The Mahones

The Mahones
The Mahones performing at Queen's Day in Groningen, Holland.
Background information
Origin	Kingston, Ontario
Genres	Celtic punk
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Whiskey Devil Records
Website	themahones.ninja
Members	Finny McConnell Katie "Kaboom" McConnell Guillaume Lauzon Sean "Riot" Ryan Michael O'Grady Scruffy Wallace
Past members	Joe Chithalen Mauro Sepe Owen Warnica Andrew Brown GerDom "The Bomb" Whelan O'Sullivan Chris Scahill Chris Smirnios Miranda Mulholland Ewen McIntosh Paul "Cuzo" Mancuso Jon Kane Sean Winter

The Mahones are a Canadian Irish punk band, formed on St. Patrick's Day in 1990, in Kingston.

The Mahones are a Canadian Irish-punk band, formed in 1990 by Dublin-born Finny McConnell, as a one-off band for a St. Patrick's Day party. Encouraged by a positive reception, McConnell decided to pursue the band full-time. The Mahones have released twelve albums to date with their most recent, The Hunger and The Fight (part two), being released in 2015.

The Mahones’ music has appeared in several major films. Recently, their song “Paint The Town Red 2010” was featured in the climactic final fight scene of The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and Amy Adams. The film went on to win two Academy Awards and several Golden Globes. The Mahones also co-wrote and recorded the title track for the Hollywood Pictures movie Celtic Pride, featuring Damon Wayans, Daniel Stern, and Dan Aykroyd. Their 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 critically acclaimed book.