Free Flogging Molly Concert

Flogging Molly is having a free show in Buffalo too. If you can make it, and haven't heard their sound, do all you can to get there. They fucking rock!

I believe it's July 31st.

yea...they have a not free concert in detroit to make up for them abandoning us....im thinking it would make up more if it was free as well...

in dublin (ohio)you say? for the irish festival? i think my wife daughter and i were planning on going to that anyway.

a tip of advice, don't wear a shirt you might cherish to a flogging molly concert. For some reason guiness and sweat don't come that well

God damn they rock!!! I saw there show at the house of blues in anahiem. Dave King (lead singer of flogginy molly) and the supersuckers performed thin lizzy's cowboy song. It fucking rocked.

matt hensley's a pretty good skata too

Flogging Molly and The Dropkick Murphys are a great concert if you can see the two of them together...

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by trypdwyre [/i]
[B]in dublin (ohio)you say? for the irish festival? i think my wife daughter and i were planning on going to that anyway. [/B][/QUOTE]

Yes. If you end up going maybe we could set up a meeting spot there and I could actually meet someone from here face-face.

any in the boston area?

I am definitely going to be there. My parents agreed to make the 2 hour drive. Well, if your going let me know so maybe we could meet-up or something.

i'll be in the columbus area that weekend. i have a niece's party to go to on the 3rd, and i work on the 2nd. my wife and i might be at my in-laws on the 1st, so maybe we'll be around there, who knows.
more than likely i'll end up helping my father lay more concrete on the 1st, work on the second and go to my neice's party on the 3rd, so don't hold your breath. lol.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by trypdwyre [/i]
[B]i'll be in the columbus area that weekend. i have a niece's party to go to on the 3rd, and i work on the 2nd. my wife and i might be at my in-laws on the 1st, so maybe we'll be around there, who knows.
more than likely i'll end up helping my father lay more concrete on the 1st, work on the second and go to my neice's party on the 3rd, so don't hold your breath. lol. [/B][/QUOTE]

If you go I will be the one wearing green. :rolleyes:

lol. ok then, i'll be the guy walking around with his wife.
we'll probably have some article of green on, don't want any hairy old men looking for a good excuse to pinch my heiney.

Went to Flogging Molly last night in Buffalo.

First off, the concert was supposed to be a free outdoor concert, part of an ongoing concert series by the city of Buffalo. Well, my girlfriend and I get there around 5:00 pm--the show is supposed to start at 6:00--and we hear the emcee say, "If you haven't heard, Flogging Molly isn't going to be playing here tonight. They'll be playing down a couple of blocks, but you need tickets and now there is a $5 cover."

A little preturbed that we didn't hear about the change, we walk down the blocks towards The Sphere where the concert was held. As we approached the venue we saw a line of thousands outside. No one knew really what was going on, why it got moved, and so on.

After waiting twenty or so minutes the owner comes out and starts explaining to a few people that there aren't any tickets needed, but that the doors don't open until 9:00 (meanwhile it's not even 6:00) unless you are over 21, or you are with a parent/guardian/sig other. Well my girlfriend and I approch the door as we qualify for the latter and when we get there the bouncer tells us sorry, no deal. After twenty minutes of his nonsense he finally lets us, and couples just like that in to the bar area.

They had bouncer's manning the doors leading into the stage so we started asking him what was up, why the chaos and whatnot. He says that the city of Buffalo on Wednesday decided that they wouldn't let Flogging Molly play because "the crowd was too rough." As a last minute attempt to keep them to play the venue decided to hold the event, but the capacity was only around 1,250 as compared to unlimited. Anyways, after countless confusions as to when the doors would open, they finally did around 7:00ish, $5 cover, with the first band starting around 8:00.

The opening band was local, The Budgets, and weren't bad at all. They received a decent pop for the crowd and they deserved it. After a brief intermission a punk band from Boston, the Street Dogs, came out and rocked the house. They were awesome--side note because I paid enough attention to the label on their demo disk that said, "LP coming to stores 9/23" I answered the lead singer's question right and got a free t-shirt of my choice, and I got to go on stage for a song with the band. That really wasn't my thing, but the guys were all cool and I got to rock next to the drummer who is the drummer for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

Anyways, after Street Dogs rock the crowd, in the intermission the crowd starts chanting that soccer chant, "Oh ley oh ley oh ley oh ley, Ohhhh ley, Ohhhh ley" non-stop with so much umph that the place was vibrating. When Flogging Molly hit the stage, dressed in suits and proper gentleman/woman attire, they immediately started in and from there on it was nuts! The place was dancing, the crowd was loving it, and it was all around a mad house. Best concert I have seen in a long, long, long time...and probably the top 3 ever. And come to find out, the singer tells the crowd that thousands of people didn't get in, were still waiting outside, and that they were going to stay and do another set after the first one just for them. Considering the first show ended at 11:20 that was more than cool.

