The history of Raging Leprechaun
Ireland, March 17 1987. The Irish Government has put the most loved and respected of Irish creatures “The Leprechaun” on the endangered species list, and ordered the Irish conservation Army to capture all remaining Leprechauns. They’ve created an underground Leprechaun colony at an undisclosed location to monitor the Leprechauns and encourage them to mate for a period of 20 years. There is uproar and chaos in the Leprechaun community.
At that time, two Leprechauns, Laurence O’Looney and Phelan Mc Groovaughn, were the hottest prospects in Leprechaun music. Known as “The Laughin’ Leps” the lads had created a sublime fresh new sound combining traditional Irish ballads with modern techno. This new exciting music style, which they entitled “Leptech” was an eclectic, rhythmic and raunchy mix that had the critics in ecstasy.
But the imprisonment of “The Laughin’ Leps” stopped their climb to musical stardom. They and the remainder of the depleted Leprechaun population embarked on their exile in the colony known only as Leptropolis. Angered and outraged by this untimely twist of fate, the once happy-go-lucky lads soon turned to drugs, alcohol and prostitution to fill the void of loss of their once budding musical careers. Bitter at the reality of their lives, “The Laughin’ Leps” soon changed their name to “Raging Leprechaun” and added hip-hop and gangsta rap. The recipe worked and soon the lads were controlling the underground Leprechaun music scene. As the Leprechaun population grew, so did the immense popularity of “Raging Leprechaun”.
On March 17, 2007, Leptropolis was shut down. Today, filled with 20 years of bottled up anger, “Raging Leprechaun” are ready once again to conquer the music world. With their musical reincarnation, “Raging Leprechaun” is out to make a statement to “The Man”. To “The Man” that stole the best years of their lives. So get up and put your Celtic hip-hop, techno groove on for one of the biggest sounds, from one of the smallest bands in the world. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is, “Raging Leprechaun”.