Dropkick Murphys

''[[The Warrior's Code]]'', the band's fifth and final album for Hellcat, was released on June 21, 2005, and made its debut at number 49 on the album charts, which at the time was the highest debut for a Dropkick Murphys album. The album features the singles "Sunshine Highway" and "The Warrior's Code" as well as the bonus track "Tessie". The album also featured a re-recorded version of "[[I'm Shipping Up to Boston]]", a song originally recorded for the band's "Fields of Athenry" single. The song featured lyrics from a [[Woody Guthrie]] poem the band found in his archives. The song was featured in the 2006 [[Academy Award]]-winning film ''[[The Departed]]''.. Two videos, one with and one without footage from ''The Departed,'' were made due to overwhelming response to the song, which became at the time the band's first and biggest charting single (at the time) reaching number 1 on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100]]. The song helped introduce Dropkick Murphys to an even bigger mainstream audience thanks to the film and soundtrack. The song also became the walk-up song of Boston Red Sox player [[Jonathan Papelbon]], who danced an [[Jig|Irish jig]] to the song several times throughout the 2007 [[Boston Red Sox]] [[World Series]] Championship season. During the team's victory parade, Papelbon did the jig while the band played the song on the same float. In 2012 the band said that since Papelbon signed with the Philadelphia Phillies, he could no longer use the song, as it was a "Boston song". They hoped the new Red Sox closer [[Andrew Bailey (baseball)|Andrew Bailey]] would use it, but both Bailey and his replacement, [[Koji Uehara]] had different songs.{{cite web |date=March 6, 2012 |url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/03/06/dropkick-murphys-wont-let-papelbon-use-their-song-as-entrance-music-anymore/ |title=Dropkick Murphys Won't Let Papelbon Use Their Song As Entrance Music Anymore |location=[[Boston]] |publisher=[[CBS]]}} [[Washington Nationals]]' second baseman [[Daniel Murphy (baseball)|Daniel Murphy]] also used it as a walk-up song.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}

''[[The Warrior's Code]]'', the band's fifth and final album for Hellcat, was released on June 21, 2005, and made its debut at number 49 on the album charts, which at the time was the highest debut for a Dropkick Murphys album. The album features the singles "Sunshine Highway" and "The Warrior's Code" as well as the bonus track "Tessie". The album also featured a re-recorded version of "[[I'm Shipping Up to Boston]]", a song originally recorded for the band's "Fields of Athenry" single. The song featured lyrics from a [[Woody Guthrie]] poem the band found in his archives. The song was featured in the 2006 [[Academy Award]]-winning film ''[[The Departed]]''.. Two videos, one with and one without footage from ''The Departed,'' were made due to overwhelming response to the song, which became at the time the band's first and biggest charting single (at the time) reaching number 1 on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100]]. The song helped introduce Dropkick Murphys to an even bigger mainstream audience thanks to the film and soundtrack. The song also became the walk-up song of Boston Red Sox player [[Jonathan Papelbon]], who danced an [[Jig|Irish jig]] to the song several times throughout the 2007 [[Boston Red Sox]] [[World Series]] Championship season. During the team's victory parade, Papelbon did the jig while the band played the song on the same float. In 2012 the band said that since Papelbon signed with the Philadelphia Phillies, he could no longer use the song, as it was a "Boston song". They hoped the new Red Sox closer [[Andrew Bailey (baseball)|Andrew Bailey]] would use it, but both Bailey and his replacement, [[Koji Uehara]] had different songs.{{cite web |date=March 6, 2012 |url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/03/06/dropkick-murphys-wont-let-papelbon-use-their-song-as-entrance-music-anymore/ |title=Dropkick Murphys Won't Let Papelbon Use Their Song As Entrance Music Anymore |location=[[Boston]] |publisher=[[CBS]]}} [[Washington Nationals]]' second baseman [[Daniel Murphy (baseball)|Daniel Murphy]] also used it as a walk-up song.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}

===Independent success (2007–present)===

===Born & Bred (2007–2022)===

[[File:Jameslynch.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[James Lynch (musician)|James Lynch]] playing guitar in 2007]]

[[File:Jameslynch.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[James Lynch (musician)|James Lynch]] playing guitar in 2007]]

