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The Welch Boys

Punk band from Boston, MA · formed 2004

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Shows on record
28
Rooms played
17
Cities
12
Releases
9
Last show
Nov 30, 2024Midway Cafe

About

The Welch Boys is a band from Boston, MA, formed in 2004, tagged boston, Oi, punk by its sources. Shows on record run from 2009 to 2024, across 17 rooms in 12 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

28 on record · bandslate-pipeline, Songkick
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Shows per year

  1. 20091 show
  2. 20111 show
  3. 20133 shows
  4. 20141 show
  5. 20153 shows
  6. 20164 shows
  7. 20182 shows
  8. 20193 shows
  9. 20225 shows
  10. 20234 shows
  11. 20241 show
Show history
DateVenue
Nov 30, 2024Midway Cafe · Jamaica Plainwith Pine St Inn punk rock benefit Sat Nov 30 Midway
Oct 21, 2023Foufounes Electriques · Montréalwith Anti-Heros, Béton Armé, The Ruffianz, +2
Jun 17, 2023Cherry Street Station · WallingfordSupportwith Abductors, The Long Wait, The Work, +1
Apr 22, 2023Midway Cafe · Jamaica Plainwith ChumHuffer CD Matinee Release show (Boston)
Feb 10, 2023Midway Cafe · Jamaica PlainHeadlinerwith Mcgunks, Gobshites
Oct 1, 2022Midway Cafe · Jamaica Plain
Sep 24, 2022The Cellar on Treadwell · HamdenSupportwith Murphy's Law, The Abductors, Murderer's Row, +2
May 3, 2022Alchemy · ProvidenceSupportwith Flipper
Apr 23, 2022Cherry Street Station · Wallingfordwith The Abductors/The Welch Boys/The Simulators/The Agonizers
Jan 14, 2022Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub · CambridgeSupportwith The Drowns, The Stolen Wheelchairs, Michael Kane and The Morning After
Oct 23, 2019Middle East - Downstairs · CambridgeSupportwith Flipper, Reagan Youth
Oct 23, 2019Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub · Cambridgewith Flipper, David Yow (Jesus Lizard) "40th Anniversary Show, Reagan ...
Feb 2, 2019Great Scott · Allstonwith Welch Boys Annual Ron Holbrook Memorial Show
Jul 26, 2018Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub · CambridgeSupportwith DOA 40th Anniversary Tour, The Turbo AC's, DNZL
Mar 16, 2018Midway Cafe · Jamaica PlainSupportwith Bonecrusher, Bluebloods, Ice Cold Killers Fri 3/16 Midway
Jun 30, 20169:30 Club · WashingtonSupportwith Dead Kennedys
Jun 29, 2016Theatre of Living Arts · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Dead Kennedys, Le Yikes Surf Club, Soul Glo
Jun 26, 2016The Marlin Room, Webster Hall · New York (NYC)Supportwith Dead Kennedys, Urban Waste, Yo!Scunt
Jun 25, 2016Paradise Rock Club · BostonSupportwith Dead Kennedys, Jerry's Kids, Burning Streets, +1
Sep 21, 2015Cafe Nine · New HavenSupportwith Sham 69, Lost Generation
Sep 17, 2015Middle East - Downstairs · CambridgeSupportwith Sham 69, Savageheads
Jan 31, 2015Midway Café · Jamaica PlainHeadlinerwith Hudson Falcons, Oc45, Art Thieves, +1
Sep 26, 2014T.T. the Bear's Place · CambridgeSupportwith Angry Samoans, Humanoids, Dead Friends, +3
Feb 13, 2013Rock & Roll Hotel · WashingtonSupportwith Dead Kennedys, The Cryptics, Nervous Impulse
Feb 12, 2013Gramercy Theatre · New York (NYC)Supportwith Dead Kennedys, The Cryptics
Feb 11, 2013Middle East - Downstairs · CambridgeSupportwith Dead Kennedys, The Cryptics, Burning Streets, +5
Feb 19, 2011Great Scott · AllstonHeadlinerwith The Blue Bloods, Dead Friends, Beantown Boozehounds, +1
Nov 6, 2009Middle East - Downstairs · CambridgeSupportwith Cassavettes, Movers & Shakers, Dead Friends

Where they play

17 rooms in 12 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • Cambridge8 shows
  • Jamaica Plain6 shows
  • Allston2 shows
  • New York (NYC)2 shows
  • Wallingford2 shows

and 7 other cities

Live history

15 shows on record
Shows counted
15
First on record
Nov 2009
Latest on record
May 2022

Shows per year

  1. 20091
  2. 20111
  3. 20133
  4. 20141
  5. 20153
  6. 20164
  7. 20191
  8. 20221

Top rooms

  • Middle East - Downstairs, Cambridge · 4
  • Alchemy, Providence · 1
  • 9:30 Club, Washington · 1
  • Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia · 1
  • The Marlin Room, Webster Hall, New York (NYC) · 1

Top cities

  • Cambridge, MA · 4
  • New York (NYC), NY · 2
  • Washington, DC · 2
  • Boston, MA · 1
  • Cambridge · 1

Often on the bill with: Dead Kennedys, Burning Streets, Dead Friends, The Cryptics, Flipper, Reagan Youth, Sham 69, Angry Samoans

Counted from the shows BandSlate holds; missing shows are not counted.

Releases

9 releases, 2006–2021

  • Bonecrusher / The Welch Boys

    2021

  • Oi! This Is Streetpunk - 2020

    2020

  • Fair Winds & Following Seas - A Tribute To Keith Brooks

    2016

  • Bring Back the Fight

    2013 · Album

  • Drinkin' Angry

    2008

  • The Welch Boys

    2006 · Album

  • Loud Fast Rules! Volume #3

    2006

  • Drinkin' Angry

    Album

  • Banded Together To Fight Hard Times

Lineup

  • Ed Lalli
  • Sam Jodrey
  • TJ Welch
  • Mark Powers
  • Ron Holbrook

Airplay

No airplay on record.

Lineup history

5 members on record
  • Ed Lallitenure unknown
  • Mark Powerstenure unknown
  • Ron Holbrooktenure unknown
  • Sam Jodreytenure unknown
  • TJ Welchtenure unknown

Years come from public music databases. Where none says a member left, the end is shown as unknown; it does not mean they are still in the band.

Shares members with: Gage (via TJ Welch), Grudgeholder (via Ed Lalli), Notox (via Sam Jodrey), Shiner (via Ron Holbrook), Slapshot (via Ed Lalli), Striking Distance (via Ed Lalli), The Blue Bloods (via TJ Welch), Toxic Narcotic (via Sam Jodrey)

Photos, art and posters

The Welch Boys — Middle East - Downstairs, 2019-10-23
Poster · Middle East - Downstairs, 2019-10-23 — Songkick
The Welch Boys — Theatre of Living Arts, 2016-06-29
Poster · Theatre of Living Arts, 2016-06-29 — Songkick
The Welch Boys — Cafe Nine, 2015-09-21
Poster · Cafe Nine, 2015-09-21 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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The Welch Boys on DiscogsArtist facts
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SongkickShow history, Show posters
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This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.