Flogging Molly's lead singer is Dave King, formerlly hair metal screecher from Fastway!

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Who knew?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 16 September 2004 00:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Hahah. I always figured that friggin' twit was pushing the Irish thing a little TOO hard.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 September 2004 00:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow, this totally makes me want to hear Flogging Molly now! I bet they don't do anything that kicks half as hard as "Heft!," though...

― chuck, Thursday, 16 September 2004 00:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Plus, two decades older, no way can he still hit the high notes.

― chuck, Thursday, 16 September 2004 00:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Do you get a cultural studies half-credit by knowing who either one of those bands are?

― peepee (peepee), Thursday, 16 September 2004 00:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Flogging Molly has one exactly good song - "Devil's Dance Floor." Tin flutes make everything OK.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 16 September 2004 00:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't believe they're still around, actually. They were the big new thing the last time I went to a Warped Tour, which was 1999 or 2000. Every once in a while I'm floored by hearing that Less Than Jake or Reel Big Fish (or these guys) are still touring and putting out albums.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 16 September 2004 00:51 (twenty-one years ago)

lucinda williams is on the new flogging molly. which i still haven't listened to even though i received it weeks ago cuz i'm kinda scared of it. and i did mention on a thread weeks ago that he was in Fastway! I deserve a prize! (i only knew that cuz it mentioned it in the promo sheet i got though.) i liked fastway videos.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 16 September 2004 00:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd only be interested if they did a Celtic-twinged rendition of "Say What You Will".

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 16 September 2004 00:56 (twenty-one years ago)

i remember fastway. wsou used to play them a lot in the late '80s.

― stockholm cindy, montessori emo superstar (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 16 September 2004 00:57 (twenty-one years ago)

"All Fired Up" was great (the song and the video)

― Reed Moore (diamond), Thursday, 16 September 2004 00:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw Fastway open for AC/DC at the Garden on the Flick of the Switch.

Jesus, i sounds like Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force

http://pcs.linuxkidd.com/Wallpaper/Cartoons/ATHF_-_Carl.jpg

"Yeah, `dat was a kickass show!"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 16 September 2004 00:59 (twenty-one years ago)

ts: dave king vs dave queen

― stockholm cindy, montessori emo superstar (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 16 September 2004 01:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I remember "Say What You Will" being on MTV a lot for a time in the mid-'80s.

― shookout (shookout), Thursday, 16 September 2004 02:51 (twenty-one years ago)

...and it rocked.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 16 September 2004 02:55 (twenty-one years ago)

viva checkerboard!

― shookout (shookout), Thursday, 16 September 2004 02:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I bet they don't do anything that kicks half as hard as "Heft!," though...

you know that's the truth.

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Thursday, 16 September 2004 03:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I was always surprised that Fastway didn't catch on bigger -- "Say What You Will" was on that thing *all* the time. Catchy.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 16 September 2004 03:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow, this totally makes me want to hear Flogging Molly now!

Chuck, no. Please believe me.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 September 2004 05:28 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.paulking.it/KING/fotoeffect/mimetico.jpg

I WAS ONCE KING

BY LOVE AND PRI-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-DE

― Anaconda Opportunity, Thursday, 16 September 2004 06:44 (twenty-one years ago)

"Every once in a while I'm floored by hearing that Less Than Jake or Reel Big Fish (or these guys) are still touring and putting out albums."

I'm not so much floored as I am incredibly morose.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 16 September 2004 07:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the new Flogging Molly disc is pretty good. Sounds *a lot* like the Pogues, with more guitars.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 16 September 2004 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Flogging Molly also contains KICK ASS FORMER Professional Skateboarder Matt Hensley.

http://lilytears.com/skateboarding/crumblycookie/i2p09.jpg

I've never heard them tho.

― ddb (ddb), Thursday, 16 September 2004 13:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the new Flogging Molly disc is pretty good. Sounds *a lot* like the Pogues

The word 'tautology' comes to mind.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 September 2004 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)

tau·tol·o·gy n
1. a redundant repetition of a meaning in a sentence or idea using different words
2. an instance of redundant repetition
3. a proposition or statement that, in itself, is logically true

Per number 3, I think it sounds like the Pogues, I like the Pogues, therefore I like the Flogging Molly just fine.

This fits in with my Waterworld theory. Is Waterworld a good movie? Not really. But it brazenly ripped off so much from The Road Warrior that I couldn't hate it.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 16 September 2004 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

He was also in Mama's Boys briefly, the very good Irish hard rock group featuring electric fiddle and a Lee Jeans sponsorship.

Fastway, "We Become One" -- DJ it.

― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Hahah. I always figured that friggin' twit was pushing the Irish thing a little TOO hard.

-- Ned Raggett

Hey Ned, that "friggin' twit pushing the Irish thing a little TOO hard" you are referring to is a native of Dublin.

― Marshall Stax (Marshall Stax), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:29 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

listening to the fastway album with the horrible, checkerboard cover that looks like a diner sign. fuckin great record, you could do way worse for a quarter.

― liege & leafblower (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 21 June 2009 08:23 (sixteen years ago)

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