The band's sixth album, ''[[The Meanest of Times]]'', was released on September 18, 2007, on the band's own label, Born & Bred Records. It marked the band's first album to not be released through Hellcat. ''The Meanest of Times'' debuted at No. 20 in the U.S., their highest chart debut to date. The first single, "[[The State of Massachusetts]]", became the band's band second number 1 single on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100]] chart (and their last on that chart) and reached number fourteen on the [[Hot Rock & Alternative Songs]] chart giving them their highest ever position on that chart as well. The song was also used as the opening theme to the MTV show ''[[Nitro Circus]]''; it reached No. 83 on the ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' Top 100 songs of 2007.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}. Following a tour to support the album, guitarist [[Marc Orrell]] announced in January 2008 that he was leaving the band after eight years. Orrell said of his departure "I'm very grateful for everything playing with DKM has brought me and I'm sad to be going but I feel like the time has come for me to try working on different styles of music and some of my own projects, I'm ready to spread my wings as they say." Tim Brennan replaced Orrell as a full-time guitarist while multi-instrumentalist [[Jeff DaRosa]] was introduced as a new member of the band.{{cite web|url=http://www.punknews.org/article/27399 |title=Marc Orrell Leaves Dropkick Murphys |website=Punknews.org |date=January 22, 2008 |access-date=April 21, 2012}} The re-configured line-up continued to tour into 2008. Their show in [[Pawtucket, Rhode Island]], had a sellout crowd of 10,060 which according to the band was their largest ever.

The band's sixth album, ''[[The Meanest of Times]]'', was released on September 18, 2007, on the band's own label, Born & Bred Records. It marked the band's first album to not be released through Hellcat. ''The Meanest of Times'' debuted at No. 20 in the U.S., their highest chart debut to date. The first single, "[[The State of Massachusetts]]", became the band's band second number 1 single on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100]] chart (and their last on that chart) and reached number fourteen on the [[Hot Rock & Alternative Songs]] chart giving them their highest ever position on that chart as well. The song was also used as the opening theme to the MTV show ''[[Nitro Circus]]''; it reached No. 83 on the ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' Top 100 songs of 2007.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}. Following a tour to support the album, guitarist [[Marc Orrell]] announced in January 2008 that he was leaving the band after eight years. Orrell said of his departure "I'm very grateful for everything playing with DKM has brought me and I'm sad to be going but I feel like the time has come for me to try working on different styles of music and some of my own projects, I'm ready to spread my wings as they say." Tim Brennan replaced Orrell as a full-time guitarist while multi-instrumentalist [[Jeff DaRosa]] was introduced as a new member of the band.{{cite web|url=http://www.punknews.org/article/27399 |title=Marc Orrell Leaves Dropkick Murphys |website=Punknews.org |date=January 22, 2008 |access-date=April 21, 2012}} The re-configured line-up continued to tour into 2008. Their show in [[Pawtucket, Rhode Island]], had a sellout crowd of 10,060 which according to the band was their largest ever.

In November 2020, "I Wish You Were Here" was released as the third single (following "Smash Shit Up" and "Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding") from the band's still yet to be titled upcoming album. On February 23, 2021, the band announced that their tenth album, ''[[Turn Up That Dial]]'', would be released on April 30, 2021. The album's fourth single, "Middle Finger", was released at the same time of the announcement.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/dropkick-murphys-announce-new-album-turn-up-that-dial-and-share-new-single-middle-finger-2886990|title=Dropkick Murphys announce new album "Turn Up That Dial" and share new single 'Middle Finger'|last=Reilly|first=Nick|website=Nme.com|access-date=2021-02-23}} The album's fifth single, "Queen of [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk County]]" was released on March 31, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/DropkickMurphys/posts/296514075163451|title=Our new single QUEEN OF SUFFOLK COUNTY comes out TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT BOSTON TIME on all streaming services worldwide !! To celebrate the new single release, a couple of the guys will be doing another Live Q&A on Instagram.com/DropkickMurphys at 9am Boston time tomorrow !! Check out a snippet of the video above - to be released soon... | Dropkick Murphys|website=Facebook.com|access-date=January 6, 2026}}"L-EE-B-O-Y" (a song about the band's bagpipe player Lee Forshner), "H.B.D.M.F" and "Good as Gold" were also released as singles following the album's release. On May 1, 2021, the band held a record release party [[livestream]] where they performed ''Turn Up That Dial'' in its entirety along with other songs from previous albums. The band toured in support of the album beginning with their ''Boston to Berkeley II'' [[North America]] co-headlining tour with [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]] from August to October 2021,{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dropkick-murphys-rancid-2021-tour-dates-1183693/|title=Dropkick Murphys, Rancid Plot Co-Headlining Tour|website=Rollingstone.com|access-date=2021-07-07}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/dropkick-murphys-announce-virtual-release-party-to-celebrate-new-album/ar-BB1fRG09?ocid=BingNewsSearch|title=Dropkick Murphys announce virtual release party to celebrate new album|last=Stocio|first=Nick|website=Msn.com|access-date=2021-04-02}}{{Cite news|url=https://dropkickmurphys.com/2021/05/01/turn-up-that-dial-tour-2022/|title=Turn Up That Dial Tour 2022|website=Dropkickmurphys.com|access-date=2021-04-02}}

