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Bagpipes - Bagpipes in non-traditional forms of music

Bagpipes - Classical works featuring bagpipes

• Ur Og and Aji, for 4 bagpipes, bass clarinet & tabla by Canadian composer Michael O'Neill.
• An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise (1984) by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
• Sinfonia Concertante for Six Solo Instruments and Orchestra by P.D.Q. Bach features bagpipes as one of the six instruments.

Bagpipes - Bagpipes in jazz

• U.S. musician Rufus Harley (b. 1936) was the first jazz performer to use the Great Highland Bagpipes as his primary instrument.

Bagpipes - Bagpipes in rock

• The hard rock band AC/DC first gained renown for the marriage of bagpipes and rock and roll with their 1975 song "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)"; the bagpipes were played by band member Bon Scott, who in his youth had played bagpipes and drums in the Fremantle, Western Australia Scots Pipe Band.
• Although not as well known, bagpipes were used a year earlier in rock by the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, a Scottish group which featured the instrument in their 1974 single "Anthem."
• UK rock band Wizzard featured the bagpipes on their 1974 single "Are you ready to rock".
• Paul McCartney's song "Mull of Kintyre" (1977) with the band Wings, made strong use of bagpipes for a characteristically Scottish sound.
• Van Morrison on his album "Beautiful Vision" (1982) Sean Folsom played Irish Uilleann Pipes on the song "Celtic Ray", the song was later re-recorded with The Chieftains.
• The Scottish-Canadian punk rock band Real McKenzies (formed 1992) has featured bagpipes on all their albums, played by various pipers. Their most recent piper, Matt MacNasty, has been playing with the group since their 2003 album Oot & Aboot and also played on their 2005 album 10,000 Shots.
• The German band Corvus Corax uses bagpipes extensively, alongside various authentic medieval instruments.
• The nu-metal band KoЯn (formed 1993) often uses bagpipes in their songs (played by vocalist Jonathan Davis).
• Irish-American punk rock stalwarts Dropkick Murphys (formed 1995) also incorporate bagpipes into their sound.
• American punk rockers Flatfoot 56 use great highland pipes in many of their songs.
• The German heavy metal bands In Extremo uses bagpipes.
• The German hard rock/metal/folk bands Subway to Sally and Schandmaul use bagpipes.
• The German power metal band Blind Guardian used bagpipes in the song The Piper's Calling, from the album "Somewhere far Beyond".
• The German death metal band Suidakra used bagpipes on their album Command To Charge.
• Ron Wilson and His Surfaris, The Drummer famous for Wipe Out recorded the song Louie-Louie with Sean Folsom on Scots GHB, also the song "Moonshine" with Sean on the Irish Uilleann Pipes. The album is called "Lost It In The Surf" Bennet House Records (1987).
• Dave Shaw plays pipes on The Men They Couldn't Hang's CD Waiting for Bonaparte.
• Peter Gabriel's "Come Talk to Me" features an opening passage played by bagpipes.
• The Irish-Punk Band Flogging Molly incorporates the Irish Uillean Pipes into some of their music.
• The Scottish-Punk band Enter the Haggis frequently makes use of the Great Highland Bagpipe.
• Irish-rock band Black 47 incorporates the uilleann pipes with a horn section consisting of alto saxophone and trombone.
• The Australian folk/rock band Brother often pairs bagpipes with the didgeridoo in their songs.
• The often surreal band Forest for the Trees makes liberal use of the bagpipes.
• The Darkness used bagpipes in the song "Hazel Eyes".
• The Spanish Folk Metal Band Mägo de Oz uses bagpipes in many songs.
• Ryofu[2], a band from northeast England, use the Northumbrian smallpipes to play rock, nu-metal and heavy metal; this has caused some controversy amongst Northumbrian folk musicians [3]

Bagpipes - Bagpipes in other forms of music

• Originally a hymn, "Amazing Grace" is often thought of as a bagpipe tune since it is particularly powerful on the pipes and is commonly heard at funerals when the pipes are present.
• The U.S. funk band Parliament used bagpipes on the track "Silent Boatman, from their 1970 debut Osmium.
• The late Canadian-born Scottish musician Martyn Bennett (1971-2005) played Great Highland Bagpipe and Scottish smallpipe in combination with hip-hop and electronic dance music on all of his albums.
• Bagpipes (played by Rufus Harley) are featured on the title track of the 1995 album Do You Want More?!!!??! by the U.S. hip hop group The Roots.
• Orchestra Macaroon - Breakfast In Balquhidder -Scottish Latin-American jazz folk-rock with the apposite "Warning: This product may contain traces of bagpipes".
• Part of Orbital's single, "Style", includes a remix with (probably synthesized) bagpipes called "Big Pipe Style". The original was played with a Stylophone.
• In the video game Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME, the song bag is composed of synthesized bagpipe sounds.

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