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Flogging Molly
Flogging Molly is an Irish-American seven-piece Celtic punk bandLife Is Good Out Now Floggingmolly.com, Retrieved on March 13, 2020. formed in Los Angeles in 1997, led by Irish vocalist Dave King, formerly of the hard rock band Fastway. They are signed to their own record label, Borstal Beat Records. History Early years Prior to forming Flogging Molly, Dublin-born Dave King was the lead singer for heavy metal band[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, and its Greater Los Angeles, sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violin
The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regular use. The violin typically has four strings (some can have five), usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its strings. It can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and, in specialized cases, by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno). Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. They are most prominent in the Western classical tradition, both in ensembles (from chamber music to orchestras) and as solo instruments. Violins are also important in many varieties of folk music, including country music, bluegrass music, and in jazz. Electric violins with solid bodies and piezoelectri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Against Bush
Rock Against Bush was a project mobilizing punk and alternative musicians against the 2004 U.S. Presidential re-election campaign of George W. Bush. At its core was the idea of using music to create an anti-war, pro-peace sentiment, similar to counterculture music movements of the 1960s and 1970s, such as Woodstock. The effort inspired Australian punk bands to start Rock Against Howard. The effort was initiated by Fat Mike (Michael Burkett) of the band NOFX and punk music label Fat Wreck Chords, inspired by the Rock Against Reagan campaign of the early 1980s. It included live concerts, a series of compilation albums, and is associated with the Punkvoter website. Its goal was to encourage people, especially punk fans, to register to vote and to oppose Bush. The album proceeds were used to support a 2004 concert tour and an associated voter registration drive, emphasizing the swing states. The effort did not achieve its goal, as George W. Bush went on to win the election. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Kirwan
Larry Kirwan (born 1954, Wexford) is an expatriate Irish writer and musician, most noted as the lead singer for the rock band, Black 47, and conceiver/co-writer of Paradise Square, the Broadway Musical for which he received a Tony Award nomination. Prior to Black 47, Kirwan and fellow Wexfordian Pierce Turner were the house band in Malachy McCourt's Bells of Hell in Greenwich Village. Their music was a blend of folk, trad, progressive rock, Celtic rock and punk. Turner & Kirwan of Wexford was one of the few groups banned from CBGB’s. In the words of Hilly Kristal they were "too demonic". They then led the new wave band Major Thinkers for some years. Their song ''Avenue B (is the place to be)'' became a radio hit whereupon they were signed to Epic-Portrait Records. They recorded an album: Terrible Beauty, that was never released and after a performance in Irving Plaza on St. Patrick's Day 1985 they disbanded. Kirwan then devoted himself to playwriting and the theatre. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warped Tour
The Warped Tour was a traveling rock tour that toured the United States plus three or four stops in Canada annually each summer from 1995 until 2019. It was the largest traveling music festival in the United States and the longest-running touring music festival to date in North America. Following the first Warped Tour, the skateboard shoe manufacturer Vans became the tour’s main sponsor, when it then became known as the Vans Warped Tour. Vans toured Australia in 1998-2002 and again in 2013. Although Vans continued as main sponsor and lent its name to the festival, other sponsors also participated, with stages or other aspects of the festival being named after them on occasion. Warped Tour was conceived by Kevin Lyman as an electric alternative rock festival, but later began focusing on punk rock music. Although it was primarily a punk rock festival, it covered diverse genres over the years. Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman said that the 2018 Vans Warped Tour would be the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiskey On A Sunday (album)
''Whiskey on a Sunday'' is a 2006 DVD/album by the Irish-American Punk rock, punk band Flogging Molly. It features a mix of live and studio recordings and comes with a DVD featuring a documentary of the band. The songs featured on the album include a studio recording of "Laura", which was previously only available on the live album ''Alive Behind the Green Door'', followed by studio acoustic and live versions of songs from their previous studio albums. The live songs were recorded at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. The artwork was done by Shepard Fairey. The documentary was directed, shot and edited by Jim Dziura. Assistant editing was done by Joe "Guisepi" Spadafora. Although primarily a DVD release, it charted at number 67 on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart. It has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA. Track listing # "Laura" – 4:15 # "Drunken Lullabies" (Acoustic) – 4:55 # "The Wanderlust" (Acoustic) – 3:37 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthem (Flogging Molly Album)
