Blood or Whiskey is an Irish band known for their mix of Celtic music with punk styles, who found success in the Irish and North American markets following tours there in the late 2000s. Following a break, the band returned to the live circuit in April 2012. Likened often to Irish band The Pogues, however the band themselves state their influences to be more accurately described as a hybrid of The Dubliners meets The Clash. The band played festivals in the UK in 2011, returning to Rebellion in Blackpool and Reading & Leeds (having entertained the crowds there in 2010 on the Lock Up Stage).