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McColgan was born in the Savin Hill area of Dorchester, Massachusetts, and attended Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. His interest in music began while he sang in the school's choir. McColgan joined the U.S. Army in 1989 [1] and served in 4th Battalion 82nd Field Artillery, Charlie Battery in the first Gulf War ...
Former founding Dropkick Murphys members Mike McColgan and Rick Barton formed the group FM359 in early 2013; this was the first time McColgan and Barton had worked together in over fifteen years since McColgan quit the Dropkick Murphys in 1998. Their debut album, Truth, Love and Liberty, was released in January 2014.
In 2005 Dropkick Murphys released 2-song CD for the family of US Marine Corps sergeant killed in Iraq. In 2014 the band played special performance at the memorial ceremony for Maj. Michael Donahue ...
Feb 10, 2019 · Backstory As you may know, my brother-in-law, Mike McColgan, has been fighting stage 4 lung cancer since 2017. At the time of his diagnosis stage 4 cancer and the potential life implications seemed surreal to all of us, especially my sister Julie and my niece Maya and my nephew Michael.
Jan 27, 2018 · Do or Die is the only Dropkick album featuring original lead singer Mike McColgan, a card-carrying union man who served in Iraq during Operation Desert Shield and wound up quitting the band in the ...
- Kenneth Partridge
Mike McColgan, former singer of Dropkick Murphys and current firefighter, talks about his new band Street Dogs, his musical influences, and his life in Boston. Read the full interview from 2004, including his views on the Bruins, the Pogues, and the Irish punk scene.
Mar 15, 2024 · After Mike McColgan’s departure, Al Barr of THE BRUISERS had been recruited to fill in on lead vocals, and while they’d later swap guitarists as well as adding bagpiper Spicy McHaggis and Ryan Holz on tin whistle for their next record, they were roughly the Murphys we’d recognise today.
