Mama's Boys - If the Kids are United (Promo Video)

Mama's Boys were a 1980s hard rock/heavy metal group from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland featuring the three McManus brothers Pat, a.k.a. 'The Professor", (guitar and occasionally fiddle), John (bass and vocals), Tommy (drums). The brothers started off their musical career as award winning traditional Irish musicians but were inspired by the legendary Irish celtic rock band, Horslips, as well as younger brother Tommys passion for the drums to form a rock band. Although the inspiration from Horslips were strong they decided not to follow in those footsteps and instead adopted a more Heavy Metal for the band. Originally called pulse they soon opted to change their name to Mama's Boys. The band were active from 1978 til 1993 and released 7 albums and 22 singles in their entire career, one of which was a cover of Slade's stomping hit "Mama We're All Crazee Now" in 1984.. The track "If the Kids are United" appeared only on the Arista Label release of the self titled album in 1984 and funnily enough was omitted from every other release of the album.. Albums: * Plug It In (1982) * Turn It Up (1983) * Mama's Boys (1984) * Power And Passion (1985) * Growing Up The Hard Way (1987) * Live Tonite (1991) * Relativity (1992) Singles: *Rollin' On (1980) *High Energy Weekend (1980) *Silence is Out of Fashion (1981) *Belfast City Blues (1982) *In the Heat of the Night (1982) *Needle in the Groove (1982) *Telephone Teaser (1983) *Loose Living (1983) *Too Little of You to Love (1983) *Face to Face (1983) *Midnight Promises (1984) *Mama We're All crazee Now (1984) *If the Kids are United (1984) *Runaway dreams (1985) *Needle in the Groove (1985) (Re-release) *Hard N' Loud (1985) *Lettin' Go (1985) *Waiting for a Miracle (1987) *Higher Ground (1987) *Spirit of America (1987) *This Flight Tonight (1991) *Laugh About It (1992) Mama's Boys: Pat McManus Lead and Acoustic Guitars, Fiddle, Backing Vocals John McManus Bass, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Low and Tin Whistle, Uilleann Pipes (Irish Bagpipes) Tommy McManus Drums, Bodhran (Irish Drum), Backing vocals I do not own the rights to the song, video or publishing.. these remain with the people concerned...

Added 14 Sept 2026