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Share this article: Name Ken Casey Best known for Holding all Massachusetts high school truancy records and then going on to fake my way through a 25-year-and-counting music career. Current City Boston, Massachusetts. Excited about New Dropkick’s album
Dropkick Murphys’ Ken Casey: “I’m only a few bad decisions away from turning back into the savage that I was” Dropkick Murphys vocalist Ken Casey reflects on the band’s longevity, sobriety, growing up and why getting emotional is punk as fuck… Words: Mark Sutherland It’s taken 25 years, but Ken Casey’s life has finally come full circle. On May 2, it will be precisely two-and-a-half decades since he first stepped onstage with Dropkick Murphys, at the 60 th birthday party of one of his friend’s fathers. As you might expect, the Dropkicks’ bruising brand of Pogues/Cl...
COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out, but for many, it’s still a socially distanced life. Not to worry, you can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day from the comfort of your own home. On Wednesday night, the beloved American Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys will hold a free livestream concert at 7 p.m. fittingly dubbed “Still Locked Down.” It follows last year’s free virtual concert “Streaming Up From Boston,” marking the first time in 24 years that the band didn’t play in public on St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Formed in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1996, Dropkick Murphys released five ...
The Patriot Ledger So you can't head out to hear live Irish music on St. Patrick's day this year, but you can watch a great Irish band, the Dropkick Murphys, perform virtually. Keeping with their annual tradition, the Irish punksters — who got their start in 1996 in the basement of a barbershop in Quincy's Wollaston neighborhood — will perform a free livestream show to commemorate the patron saint of Ireland. Titled “Still Locked Down,” the Blarney blowout gets underway at 7 p.m. March 17 and can be viewed at www.DKMstream.com. Fans can expect the usual mix of energy and Shamrock ...
Dropkick Murphys will do a livestream performance on St. Patrick's Day. (Courtesy Ken Susi) Editor's Note: This story contains a profanity that is spelled out because it is the official title of a song included in the post. In the before times… During St. Patrick’s Day week, Boston music fans could look forward to a skein of shows at clubs by Dropkick Murphys, the Celtic-colored punk rockers. The sextet, fronted by co-lead singers Ken Casey and Al Barr, has done 23 of them. But, as we begin year two of the pandemic, the band readies its second live-from-a-huge-soundstage-outside-of-Boston...