Flogging Molly
By user • Aug 1st, 2008 • Category: Band Bios
For a band that built a career fusing American punk roots with traditional Celtic instrumentation and structures, it’s all but bizarre that this year’s Float marked the first time that Flogging Molly actually recorded in Ireland. For almost a decade, the California ensemble has tapped its heritage and crafted atmospheric, pint-raising tunes here in the States. And though this 2008 release still was mixed back on the band’s home soil, the energy and legitimacy of those sessions in the group’s adopted homeland seems to have paid off. The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 chart and also cracked the top two positions on the independent and alternative charts. For a band with such a distinct niche, it’s a surprising payoff. Then again, people who like beer (and pretending they’re Irish while drunk) is a pretty large demographic.
Chicago Innerview Magazine, August 2008
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