Punk rock icon drowns in Ireland at 69

Punk rock icon drowns in Ireland at 69

Jock McDonald, the frontman and founder of the legendary punk rock band the Bollock Brothers, has died.

Punk Rock legend Jock McDonald passes away in a “freak swimming accident”

Carsten Thesing Punk Rock legend Jock McDonald—whose birth name was Patrick O’Donnell—has tragically died at age sixty-nine in what his bandmates are calling a “freak swimming accident” off Bundoran Beach in County Donegal, Ireland, on Saturday, July 26, 2025. McDonald had returned to Donegal in advance of a forthcoming tour when the incident occurred. Local RNLI volunteers responded to an emergency call and pulled McDonald from the water around…