In early 2007, as the group geared up for a U.S. The DVD documentary Whiskey on a Sunday was issued in July 2006 it was a candid look at Flogging Molly as both a band and seven individuals, and came with a ten-song CD of acoustic and live tracks. Within a Mile of Home appeared in September 2004, and the band continued to hit the road hard in support. Crafting exuberant barroom anthems, King often used personal touchstones - such as his childhood in a war-torn Ireland, his father's premature death, and an eight-year exile in the United States - for the band's compelling lyrical content. but the raucous septet opted for its own unique brashness that defied genre lines.įlogging Molly released their debut, Swagger, in March 2000 on Side One Dummy and followed up two years later with Drunken Lullabies. Their rowdy folk-rock punk revival sound has been compared to the likes of other Irish bands such as the Pogues, Black 47, and the Dropkick Murphys. bar Molly Malones, Flogging Molly eventually took their music to the road their explosive and passionate live show was the heart of the band, and they toured relentlessly around the world throughout their career. Getting their start playing regularly at the L.A. The group scored a breakthrough with their second album, 2002's Drunken Lullabies, which set the standard for their music, while they mixed up acoustic performances and live recordings on 2006's Whiskey on a Sunday, sang of hard times and struggle in 2011's Speed of Darkness, and offered a (relatively) thoughtful and fervent collection of songs on 2022's Anthem.įormer Fastway guitarist/frontman and Dublin native Dave King formed the band in 1997 with fiddle player Bridget Regan, guitarist Dennis Casey, accordion player (and former pro skateboarder) Matt Hensley, bassist Nathen Maxwell, drummer George Schwindt, and mandolinist Bob Schmidt. Led by singer and guitarist Dave King, the group's hard-hitting sound still makes room for the nuances of their folk influences, and the songs make room for tales of brawling and wild times as well as more sentimental stories of love, loyalty and times past. Mixing the melodies and instrumental flavors of Irish traditional music and the frantic tempos and electric guitars of punk rock, Flogging Molly are a band from Los Angeles who've made a powerful name for themselves on the contemporary Celtic Rock scene.
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