SHOCK LOSS

Iconic Punk Rock Star, 69, Dies in ‘Freak Swimming Accident’

Jock McDonald, lead singer of The Bollock Brothers, has died at 69.

Punk rocker Jock McDonald, lead singer of The Bollock Brothers, has died in what his bandmate called a “freak swimming accident.” McDonald was 69. The news was shared by Bollock Brothers drummer Pat Pattyn in a Facebook post. “It is with great sadness in my heart, I have to bring you this terrible news... sadly, our singer Jock McDonald has died last night in Ireland, apparently a freak swimming accident,” Pattyn wrote, “his children asked me to tell you all via this way... his family and all the Bollock Brothers are in shock... we are going to try and give this a place, but that won’t be easy...” The news site Donegal Live reported that McDonald was pulled from the water at a beach in Bundoran, Ireland, on Saturday and was later pronounced dead at a hospital in Sligo. McDonald, who was born Patrick Joseph O’Donnell, was born in 1956 and spent his early years in Scotland. In 1979, he founded The Bollock Brothers. The band, which released nine albums, was best known for their 1987 cover of French musician Serge Gainsbourg’s song “Harley David (Son of a B---h).”