+ BANGER & MOSH afterparty
Date: Wednesday May 26
Venue: Winston Kingdom
Tickets: 10 Euro
Timeschedule:
20.00: doors
21.00: The Real McKenzies
23.00: afterparty
WE DON'T TAKE RESERVATIONS FOR THIS SHOW!
PLEASE BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE ON THE WINSTON KINGDOM WEBSITE
THE REAL MCKENZIES
The modern-day Celtic bards known as THE REAL MCKENZIES hail from Vancouver, BC and are a punk band deeply rooted in their Scottish heritage with a sound best described as the SEX PISTOLS meet Scottish folk legend ROBBIE BURNS.
The Scottish term Ceilidh (pronounced kee-lee), is the main reason why THE REAL MCKENZIES formed and their chief inspiration. Ceilidh, according to The McKenzies, is a Gaelic word meaning “A wicked party which carries on for days”.
Founded by frontman Paul McKenzie in 1994, he cites his family as another motivating factor, “As a lad, my parents and grandparents would dress me up in a kilt and make me sing and dance to traditional Scottish music. Starting a Scottish punk band is my way of getting revenge!” You’re probably wondering how it is that group of Canadians can rightly rollick and roam the countryside in the name of Scotland. Paul McKenzie offers an explanation, “A great many Scots immigrated to Canada. Ya see, the Scottish went north and the Irish went south...as they often do.”
current line up:
Paul McKenzie [THE ENIGMAS, TT RACER]
Karl Alvarez [ALL, THE DESCENDENTS]
Mark (The Bone) Boland [POWERCLOWN]
Dave Gregg [DOA]
Matt McNasty [THE STIRLING PIPE BAND]
(Dirty) Kurt Robertson [CURIOUS GEORGE]
Sean Sellers [GOOD RIDDANCE]
Gord Taylor [THE STIRLING PIPE BAND]
THE REAL MCKENZIES website
THE REAL MCKENZIES myspace
