Flogging Molly - “Whiskey on a Sunday”

<Flogging Molly - “Whiskey on a Sunday”
One Side Dummy records
http://www.sideonedummy.com

The last time I saw Flogging Molly was a Warpped a few years back. We
fought our way against the stampid of preteen girls rush to see teenbeat
darlings Simple Plan to get a good spot for Flogging Molly. After much effect,
we secured a spot and waited in the hot Kansas sun for the band we came to
see. Out walks the band and Dave King Steps up to the mic and says, “From
Simple Plan to a Simple band.”. That sums up Flogging Molly, they are a simple
band.

Formed by David King in the mid 90s when he found himself in LA
without a band or a record contract. Dave is a rag to riches story that starts
in the Beggars Bush section of Dublin moves on to fronting Motorhead's
Eddie “Fastfingers” Clarke's Fastway after answering an ad in a paper. By the
late 80s Dave found his way to Los Angles with a solo contract with Epic
Records. Due to his desire to return to his roots, he left Epic and formed FM
out of musicians he met at an Irish Pub In LA called Molly Malone's. They
began playing Monday nights there and built up a sizable following. The name
Flogging Molly came from playing there every Monday night as Dave
explained, "We used to play there every Monday night and we felt like we were
flogging a dead horse so we called the band Flogging Molly." The story from
there is a blue print of how to make it as an independent band. Trust your own
voice and vision, get the right people behind you and work your ass off.

It's easy to dismiss Flogging Molly as a fluke, just a passing Irish
hip culture fad but the music and the lyrics are so personal and so honest,
the connection is too strong to disallow. Drawing from Irish and American
traditional roots and then mixed with punk, pop and rock and tends to appeal
to wide variety of music fans. Regardless of background. There's a little bit
of Bowie, Johnny Cash, U2, Bowie, the Clash, the Dubliners, Woody Guther and
the Dolls. However the meat is the very personal lyrics of David King that run
the gauntlet from drinking to fighting to history and paint a new version of
the American experience.

For fans looking for new material, the music CD will be disappointing.
There is only one new track, Laura. The rest is acoustic versions of Drunken
Lullabies, The Wanderlust, Another Bag of Bricks and Tomorrow Comes a Day Too
Soon and live version of The Likes of You Again, Swagger, Black Friday Rule,
Within a Mile of Home and What's Left of the Flag. The thing that makes this
release special is the full length Documentary about the history of the band.
It includes tons and tons of interviews, live footage of the band and bonus
material. There is also a photo collection included and the layout is great.
The story is not only for the fan boys but is compelling as a story of the
little band that could. When you take into account that it all sells for the
price of a normal CD, it comes in as a steal.