''Anthem'' is a 2022 studio album by American Celtic punk band Flogging Molly. It is their first studio album since 2017's '' Life Is Good''. Recording, release, and reception The album is the first for the band on Rise Records and reunites them with Steve Albini, who recorded two albums of theirs almost 20 years prior. Edwin McFee of ''Hot Press'' reviewed the release, giving it a score of seven out of 10, noting that this album shows off the band's best qualities, without departing from their "tried and trusted style". Track listing #"These Times Have Got Me Drinking" / "Tripping Up the Stairs" – 4:13 #"A Song of Liberty" – 3:38 #"Life Begins and Ends (But Never Fails)" – 3:17 #"No Last Goodbyes" – 3:30 #"The Croppy Boy '98" – 3:10 #"This Road of Mine" – 3:18 #"(Try) Keep the Man Down" – 2:55 #"Now Is the Time" – 4:00 #"Lead the Way" – 3:45 #"These Are the Days" – 4:19 #"The Parting Wave" – 3:16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Is Good (Flogging Molly Album)
''Life Is Good'' is the sixth studio album by the Irish-American Celtic punk band Flogging Molly, released on June 2, 2017. Their first studio album in six years (following 2011's ''Speed of Darkness''), it is also their first album to feature drummer Mike Alonso, and their last album with banjo player Bob Schmidt (musician), Bob Schmidt. Track listing Reception ''Life is Good'' received a 61 out of 100 score on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews." In their review, Allmusic commented that "The Hand of John L. Sullivan" is a blazing barn burner in the band's signature tradition, and "Crushed [Hostile Nations]" is a slow-building wartime tale with a massive chorus that harkens back to King's heavy metal past." ''Classic Rock Magazine'' also gave the album a mostly positive review and called "The Hand of John L. Sullivan" a highlight. Personnel Flogging Molly *Dave King (Irish singer), Dave King – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhran, spoons *Bridget Reaga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed Of Darkness (Flogging Molly Album)
''Speed of Darkness'' is the fifth studio album by the Irish-American Celtic punk band Flogging Molly, released on May 31, 2011. The album was recorded at Echo Mountain, an old church building turned recording studio in Asheville, North Carolina. The album was produced by Ryan Hewitt, who has worked with bands Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Avett Brothers. ''Speed of Darkness'' debuted at number nine on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and number four on the ''Billboard'' Independent Chart. It is the band's last album with drummer George Schwindt. The expression ''speed of darkness'' had appeared in a 1999 book mixing physics and fiction, named ''The Science of Discworld'', written by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen. In a 2011 interview on BBC Radio 1, frontman Dave King explained that the title track and album title was taken from a quote of Dino Misetić, the artist who designed the album cover, which appeared in the book ''Sarajevo Marlboro''. Dino, who grew up in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Float (Flogging Molly Album)
''Float'' is the fourth studio album by the Celtic punk band Flogging Molly. It was released on March 4, 2008, and debuted at number four on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart, selling about 48,000 copies in its first week.Katie Hasty"Alan Jackson Bests Janet To Top Billboard 200" Billboard.com, March 12, 2008. It also reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Independent chart and number two on the ''Billboard'' Alternative chart. The album features a darker and more political subject matter, with less whimsical and punk-influenced music. Critical reception ''Float'' received generally positive reviews from critics. While Decoymusic noted that the edge from Flogging Molly's previous albums '' Swagger'' and ''Drunken Lullabies'' "isn't there any more", they praised the band for their consistency and for "sharpening their well established sound". In another positive review, AllMusic wrote that ''Float'' is "full of the boozy, bleary-eyed, fatalistic poetry that makes Irish mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Within A Mile Of Home
''Within a Mile of Home'' is the third studio album by the Celtic punk band Flogging Molly. Released in 2004, the album reached No. 20 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200 chart and No. 1 on the Independent Music chart. The album is dedicated to Joe Strummer and Johnny Cash, as indicated in the album's liner notes. The song "To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh)" was featured on the soundtrack of ''FIFA Football 2005''. Reception In their review, ''AllMusic'' noted Flogging Molly's "more mature, more polished" sound on this album and its stylistic variations. They pointed to the Cajun-influenced accordions on "Tomorrow Comes a Day Too Soon", the a capella performance on "The Wrong Company" and guest Lucinda Williams' guest appearance on "Factory Girls" as evidence of this. The reviewer also appreciated the album's varied themes which include modern-day U.S. policy concerns ("Screaming at the Wailing Wall") and Oliver Cromwell shipping Irish workers to Barbados during the 17th century ("Tob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drunken Lullabies
''Drunken Lullabies'' is a 2002 album by the Irish-American punk band Flogging Molly. Their first album to feature guitarist Dennis Casey, it reached number 157 on the ''Billboard'' charts. It has since been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The title track "Drunken Lullabies" was featured on the soundtrack of the video game '' Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4''. Reception AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Music ... gave the album a positive review. The review called the title track a standout and noted its themes of "decrying the ills of modern society" as well as its "breakneck speed". It also referred to the song "Death Valley Queen" as a "dirge of Dylanesque proportions." The reviewer concluded that "After one listen, you'll proba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
