Their 2012 record, Found & Lost, won best album in the Punk and Hardcore category at that year's Anděl Awards.[4]

Band members

Current

  • Vojta Kalina – Highland bagpipes, vocals
  • Ivo "Rafan" Traxmandl – guitar, vocals
  • Lukas Vincour – drums, vocals
  • Travis O'Neill – lead vocals
  • Ondra Balvin – bass, vocals

Past

  • Michael "Syco Mike" Robert House – lead vocals (2008–2016)[5][6]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Until We Die (2009)
  • Found & Lost (2012)
  • The Second Chapter (2019)

EPs

  • Punkrock with Highland Bagpipes (2008)

Compilations

  • Singles Collection 2018 (2018)

Singles

  • "Raise Our Flag" (2017)
  • "Rebel in my Veins" (2018)
  • "Dark into the Night" (2018)
  • "Karma Killer" (2018)

References

  1. ^ "Pipes and Pints: Při natáčení desky nás naučili hrát trsátkem" [Pipes and Pints: While recording the album, they taught us how to play with a pick.]. iREPORT.cz (in Czech). 9 November 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Výsledky vyhledávání bio.inc". Pipesandpints.com. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Unrepentant Records – Pipes and Pints". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  4. ^ Spulak, Jaroslav. "Žánrové ceny Anděl dostali Karel Plíhal, Boris Carloff, Pipes and Pints a další" [The Anděl genre awards went to Karel Plíhal, Boris Carloff, Pipes and Pints, and others.]. Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  5. ^ Newall, Phil (6 November 2012). "Pipes and Pints 'Found and Lost' – album review". Louder Than War. Archived from the original on 17 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  6. ^ Johnson, Nathan (17 January 2025). "Beast Games: Meet Michael, 'Grammy Award Winner' & Player 453 – 5 Things to Know About Him". The Direct. Archived from the original on 15 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.