Formed on St. Patrick's Day in 1990 in Kingston, ON, by Irish-born Finny McConnell, The Mahones have become an institution of Irish punk rock for the last 25 years. Their list of accolades and achievements during that time is nearly endless, from having their track "Paint The Town Red" featured in a pivotal part of the Academy Award-winning film "The Fighter, " to being awarded "Celtic Rock Album of the Year" by Punk. Ie (Ireland) for their 2014 record The Hunger & The Fight. The Mahones are composed of McConnell (lead vocals/guitar/mandolin), Katie Kaboom (accordion/keyboards/ mandolin/vocals), Sean Winter (banjo/ mandolin/harmonica/vocals), Sean "Riot" Ryan (bass guitar/vocals), Michael O'Grady (accordion/tin whistle/guitar/ vocals) and Scruffy Wallace (bagpipes/tin whistle/guitar/vocals), who has rejoined the band after spending 2003-2015 with DROPKICK MURPHYS and rounds out the group