Genres: Celtic Punk, Celtic Rock. Stream Tracks and Playlists from THE MAHONES on … Angels & Devils in 2012, the latter of which won that year's Independent Music Award for Best Punk Album.
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The band also penned the title song for the film Celtic Pride, which starred fellow Kingstonian Dan Aykroyd. The Mahones are an Irish-born, Canadian Celtic punk band, who are widely believed to have pioneered the Irish Punk genre, having debuted in 1990, prior to other modern Irish Punk bands. Their song "Paint The Town Red 2010" was featured in the climactic final fight scene of the 2010 film The Fighter. The band also penned the title song for the film Celtic Pride, which starred fellow Kingstonian Dan Aykroyd. In 2016, Scruffy Wallace re-joined The Mahones after 14 years with Dropkick Murphys.The Mahones have released an incredible ten studio albums, three compilation albums, two live albums and two EPs. Heralded as pioneers of the Irish punk scene, and internationally recognized as one of the best and hardest working punk outfits around, The Mahones formed on St. Patrick's Day in 1990, and have been working on their own brand of Irish punk ever since. The Mahones The Irish Punk Brigade. Sadly, that same year, bass player Joe Chithalen passed away. 1990*2015 Winner for Best Album - Shite N Onions (The Hunger & The Fight Part 2)**2014 Winner for Best Celtic Punk Album - Punk.ie (The Hunger & The Fight)**2013 Sirius XM Independent Music Award Nominee â Best Punk Band**2012 Independent Music Award Winners for Best Punk Album (The Black Irish)*From an Irish pub to an Academy Award winning movie: The Mahones have come a long way in 25 years. Another film credit was the use of the song "100 Bucks" in Bruce McCulloch's Kids in the Hall movie Dog Park. Founding members were singer/guitarist Finny McConnell; Andrew Brown on tin whistle, keyboards, and accordion; Ger O'Sullivan on mandolin, banjo, guitar, and bodhran; bassist Joe Chithalen; and drummer Christos Smirnois. In 2010, The Mahones started their own record label, Whiskey Devil Records, and have already released their past five albums through it, with major distribution worldwide (eOne, Wolverine Records).
With a working class ethic and a love of classic punk, Dublin-born Finny McConnell formed the band to combine his love of punk rock with his Irish culture.
Canada's premier Celtic punk rock party band was fittingly born on St. Patrick's Day in 1990 in Kingston, Ontario. The Mahones' song Shakespeare Road, off of their 2012 album Angels & Devils. The band grew from Irish pubs and punk squats, to halls, theatres and arenas, touring relentlessly since their start, and is famous for an incredible high-energy live show.In 2016, The Mahones are releasing a best of compilation: The Very Best (25 Years of Irish Punk) featuring brand new recordings of their classics songs on Whiskey Devil Records, and a deluxe version of their magnum opus The Hunger & The Fight, the first ever Irish punk double concept album that the band recently released to critical acclaim worldwide. The group released Here Comes Lucky in 2001, followed in 2003 by the concert album Live at the Horseshoe. The Mahones again toured heavily to support the album. Heralded as pioneers of the Irish punk scene, and internationally recognized as one of the best and hardest working punk outfits around, The Mahones formed on St. Patrick's Day in 1990, and have been working on their own brand of Irish punk ever since. Angels & Devils in 2012, the latter of which won that year's Independent Music Award for Best Punk Album. For The Hellfire Club Sessions, released in 1999, they got some help from some of Kingston's most famous bands: Johnny Fay of the Tragically Hip co-produced and drummed; his bandmate Gord Sinclair played piano; and Colin Cripps of Crash Vegas (and Junkhouse) sang on "This Old Town."
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In 2010, The Mahones started their own record label, Whiskey Devil Records, and have already released their past five albums through it, with major distribution worldwide (eOne, Wolverine Records). Four years later the group celebrated St. Patrick's Day again with its debut album, Draggin' the Days. Four years later the group celebrated St. Patrick's Day again with its debut album, Draggin' the Days. The Mahones's songs: Listen to songs by The Mahones on Myspace, Stream Free Online Music by The Mahones
The Mahones’ music has appeared in several major films. Sailorâs Grave Records will be releasing The Mahonesâ 2016 albums in the US. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Angels & Devils - The Mahones on AllMusic - 2012 It’s really no wonder that their hit song “Paint The Town Red” was featured in the climactic final fight scene of Academy Award winning film The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and Amy Adams.The Mahones are proud to have a long list of TV and movie appearances from their growing repertoire of Irish punk classics.