Flogging Molly Announce Signing to Rise Records & Share Swagger 20th Anniversary Limited Edition Box Set (SideOneDummy Records)
Flogging Molly are a beloved and critically-acclaimed Irish-American Celtic Punk band now based out of Los Angeles, California, but originally hailing from Dublin, Ireland. Flogging Molly's current line-up consists of Dave King (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhran,) Bridget Regan (violin, tin whistle, vocals,) Dennis Casey (guitar, vocals,) Matt Hensley (accordion, concertina, vocals,) Nathen Maxwell (bass guitar, vocals,) Spencer Swain (mandolin, banjo, guitar, vocals,) and Mike Alonso (drums, percussion.) Since we're currently in a festive mood gearing up for Halloween later this week, Dave King was once the frontman of 80's Heavy Metal/Hard Rock band Fastway with "Fast" Eddie Clarke (Motörhead.) Fastway provided the soundtrack for campy 1986 Horror film, Trick or Treat, which, featured Dave King providing vocals for fictional in-film frontman Sammi Curr, alongside cameos from Gene Simmons, Ozzy Osbourne, and long-time Michael Jackson dancer Tony Fields. ...