But as we left, and talked a bit with the guys from the band outside, the line was indeed as long as it was when my girlfriend and I first stepped in around 6:00...and that was after a more than full capacity show.

Anyways, I guess the point of all of this gibberish, besides maybe some fan of FM wanting to hear a concert story, is that for you to do whatever you can to see them in concert. They are fuckin' unreal. I did see them before, but I guess until last night I forgot just how great they were...maybe part of that was they just got that much better. But wow! Fucking unreal. Great band. Great times.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by JustinHolt [/i]
[B]Went to Flogging Molly last night in Buffalo.

First off, the concert was supposed to be a free outdoor concert, part of an ongoing concert series by the city of Buffalo. Well, my girlfriend and I get there around 5:00 pm--the show is supposed to start at 6:00--and we hear the emcee say, "If you haven't heard, Flogging Molly isn't going to be playing here tonight. They'll be playing down a couple of blocks, but you need tickets and now there is a $5 cover."

A little preturbed that we didn't hear about the change, we walk down the blocks towards The Sphere where the concert was held. As we approached the venue we saw a line of thousands outside. No one knew really what was going on, why it got moved, and so on.

After waiting twenty or so minutes the owner comes out and starts explaining to a few people that there aren't any tickets needed, but that the doors don't open until 9:00 (meanwhile it's not even 6:00) unless you are over 21, or you are with a parent/guardian/sig other. Well my girlfriend and I approch the door as we qualify for the latter and when we get there the bouncer tells us sorry, no deal. After twenty minutes of his nonsense he finally lets us, and couples just like that in to the bar area.

They had bouncer's manning the doors leading into the stage so we started asking him what was up, why the chaos and whatnot. He says that the city of Buffalo on Wednesday decided that they wouldn't let Flogging Molly play because "the crowd was too rough." As a last minute attempt to keep them to play the venue decided to hold the event, but the capacity was only around 1,250 as compared to unlimited. Anyways, after countless confusions as to when the doors would open, they finally did around 7:00ish, $5 cover, with the first band starting around 8:00.

The opening band was local, The Budgets, and weren't bad at all. They received a decent pop for the crowd and they deserved it. After a brief intermission a punk band from Boston, the Street Dogs, came out and rocked the house. They were awesome--side note because I paid enough attention to the label on their demo disk that said, "LP coming to stores 9/23" I answered the lead singer's question right and got a free t-shirt of my choice, and I got to go on stage for a song with the band. That really wasn't my thing, but the guys were all cool and I got to rock next to the drummer who is the drummer for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

Anyways, after Street Dogs rock the crowd, in the intermission the crowd starts chanting that soccer chant, "Oh ley oh ley oh ley oh ley, Ohhhh ley, Ohhhh ley" non-stop with so much umph that the place was vibrating. When Flogging Molly hit the stage, dressed in suits and proper gentleman/woman attire, they immediately started in and from there on it was nuts! The place was dancing, the crowd was loving it, and it was all around a mad house. Best concert I have seen in a long, long, long time...and probably the top 3 ever. And come to find out, the singer tells the crowd that thousands of people didn't get in, were still waiting outside, and that they were going to stay and do another set after the first one just for them. Considering the first show ended at 11:20 that was more than cool.

But as we left, and talked a bit with the guys from the band outside, the line was indeed as long as it was when my girlfriend and I first stepped in around 6:00...and that was after a more than full capacity show.

Anyways, I guess the point of all of this gibberish, besides maybe some fan of FM wanting to hear a concert story, is that for you to do whatever you can to see them in concert. They are fuckin' unreal. I did see them before, but I guess until last night I forgot just how great they were...maybe part of that was they just got that much better. But wow! Fucking unreal. Great band. Great times. [/B][/QUOTE]

I am definitely going to the show before them then so I get a good spot close to the stage. Do the Street Dogs have any Irish influence in their music?

sorry dudes.

They are more of a throwback punk band.

I don't know if they will be touring with Flogging Molly...it seemed like a thrown together night all together.

But if they do tour with them, and you're a fan of great music, punk music, or even rock and roll, I'm sure you'd like them a lot.

