Mike McColgan

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Michael McColgan is an American musician, and is a founding member and former lead singer of the American

punk band Street Dogs and a founding member and former original lead singer of the American Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys
.

Early years and Dropkick Murphys

McColgan was born in the

Gulf war before becoming a founding member of the Dropkick Murphys in 1996. While McColgan was with the Murphys, they released one full-length album, Do or Die
.

According to McColgan, he always wanted to be a member of the Boston Fire Department like his uncle and role-model, Kevin O'Toole (the subject of "Kevin J. O'Toole" on State of Grace). When McColgan left the band in 1998 to pursue this dream, he was replaced as lead singer by Al Barr, ex-vocalist for The Bruisers. Regarding his 1998 departure, McColgan said "I have no misgivings, no regrets…and there are no bad feelings...I still talk to those guys." The song "Two Angry Kids" on State of Grace is reportedly a reminiscing of the times spent with Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey.

Street Dogs and FM359

McColgan in 2002 started a new band,

e-mail
saying that if his new band ever needed a guitarist, that he was available. McColgan gave Hollar an audition and asked him to join the band.

The Street Dogs toured with

Street Dogs
, on August 31, 2010.

In 2013, McColgan announced a new project, FM359, with Johnny Rioux and founding Dropkick Murphys guitarist Rick Barton. FM359 is considered a non-religious gospel project, and their debut full-length, Truth, Love and Liberty, was released on January 14, 2014 through Pirates Press Records.[4]

On February 13, 2020, McColgan and Rioux issued a statement via

Boston, MA; however, all of the shows were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6]

Discography

Dropkick Murphys

Street Dogs

FM359

  • Truth, Love, & Liberty (2014)

Guest Appearances

  • The Bones (Sweden) Featured in: "Yesterday's Heros" - Partners In Crime Vol. 1 (2006)
  • Whole Wheat Bread: guest vocals on "Bombs Away" from the album Hearts of Hoodlums (2009)
  • Happy Wags: lead vocals on "Firefighters" from the self-titled album (2014)

References

  1. ^ "Mike-Mccolgan-interview". Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. ^ "street-dogs.com". Street-dogs.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Hellcat Records - Artist - Street Dogs". Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  4. ^ "Pirates Press Records – New Releases and Classic Re-Issues!". Piratespressrecords.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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External links

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