Flogging Molly

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- Drunken Lullabies
- Released 2002

- Swagger
- Released 2000

- Within A Mile Of Home
- Released 2004

- Float
- Released 2008

biography

The Los Angeles-based post-grunge seven-piece Flogging Molly are an interesting mix of traditional Irish music and spunky punk rock. Former Fastway acoustic guitarist/frontman and Dublin native Dave King formed the band 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. Getting their start playing regularly at the L.A. bar Molly Malones, Flogging Molly eventually took their music to the road; their explosive and passionate live show was the heart of the band, after all, and the band toured relentlessly around the world throughout their career. Their rowdy folk-rock punk revival sound has been compared to the likes of other Irish bands such as the Pogues and Black 47, but the raucous septet opted for its own unique brashness that defied genre lines. Flogging Molly released its debut, Swagger, in March 2000 on Side One Dummy and followed up two years later with Drunken Lullabies. Crafting exuberant anthems to raise up a full Guinness to, 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. Within a Mile of Home appeared in September 2004, and the band continued to hit the road hard in support. 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. In early 2007, as the group geared up for a U.S. headlining run, Hensley amicably departed to spend more time with his family. In March 2007, Flogging Molly released the iTunes exclusive EP Complete Control Sessions. Their fourth studio album, Float, followed a year later. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide

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- - 7drunkenpirates: Thursday, October 29, 2009 Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville Street Vancouver BC, V6Z 1K3, Canada Doors: 8:00pm Age: 19+
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- - 7drunkenpirates: Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 Odeon Events Center 241 2nd Ave South Saskatoon, SAS S7K 1K8, Canada Doors: 8:00pm All Ages www.floggingmolly.com
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- - 7drunkenpirates: Saturday, Oct 24 Burton Cummings Theatre 364 Smith Street Winnipeg MB, R3B 2H2, Canada Doors: 6:30pm All Ages www.floggingmolly.com
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  - - By MonocularJack
    - 3/2/2009 04:52:12
  - While each album is infused with the raw emotional energy, self-effacing nobility and whiskey-soaked lyrics they have yet to release an album that captures the energy of one of their live shows. The fiddle is faster, songs slow on the album are either transformed into pit-forming anthems or tear-jerking renditions. They bill themselves as one of the hardest working bands out there and they live up to that title.
    
    Listening to their albums in release order you can clearly hear their progression as a band and they are similiar enough to always feel familiar yet different enough that you'll probably turn to their earlier works when you want to get out of your seat and later albums sitting around drinking pints.
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