Paint The Town Red - Musik

Biography The Mahones Are An Irish-Born Canadian Celtic Punk Band Influenced By The Celtic Rock Revival Of The Late 1980's Pioneered By Such Bands As The Pogues And The Waterboys. The Band Was Formed In Kingston Ontario In 1990 By Fintan “Finny” McConnell And Barry Williams As A One-Off Band For A St. Patrick’s Day Party. The Mahones Have Released Ten Albums To Date Draggin’ The Days Rise Again The Hellfire Club Sessions Here Comes Lucky Paint The Town Red - The Best Of Live At The Horseshoe Take No Prisoners The Irish Punk Collection Whiskey Devils - A Tribute To The Mahones And The Black Irish Album And One Very Rare Cassette Clear The Way . The Black Irish Album The Mahones’ Critically Acclaimed 7th Studio Album Was Released Along With A Tribute Album In 2011 Featuring 20 International Bands Covering Mahones’ Songs. The Band’s Cited Influences Included The Clash The Pogues The Who The Waterboys And Hüsker Dü. The Group’s Lineup Has Changed A Number Of Times With McConnell And Williams As The Main Constant Members. Pogues Members Terry Woods And Phil Chevron Joined The Band On Tour In 2003. The Mahones Have Shared Stages And Toured Around The World With Legends Such As The Dropkick Murphys Stiff Little Fingers Shane MacGowan And The Popes Billy Bragg Chuck Ragan The UK Subs Sick Of It All The Defects Agnositic Front The Buzzcocks D.O.A. Against Me The Tragically Hip The Damned Suicidal Tendencies The Prodigy Gwar Skunk Anansie Tricky Blue Rodeo Steve Earle The Alarm Sinead O’Connor The Street Dogs Roger Miret And The Disasters Flogging Molly Spirit Of The West The Dubliners Christy Moore The Band And Van Morrison. More Recently Scuffy Wallace Of The Dropkick Murphys Joined The Mahones Onstage For A Few Shows As Tin Whistle Player In Toronto And Montreal During A Recent Dropkick Murphys Canadian Tour. Over The Years The Mahones’ Music Has Appeared In Several Major International Hollywood Film Releases. Recently Their Song “Paint The Town Red 2010” Was Featured In The Climactic Final Fight Scene Of The 2 X Academy Award/ 2 X Golden Globe Winning Mark Wahlberg/Christian Bale/Amy Adams Film “The Fighter” 2010 . The Mahones Also Co-Wrote And Recorded The Title Track For The Hollywood Pictures Movie “Celtic Pride” Wally High/The Mahones Featuring Damon Wayans Daniel Stern And Dan Akroyd Which Was Composed Specifically For The Film. The Song 100 Bucks Was Also Featured In The Movie ” Dog Park “ Featuring Natasha Henstridge Luke Wilson Janeane Garofalo As Well As Bruce McCulloch And Mark McKinney From Kids In The Hall. The Mahones’ Song ‘A Little Bit Of Love’ Is In The New Film Ecstasy Based On Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting Critically Acclaimed Book. In 1999 Bassist Joe Chithalen Died In Amsterdam Shortly After A Concert. He Had Accidentally Ingested Food Containing Peanuts To Which He Was Allergic. The Joe Chithalen Memorial Musical Instrument Library Joe’s M.I.L.L. Was Established In Kingston Soon After By Wally High Edit Members Current Members Finny McConnell - Lead Vocals Guitar Mandolin Songwriter Dom "The Bomb" Whelan - Drums Vocals Katie McConnell - Accordion Vocals Sean Winter - Banjo Mandolin Harmonica Vocals Sean "Riot" Ryan - Bass Vocals Former Members "The" Barry Williams Andrew Brown Mauro Sepe Owen Warnica David Allen Kevan Williams Michael O'Grady Miranda Mulholland Ger O'Sullivan Chris Ward Chris Scahill Chris Smirnios Ayron Mortley Ewen McIntosh Barry Williams Joe Chithalen Paddy Concannon read less