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They have released three major studio albums, Swagger, Drunken Lullabies, and Within a Mile of Home, as well as an independent live album entitled Alive Behind the Green Door. They have toured with the Warped Tour and Larry Kirwan's American Fléadh Festival. They also contributed to the Rock Against Bush project. Also, as of late they have done extensive touring with the self proclaimed Gypsy punk band, Gogol Bordello, which is also signed under SideOneDummy Records.

In a recent interwiew with Kerrang! magazine, Dave King revealed that the band's name comes from Molly Malone's, an Irish pub in LA. "We used to play there every Monday night and we felt like we were flogging a dead horse, so we called the band Flogging Molly."

Their music is heavily influenced by such bands as The Pogues, and ranges from boisterous punk rock like the pirate-themed "Salty Dog" and "Seven Deadly Sins," or the defiant "What's Left of the Flag" and "Rebels of the Sacred Heart" to more somber songs like "Far Away Boys", "The Son Never Shines (On Closed Doors)", or "Death Valley Queen". The driving forces behind the music tend to be King's gravelly voice and Regan's manic fiddling. Prior to forming Flogging Molly, Dave King was the vocalist for Fastway, a late 80s-early 90s heavy metal band, featuring guitarist Eddie Clarke of Motörhead.

Flogging Molly has also influenced a new generation of musicians and bands, both Irish and non-Irish, punk and non-punk. Notable bands include Gogol Bordello (Russian punk), Rose's Pawn Shop (bluegrass rock), The Scotch Greens (Americana rock) and many others.

The band is planning on releasing a new album in late 2006 along with a live DVD.
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Discography

Alive Behind the Green Door (1997)
Swagger (2000)
Drunken Lullabies (2002)
Within a Mile of Home (2004)

Trivia

* It is possible that the title of Flogging Molly's album Alive Behind the Green Door is an allusion to the hardcore pornographic motion picture, Behind the Green Door, which shattered common perceptions of decency on film.

* Dave King has described Flogging Molly concerts as "the Survivor of fucking punk rock shows."[1]

* The song "Queen Anne's Revenge" is an allusion to the ship of the same name (Queen Anne's Revenge), captained by the infamous pirate Blackbeard.

* The song "The Worst Day Since Yesterday" is featured in the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith.