Artist Website: www.floggingmolly.com
View Flogging Molly Profile on All Music
About Flogging Molly
Prior to forming Flogging Molly, Dublin-born Dave King was the lead singer for the heavy metal band Fastway featuring guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke of Motörhead in the early to mid 1980s. He later fronted a hard rock band called Katmandu, featuring Mandy Meyer of Krokus on guitars. Afterward, King retained a record deal with Epic Records and began to work on a solo album, but began to reconsider his record deal when the label opposed his idea of bringing in traditional Irish instruments. King negotiated out of his record deal to go his own way musically soon after.
King moved to America and met up with some musicians there. In 1994, along with Bridget Regan (fiddle), Ted Hutt (guitar), Jeff Peters (bass) and Paul Crowder (drums) he put together a band that blended punk rock with raucous Irish Folk music in a style highly influenced by The Pogues and also similar to the Boston band Dropkick Murphys who also formed in the 1990s. The band became Flogging Molly in 1997, named after the local Hollywood bar, Molly Malone's, where the band regularly performed. They released their first of many albums, Swagger, in 2000. Other albums put out by the band include Drunken Lullabies (2002), Within a Mile of Home (2004), Float (2008), Speed of Darkness (2011), Life Is Good (2017) and Anthem (2022).
Video
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies
Comments
Joe Kelley wrote on 2010-05-15 00:00:00:By far my favorite band. Love my culture. Best in the world!!!
Caleb Carlson wrote on 2009-11-30 00:00:00:
love Flogging Molly got me into listening to celtic music you guys should check fiddlers green and gaelic storm
Danny mc Taggart wrote on 2008-12-10 00:00:00:
Seen Dave king with Fastway in 1885, great voice
Siobhan wrote on 2007-11-24 00:00:00:
I luv them!!!! Great sound!
Jim Last wrote on 2007-07-04 00:00:00:
a truly sensational band!!
tyler hartigan wrote on 2007-02-21 00:00:00:
great sound best band ive heard in a long time, a must see live dave king is a mad man wit a guitar!
Huzi Mamoola wrote on 2006-10-26 00:00:00:
Great fast music. Good drumming and good coordination with pipes
Sandy Ferland wrote on 2006-08-20 00:00:00:
I have just heard them at a family reunion. My sisters and I would love to attend a concert. We danced and danced to the music!!!
devon flaherty wrote on 2006-07-25 00:00:00:
one of the best! rock on flogging molly
Would you like to contribute additional information to the Flogging Molly page?
We can set you up with access to edit this page if you are involved with this artist or are knowledgable about this artist.
Alternatively, if you just have a small tidbit of info to add or a correction to our content, you can just mention it in the comments above.
|