Paddyrock.com started on June 1, 2000 as a means to promote great Irish music that was being heard in pubs, festivals, and other venues for years. John Bowles took it upon himself to help promote these bands after seeing a dramtic increase of requests for bands like The Tossers, The Pogues, Stiff Little Fingers, Black 47, Flogging Molly, and the most requested band at the time... the Dropkick Murphys on his show on the FM dial from years back. With a minimal collection of just 150 CDs on this genre when he started out... now his collection has grown to just over 3000 with all ther great music that has been sent to him from artists known and unknown from all over the world. Month after month since, Paddyrock.com has taken off and become the most popular website covering this genre to the international community.

As a celebration of the success of Paddyrock.com with steady increases of fans clicking on over everyday, John decided to release "PRR Vol 1." the start of a volume set that helps promote these great celtic Rock & Punk bands outside of the internet. Since it's release on June 1, 2005, Paddyrock.com has also done many sponsored shows throughout the nation (New York, Wisconsin, Indiana, Georgia, North Carolina, and Illinois). On September 17, 2006, Paddyrock.com released it's second compilation CD with Vol. 2 and gained coverage in multiple regional and national publications and newspapers.
In 2007 Paddyrock.com was taken off the air due to the large demand that the show had taken on his personal life... and on June 1, 2008 Paddyrock.com is back... located in the heart of the Windy City.... Chicago, IL and ready to take Celtic Rock & Punk to the next level.... and with your help spread get the music out there to people all over the world.

Now you have come here where the man... the legend... Paddy McShitfaced (The Eclectic Photographer) brings all you fans together to talk about this great music, shows, and more all in one big group of Celt-Rockers!