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Somewhere between heaven and hell waits Victory Records‘ newest addition - THE TOSSERS. Chicago‘s precursor to LA‘s Flogging Molly, & Boston‘s Dropkick Murphy‘s The Tossers are the perfect Irish hybrid. Influenced by Shane Macgowen and the Pogues in more than a few ways, The Tossers play their own brand of Irish music loaded with attitude and alcohol. Celtic-punk, traditional in nature but steeped in politics and punkrock, the Tossers run the gamut from croon to crass. The south side of Chicago has a tough, working class reputation. Its also known for one of the largest populations of Irish this side of the Emerald Isle. So It‘s not entirely incongruous that a hard luck kid from the south side of town would choose to play traditional Irish folk music in pubs around the neighborhood. At 18, Tony Duggins was doing just that playing pub favorites and covers of greats like Ewan MacColl. Before long, he had roped his brother and his best friends into playing original songs he had wr...