Mill a h-Uile Rud

Mill a h-Uile Rud
Mill a h-Uile Rud playing at the KAW in Leverkusen, Germany
Background information
Origin	Seattle, Isle of Skye
Genres	Celtic punk, Scottish Gaelic punk
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Problem? Records
Associated acts	Na Gathan Nad Aislingean Là Luain
Members	Tim Armstrong Sgrios a h-Uile Rud Sìne Nic Anndrais

Mill a h-Uile Rud ([ˈmiːʎ ə ˈxulə ˈrˠut̪]) is a Seattle-based band who sing in Scottish Gaelic.

The name translates as 'Destroy Everything'. The band sings entirely in Scottish Gaelic, which has proved something of a novelty in Scotland and has gained them considerable coverage in English, Scottish Gaelic, Irish Gaelic, and other Celtic language media.

Although Oi Polloi released the first Gaelic Punk album 'Carson?' in 2003, Mill a h-Uile Rud's 'Ceàrr' was the first CD of all new Gaelic songs ever released. Ceàrr was also the first CD produced with exclusively Gaelic liner notes and the official Mill a h-Uile Rud website was the first all-Gaelic band website. Ceàrr was recorded in a studio in Port Townsend Washington in 2005 for $400 (about £200) in just two days. The recording was virtually 'live'; the band only did two takes of each song. In 2006, the band recorded three other songs in a slightly more professional setting; these songs appeared on the compilation albums 'Ceòl Gàidhlig mar Sgian nad Amhaich' and 'Gàidhlig na Lasair.'

The band formed in 2003 and retain their original line-up of Tim Armstrong (vocals, guitar), Sgrios a h-Uile Rud (vocals, bass) and Sìne Nic Anndrais (drums). (This Tim Armstrong is a different person from the Tim Armstrong from Berkeley who sings in the punk band Rancid.) Originally from Seattle, Armstrong was a member of several punk bands in Brunswick, ME in the late eighties, including Officer Friendly. After spending some years living in Scotland and meeting other Gaelic-speaking punks such as Ruairidh of Oi Polloi, both Tim and Sìne, whose mother is from the Gaelic-speaking island of Benbecula, started learning Gaelic.