The Los Angeles-based post-grunge six-piece Flogging Molly are an interesting mix of traditional Irish music and spunky punk rock. Former Fastway acoustic guitarist/frontman and Dublin native Dave King formed the band with fiddle player Bridget Regan, guitarist Dennis Casey, accordion player Matt Hensley, bassist Nathen Maxwell, drummer George Schwindt, and mandolinist Bob Schmidt. Their rowdy folk-rock punk revival sound has been compared to the likes of other Irish bands such as the Pogues and Black 47, but the raucous septet opted for its own brashness. Flogging Molly released their debut, Swagger, in March 2000 on Side One Dummy and followed up two years later with Drunken Lullabies. Within a Mile of Home appeared in September 2004
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1 Swagger 2:50 2 Every Dog Has Its Day 4:47 3 Selfish Man 2:58 4 Never Met a Girl Like You Before 3:43 5 Laura Flogging Molly 4:38 6 If I Ever Leave This World Alive 3:44 7 Black Friday Rule 8:20 8 What Made Milwaukee Famous 2:51 9 Between a Man and a Woman 3:59 10 De (That's All Right) Lilah 8:29
