Tracklist front / back album covers
Dropkick Murphys - Do or Die
"Cadence to Arms" (Instrumental) (Traditional, reworked from "Scotland the Brave") – 1:49
"Do or Die" (Barton, McColgan) – 1:50
"Get Up" (Barton, Casey, McColgan) – 2:06
"Never Alone" (Barton, Casey) - 2:54
"Caught in a Jar" (Barton, McColgan) - 2:19
"Memories Remain" (Casey, Kelly) – 2:25
"Road of the Righteous" (Barton, McColgan) – 2:56
"Far Away Coast" (Barton, Casey, McColgan) – 2:41
"Fightstarter Karaoke" (Barton, Casey) – 2:18
"Barroom Hero" (Casey) – 2:57
"3rd Man In" (Barton, Casey) – 2:18
"Tenant Enemy #1" (Barton, Casey, Kelly, McColgan) – 2:13
"Finnegan's Wake" (Traditional) – 2:19
"Noble" (Barton, Casey, Kelly, McColgan) – 2:34
"Boys on the Docks" (Murphys' Pub Version) (Barton, Casey) – 2:33
"Skinhead on the MBTA" (Traditional) (Barton, Casey) – 3:49
Dropkick Murphys Band Members / Musicians
Mike McColgan – lead vocals
Ken Casey – bass guitar, vocals
Rick Barton – guitar, vocals
Matt Kelly – drums
Joe Delaney - bagpipes
Swingin' Utters - featured on the track "Skinhead on the MBTA"
John Allen of Big Bad Bollocks, vocals and tin whistle on "Faraway Coast"
Do or Die is the 1st studio album released by Boston's Irish-American punk band, Dropkick Murphys. It was released in 1998. A music video for the single "Barroom Hero" was released. This is the only album that featured original lead vocalist Mike McColgan, who went on to become a fireman before forming his own band, the Street Dogs.
Dropkick Murphys are an American Celtic punk band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1996. The band was initially signed to independent punk record label Hellcat Records, releasing five albums for the label, and building a reputation locally through constant touring and yearly St. Patrick's Day week shows, held in and around Boston. The 2004 single "Tessie" became the band's first mainstream hit and one of their biggest charting singles to date. The band's final Hellcat release, 2005's The Warrior's Code, included the song "I'm Shipping Up to Boston"; the song was featured in the 2006 film The Departed, and went on to become the band's only platinum-selling single to date, and remains one of their best-known songs. The band is known for their loud, energetic live shows.
Dropkick Murphys Band Members / Musicians
Ken Casey – lead and backing vocals (1996–present), bass (1996–present in studio, 1996–2018 live)
Matt Kelly – drums, bodhrán, backing vocals (1997–present)
Al Barr – lead vocals (1998–present)
James Lynch – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2000–
present)
Tim Brennan – accordion, mandolin, bouzouki, keyboard, piano, tin whistle, backing vocals (2003–present), lead guitar (2008–present)
Jeff DaRosa – banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, guitar, keyboard, piano, harmonica, tin whistle, backing vocals (2008–present)
Lee Forshner – bagpipes (2014–present)
Kevin Rheault – lead guitar (2017), bass guitar (2018–present)
Jeff Erna – drums (1996–1997)
Mike McColgan – lead vocals (1996–1998)
Rick Barton – guitars (1996–2000)
Spicy McHaggis (Robbie Mederios) – bagpipes (2000–2003)
Ryan Foltz – mandolin, tin whistle (2000–2003)
Marc Orrell – lead guitar, accordion, piano (2000–2008)
Scruffy Wallace – bagpipes, tin whistle (2003–2015)
Joe Delaney – bagpipes (1998–2003)
Stephanie Dougherty – vocals (2005–2009, with occasional performances afterward)
Dropkick Murphys Discography Full
Do or Die (1998)
The Gang's All Here (1999)
Sing Loud, Sing Proud! (2001)
Blackout (2003)
The Warrior's Code (2005)
The Meanest of Times (2007)
Going Out in Style (2011)
Signed and Sealed in Blood (2013)
11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory (2017)
Turn Up That Dial (2021)
