The Mahones have shared stages around the world alongside legends such as Against Me, Van Morrison, Shane MacGowan and The Popes, The Band, D.O.A., The Tragically Hip, Blue Rodeo, Steve Earle, Sinead O'Connor, Flogging Molly, Spirit Of The West, The Dubliners and Christy Moore to name a few. Led by singer/songwriter Finny McConnell with his revolving line-up of fantastic musicians, this Irish gang of rockers have played at many major concerts and festivals in Europe (Folkwoods, Huntenpop), Australia (National Celtic Festival) and North America (Guinness Fleadh, NYC, Molson Park Canada Day - Toronto, George St Festival - St. Europe, Scandinavia, Australia and North America have been the usual stomping grounds for these Irish Punk Legends.
As for touring, The Mahones have been on too many tours to count. Many of our friends have made guest appearances on these recordings including Mary Margaret O'Hara, Johnny Fay and Gord Sinclair (Tragically Hip), Ian D'Sa (Billy Talent), Scruffy Wallace (Dropkick Murphy's), Colin Cripps (Crash Vegas, Kathleen Edwards), Ian Thornley (Big Wreck, Thornley), Kevin Hearns (Barenaked Ladies), Kevin Quain (The Mad Bastards) and the Legendary Mark Gilligan. The world has never been the same since that day!! AAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhh!!Įight cd's have now been released (Draggin' The Days, Rise Again, The Hellfire Club Sessions, Here Comes Lucky, Paint The Town Red, Live At The Horseshoe, Take No Prisoners and The Irish Punk Collection). Once the stew was complete, a one off gig was booked, March 17th, St. It was the brilliant idea of Dublin-born Finny McConnell and his musical brother Barry Williams to put together a band that sounded like The Clash, The Pogues, The Who, The Waterboys, Husker Du and The Dubliners with a dash of Social Distortion and The Replacements and a name that rhymed with The Ramones. The Mahones - International Paddy-Punk Rockers!!!! Type: Music - Rock - Irish Punk Description:Ī long time ago when the earth was green.The Mahones were formed in 1990 at the end of the bar at the Toucan Irish Pub in Kingston, ( Ontario Canada ), over many pints of Guinness and plenty of Jamesons Irish Whiskey.
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