When he finally does show up, we both pop like five caffeine pills each and start off the seven-hour drive. My friend Nat was supposed to pick me up the previous afternoon, but he had a term paper to finish, and he’s been on the phone with my all night, telling me he’s almost done and he’ll come get me really soon. It’s five in the morning, and I haven’t slept. Patrick’s Day 2001, I’m shipping back up to Syracuse, back to school after a spring break spent doing nothing but playing Wrestlemania 2000 on the Nintendo 64 and drinking with my friends in Baltimore. Patrick’s Day performance along with other behind the scene footage.St. It includes 5 bonus tracks (including the European bonus track, all three iTunes bonus tracks as well as the original version of “(F)lannigan’s Ball” as well as a DVD featuring the music video for “The State of Massachusetts” along with the making of the video, clips of the band’s St. The bonus tracks from the iTunes release are also available on “The State of Massachusetts” EP that was released in the UK in February 2008.Ī limited edition version of the album was released on March 11, 2008. The deluxe edition of the iTunes Store release includes three bonus tracks, “Forever” (acoustic version), “The Thick Skin of Defiance” and “Breakdown”. The vinyl release also includes the album on CD, but the CD only includes the first 15 tracks.

A deluxe vinyl edition, which features the album spread out over two 12″ records, includes two bonus tracks, “Promised Land” and a cover of The Who song “Baba O’Riley”. The European version includes a cover of the Thin Lizzy song “Jailbreak”. Multiple versions of the album were released across different mediums and territories.Īll versions feature the same initial 15 tracks, but have different bonus tracks. It was released on Septemas the first release for the band’s own independent label Born & Bred Records.

The Meanest of Times is the sixth studio album by Dropkick Murphys.

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