# THE REAL McKENZIES Raise a Ruckus With “I Wanna Eat Sardines (With Yer Mother)”

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- Published: 2026-03-31T15:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **Celtic Punk Trailblazers The Real McKenzies Raise a Ruckus With “I Wanna Eat Sardines (With Yer Mother)”**

#### **New Album_ On Yer Bike _Releases May 29, 2026**

[**Watch the Video for “I Wanna Eat Sardines (With Your Mother)”**](https://youtu.be/C7l8EuFNuTM)

Vancouver’s Celtic punk legends The Real McKenzies return with “I Wanna Eat Sardines(
With Yer Mother),” the first single from their upcoming album _On Yer Bike_, arriving
May 29 on Stomp Records.

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Landing March 27, the track marks a new chapter for the long-running band and the
first taste of their next full-length following the closing of Fat Wreck Chords.
Fans of The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, and Gogol Bordello will find
plenty to raise a pint to here.

Founded in 1992 by larger-than-life frontman and Scottish punk poet laureate Paul
McKenzie, The Real McKenzies have spent more than three decades hauling their bagpipes,
guitars, and battered touring van across continents. Along the way they’ve built
a reputation as one of punk’s most relentless road warriors, delivering a wild collision
of traditional Scottish folk and breakneck punk rock to generations of fans who 
know the difference between a ceilidh and a circle pit.

“I Wanna Eat Sardines (With Yer Mother)” arrives with the band’s trademark swagger
fully intact. Equal parts pub anthem and cheeky Celtic mischief, the track barrels
forward on roaring guitars, thunderous drums, and the unmistakable skirl of bagpipes,
all wrapped around a chorus that practically demands to be shouted across a crowded
barroom.

It’s rowdy, irreverent, and proudly ridiculous in the best possible way, the sound
of a band who know exactly how much fun punk rock can be when the pints are flowing
and the pipes are blazing.

The Real McKenzies - I Wanna Eat Sardines (With Yer Mother) Official Video

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The single offers the first taste of _On Yer Bike_, a thirteen-track blast of raucous
Celtic punk that finds McKenzie sounding newly energized and the band tighter than
ever. The album swings wildly through tales of love, history, literature, and outright
lunacy, including the Sawney Bean trilogy, a trio of songs inspired by Scotland’s
most infamous cannibal clan. Elsewhere, the band tackles everything from lyrical
storytelling to pub-ready singalongs, with soaring bagpipes and heart-pounding rhythms
anchoring every track.

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Photo Credit: Cat Ashbee

[**Order The Real McKenzies’**** Music and Merchandise**](https://therealmckenzies.bandcamp.com/music)

Over their long and famously chaotic career, The Real McKenzies have shared stages
with everyone from NOFX and Rancid to Flogging Molly, Metallica, and the late Shane
MacGowan. Along the way they’ve carved out a legacy as pioneers of Celtic punk in
North America, long predating the wave of bands that followed in their wake.

Their music has appeared in films, video games, and countless sweaty clubs around
the world, but their real reputation has always been built the old-fashioned way:
relentless touring, roaring crowds, and songs made to be sung at the top of your
lungs.

More than thirty years on, The Real McKenzies remain exactly what they’ve always
been: a hard-partying, hard-touring, bagpipe-blasting force of nature. If _On Yer
Bike_ proves anything, it’s that the fire still burns bright. With “I Wanna Eat 
Sardines (With Yer Mother)” leading the charge, the band once again raises the banner
of Celtic punk high, somewhere between a Highland march and a barroom brawl, inviting
the whole world to sing along.

**Genre Tags: **Celtic Punk, Punk Rock, Folk Punk, Celtic Rock, Bagpipe Punk
**RIYL:**
The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, Gogol Bordello, The Rumjacks, Flatfoot
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