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Good golly Flogging Molly
Flogging Molly will spend two nights at the 9:30 Club in Washington next week
Date published: 2/16/2006
By EMILY GILMORE It's almost as if Flogging Molly was meant to be. The band, which mixes fiery punk rock with traditional Celtic sounds came together in the late '90s when its members heard vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Dave King perform at Molly Malone's, a pub in Los Angeles. Over time, the members approached Dublin-born King, bass player Nathen Maxwell said in a phone interview on Tuesday, and "through all that chaos it just kind of turned into Flogging Molly." As he spoke, Maxwell was walking down South Street in Philadelphia, on his way to the Theatre of the Living Arts for the sound check for the second of two shows the band was scheduled to play in the city. Flogging Molly is currently in the thick of a 17-city, two-tours-in-one trek across the United States. Monday's show was a Guinness-sponsored "Green 17" show, for ages 21 and over. Tuesday's show was to be an all-ages "Black 17" show. Known for the explosive energy it puts forth during concerts, Flogging Molly will bring both shows to the 9:30 Club in Washington next week. The Black 17 show will take place Feb. 21, and punk bands The Briggs and The Dead Pets will open, as well as Lemonface, a D.C.-area-based trio of 15-year-olds. In each city it visits, Flogging Molly invites local punk bands to open the Black 17 show, to give those bands more exposure in their hometowns. Washington's Green 17 show will take place the next night, Feb. 22. Roots-punk band The Scotch Greens and garage-rockers The Rolling Blackouts will open that show. Playing two shows in each market Flogging Molly hits gives fans "the best of both worlds," Maxwell said. In some places, such as San Diego, he said, all-ages shows can be a drag because those who drink alcohol The core of Flogging Molly's set list doesn't change, but the band has so much material that people who come to both shows can still get two different experiences. "We played a song last night we haven't played in five years," Maxwell said. The tour has been "killer" so far, he said, with some shows selling out.
Date published: 2/16/2006
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