In November 2020, "I Wish You Were Here" was released as the third single (following "Smash Shit Up" and "Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding") from the band's still yet to be titled upcoming album. On February 23, 2021, the band announced that their tenth album, ''[[Turn Up That Dial]]'', would be released on April 30, 2021. The album's fourth single, "Middle Finger", was released at the same time of the announcement.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/dropkick-murphys-announce-new-album-turn-up-that-dial-and-share-new-single-middle-finger-2886990|title=Dropkick Murphys announce new album "Turn Up That Dial" and share new single 'Middle Finger'|last=Reilly|first=Nick|website=Nme.com|access-date=2021-02-23}} The album's fifth single, "Queen of [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk County]]" was released on March 31, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/DropkickMurphys/posts/296514075163451|title=Our new single QUEEN OF SUFFOLK COUNTY comes out TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT BOSTON TIME on all streaming services worldwide !! To celebrate the new single release, a couple of the guys will be doing another Live Q&A on Instagram.com/DropkickMurphys at 9am Boston time tomorrow !! Check out a snippet of the video above - to be released soon... | Dropkick Murphys|website=Facebook.com|access-date=January 6, 2026}}"L-EE-B-O-Y" (a song about the band's bagpipe player Lee Forshner), "H.B.D.M.F" and "Good as Gold" were also released as singles following the album's release. On May 1, 2021, the band held a record release party [[livestream]] where they performed ''Turn Up That Dial'' in its entirety along with other songs from previous albums. The band toured in support of the album beginning with their ''Boston to Berkeley II'' [[North America]] co-headlining tour with [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]] from August to October 2021,{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dropkick-murphys-rancid-2021-tour-dates-1183693/|title=Dropkick Murphys, Rancid Plot Co-Headlining Tour|website=Rollingstone.com|access-date=2021-07-07}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/dropkick-murphys-announce-virtual-release-party-to-celebrate-new-album/ar-BB1fRG09?ocid=BingNewsSearch|title=Dropkick Murphys announce virtual release party to celebrate new album|last=Stocio|first=Nick|website=Msn.com|access-date=2021-04-02}}{{Cite news|url=https://dropkickmurphys.com/2021/05/01/turn-up-that-dial-tour-2022/|title=Turn Up That Dial Tour 2022|website=Dropkickmurphys.com|access-date=2021-04-02}}

===Departion of Al Barr 2022-present===

After eight years with the band, Lee Forshner departed early in 2022. He was replaced in February 2022 by Campbell Webster, who joined as the band's touring bagpipe player. Webster's first recording with the band was a cover of "[[We Shall Overcome]]" which would appear along with the previously released songs "The Bonny" and "James Connelly" on an expanded digital only release of ''Turn Up That Dial''.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/campbell.webster.1|title=Campbell Webster|website=Facebook.com|access-date=January 6, 2026}} That same month it was announced that Al Barr was forced to depart from the band's 2022 St. Patrick's Day Tour and their 2022 summer tour in [[Europe]] to take care of his ailing mother who has [[Lewy Body Dementia]]. Jesse Ahern, Mikey Rivkees ([[The Rumjacks]]), and Jen Razavi ([[The Bombpops]]) assisted on vocals for certain songs in place of Barr during their shows with Ken Casey taking over the rest of Barr's lead vocals.{{Cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dropkick-murphys-co-vocalist-al-161933206.html|title=Dropkick Murphys Co-Vocalist Al Barr Drops Off Band's 2022 Tour to Care for Ailing Mother|website=Yahoo.com|access-date=2022-03-12}} As of March 2025, Barr has yet to rejoin the band and Casey, who no longer plays bass during their shows, has taken over full-time lead vocals while Barr is away.

After eight years with the band, Lee Forshner departed early in 2022. He was replaced in February 2022 by Campbell Webster, who joined as the band's touring bagpipe player. Webster's first recording with the band was a cover of "[[We Shall Overcome]]" which would appear along with the previously released songs "The Bonny" and "James Connelly" on an expanded digital only release of ''Turn Up That Dial''.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/campbell.webster.1|title=Campbell Webster|website=Facebook.com|access-date=January 6, 2026}} That same month it was announced that Al Barr was forced to depart from the band's 2022 St. Patrick's Day Tour and their 2022 summer tour in [[Europe]] to take care of his ailing mother who has [[Lewy Body Dementia]]. Jesse Ahern, Mikey Rivkees ([[The Rumjacks]]), and Jen Razavi ([[The Bombpops]]) assisted on vocals for certain songs in place of Barr during their shows with Ken Casey taking over the rest of Barr's lead vocals.{{Cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dropkick-murphys-co-vocalist-al-161933206.html|title=Dropkick Murphys Co-Vocalist Al Barr Drops Off Band's 2022 Tour to Care for Ailing Mother|website=Yahoo.com|access-date=2022-03-12}} As of March 2025, Barr has yet to rejoin the band and Casey, who no longer plays bass during their shows, has taken over full-time lead vocals while Barr is away.