Bands/Artists: Flogging Molly

After three years of perpetually touring the world and with another tour on the horizon, you’d think Dave King, lead singer of Irish folk/punk/rebel forebears Flogging Molly, would revel in his downtime. Instead, he’s giving interviews, responding to fan mail and making a special trip with the band to Northern California to repa... read more

Flogging Molly is back with a new album of energetic Irish punk rock entitled Within a Mile of Home. While not quite as good as their first offering Swagger, their latest does prove to be a keeper. This seven-piece band continues to follow in the footsteps of the impeccable Pogues. Dave King’s charming Irish accent a... read more

Through its 10 year history, punk rock’s most infamous summer festival, the Vans Warped Tour, has garnered acclaim for propelling young talent to a national audience. With this latest two-disc compilation release, 50 bands have contributed songs showcasing their own brands of fury and fun. Highlights on disc one range from “The ... read more

“Who the hell is that guy? He looks like someone’s dad…”
– Random kid in crowd in reference to Bad Religion frontman Greg Graffin

If the Warped Tour is sagging due to its advanced age, it barely shows, save for some gray hairs on a few of the aging punker’s heads. I’m talking ... read more

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Warped Tour swung into the gaping maw that is the Sleep Train Amphitheatre on an unusually mild summer day, bringing with it scores of vaguely punk bands and thousands of even more vaguely punk spectators. What began 10 years ago as a mishmash of skate demos, shoe promotion and rock music has turned int... read more

Throw Rag began the evening with a heavy all-out rock 'n' roll assault. The self-proclaimed pioneers of "sailor rock," this sextet featured a traditional rock lineup - two guitars, bass, drums and vocals - and threw in a guy with a bugle to mix things up a bit. The resulting sound could have provided the perfect soundtrack for a ... read more

Over the course of one's lifelong journey to find purpose, tough decisions must be made. For Flogging Molly's frontman, Dave King, a difficult choice was made over a decade ago to leave his friends, family and country in order to pursue a musical career in the United States. As is the case for anyone who strikes out on their own ... read more

Music and skateboarding have been inseparable from the beginning. It seems only right that these two unconventional art forms join together to form the Vans' Warped Tour. This is a two-day event perched on the San Francisco Bay featuring large and small stages, skate ramps, over-priced food and merchandise booths selling punk roc... read more

Going to the Warped Tour is sort of like going to a punk rock version of Disney Land - it's impossible to see it all in one day, and everything is really expensive, but unlike at its mousy counterpart, Warped Tour employees are probably encouraged to be pierced and tattooed.
Depending on whom you spoke to or what promotional ... read more

Though the Lilith Fair and Horde Festival met their demise years ago, Vans Warped Tour continues to thrive, bringing with it music that reminds us why pop music sucks. The mighty NOFX breaks us into the high-energy punk that dominates the album with "Three on Speed." Other little gems on the album include Sum 41 with "Crazy Amand... read more

I see shows all of the time and it's not too often that I get really excited about them anymore, but when I heard that Flogging Molly was coming back, this time as a headliner, I was genuinely anxious - for months. And just recently, when I learned who else was on the bill, I could barely wait. I'd never seen the Casualties, and ... read more

The national live music circuit has been rumbling for a few years now about the powerhouse ability and utterly impressive presentation of a seven-piece traditional Irish-meets-punk rock outfit from Los Angeles known as Flogging Molly.
This crew of Guinness-quaffing players features the traditional setup of an electric gui... read more

Kicking off pretty much where they left off with their last album, Swagger, Flogging Molly's latest, Drunken Lullabies, immediately sets the theme for drunken revelry with the title track: Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess / Singin' drunken lullabies. Mixing trad with punk rock, Flogging Molly lays... read more

The Brick Works has been getting some knockout shows lately. And for punk fans, one couldn't get any luckier. Being in Chico we get every good band that ventures North of San Francisco on the punk circuit (that Dropkick / Sick of it All show in Sacto last week not withstanding). So do yourself a favor and thank the nice fellow ... read more