Modena City Ramblers is an Italian Folk band founded in 1991. Its members always declare their love for folk and Ireland. In composing their songs, they add some international traditional riffs. Even the origin of these songs is unknownMassimo "Ice" Ghiacci in Non sono solo canzonette. The band has sold over 500,000 albums. Known for their left-wing politics, their Lyrics speak out against the Mafia and Fascism.
Biography
The formation and the growing
The Modena City Ramblers (also M.C.R.) were formed in 1991 by some friends that wanted to play traditional Irish music.The first to join were "Albertone" Morselli, Giovanni Rubbiani and "Albertino"' Cottica (still in Lontano da dove), Chris Dennis (ex Nomadi), Filippo Chieli, Franchino D'Aniello and Luciano Gaetani from Abazia dei folli. On the 17 March 1991, Saint Patrick's Day, during a concert in a pub in Modena, they chose the name Modena City Ramblers: an homage to Dublin City Ramblers, an Irish band, without forgetting their Em
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