The bass-player, Marcus, and the singer/guitar-player Martin had a band called STAINLESS BONES, which kind of broke apart in 2011. The two attended a POGUES-concert in August 2012, wanting to see Shane for at least one time before he kicked the bucket. Afterwards the sang (or maybe: growled) Irish Folk in the underground on their way home. As they got off the train, a guy approached them asking: You guys make music? Thus they met their new accordion-player, Egidio. He had attended the same concert and rode the same train. The three of them exchanged numbers and decided to focus on Irish Folk which they all likedh. Eventually they managed to play some small gigs in Berlin. On a gig in January 2013 they found out that their friend René, had played punk drums years ago. The Rathmines were born.

Personal Fact: We are named after a nice district in Dublin where their accordion player used to live for a while.

The Rathmines
Homepage: www.therathmines.de
From CD: Ramblin' with the Rats – Stolen Songs of Struggle
Year Released: 2014
Hometown: Berlin, Germany

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