One more thing I forgot to mention about being onstage with Street Dogs. The shirt I was wearing, yeah, it was a Chuck shirt from the conference.

After I got back into the crowd people were asking where they could get one, how they loved Chuck's work (although they misprounced his name) and how they loved the site.

Great stuff.

The show was fucking great. My ears are still ringing and the Irish tunes still playing through my head. The moshing was calm which surprised me. I was expecting the new shoes I had stupidly worn to be caked in mud and looked to have aged ten-times faster. But instead my shoes were never touched throughout my entire standing in the very front to the right of the stage. My throat is also aching from screaming the lyrics during the 100 minutes of concert. The best part of the show happened early on after probably the first three songs. Everyone just put down their instruments and for about 5 minutes Casey(guitarist) and Schwindt(drums) soloed. It was high-energy, loud, and just kicked ass. Well, Flogging Molly is definitely my favorite band right now and they were certainly the highlight of the festival.

And for anyone who is Scottish or just enjoys Scottish/Irish Music. Check-out OLD BLIND DOGS. They preceded Molly and while their style is more traditional they were a lot of fun and some of the songs are just beautiful. They were the calm before the storm of Molly. Recommended song is "Battle of Waterloo"

Old Blind Dogs kick arse!

And glad to hear that you enjoyed Flogging Molly. That part, where they solo guitar in drums is insane. It's easy to take their musical talents for granted when you hear them on CD. But seeing them live, it's a whole other ballgame.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by JustinHolt [/i]
[B]Old Blind Dogs kick arse!

And glad to hear that you enjoyed Flogging Molly. That part, where they solo guitar in drums is insane. It's easy to take their musical talents for granted when you hear them on CD. But seeing them live, it's a whole other ballgame. [/B][/QUOTE]

Definitely talented. They can put away four bottles of guiness and can still jump around on stage and play the right notes.

Haha.

Those guys, and girl, would be so much fun to party with.

yes old blind dogs are good.

wicked tinkers are also good too, hell we should make a thread out of good irish/scottis (punk or not) groups. Someone should do that. Anyone.

I don't think the majority of people know enough bands to support a thread like that.

Flogging Molly is bloody brilliant. I'd love to see them at some point if they come through Boston (yeah, "if." Like, maybe they'll be visiting a place more Gaelic than Dublin...)

Speaking of Boston, the Murphys bloody rock too. Nice guys, too. (because I like to brag...

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I'm the dorky one up front.)

am i supposed to know which one you are? i havent memorized their faces, but yes they are good. We could so start a short lived thread, or you know, we could just do it here. Tossers is another, they toured with FM when they abandoned us in detroit, so you may have heard em, black47 is ok i liked one of their songs... Ummm pogues, something fist but i forgot the whole name. Real McKenzies, scottish punk. Those are all the prock hybrids that i can think of at the moment. Any more irish/scottish bands like old blind dogs or wicked tinkers or even chieftans? im blanking right now

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by glamhoth [/i]
[B]am i supposed to know which one you are? i havent memorized their faces, but yes they are good. We could so start a short lived thread, or you know, we could just do it here. Tossers is another, they toured with FM when they abandoned us in detroit, so you may have heard em, black47 is ok i liked one of their songs... Ummm pogues, something fist but i forgot the whole name. Real McKenzies, scottish punk. Those are all the prock hybrids that i can think of at the moment. Any more irish/scottish bands like old blind dogs or wicked tinkers or even chieftans? im blanking right now [/B][/QUOTE]

There is Shane MacGowan who was lead singer of Pogues and has since gone solo.

i thought he was dead. i had heard the name i didnt realize that was him. cool ill have to check that.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by glamhoth [/i]
[B]i thought he was dead. i had heard the name i didnt realize that was him. cool ill have to check that. [/B][/QUOTE]

Yeah he formed a band called The Popes.

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Another awesome band who closed the festival and I cannot believe I forgot about is SEVEN NATIONS. They're similar to OLD BLIND DOGS and play more traditional also.

oh shit yea ive heard of the popes, havent listened to their stuff tho. time to check out seven nations

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by glamhoth [/i]
[B]oh shit yea ive heard of the popes, havent listened to their stuff tho. time to check out seven nations [/B][/QUOTE]

I listened to a Live on St Patricks Day concert of his/theirs and it was hilarious because he was drunk swearing in odd spots and slurring all the words.

yea that's actually why i assumed he was dead. and seven nations was not like old blind dogs at all more like young dubliners, do you just like to lie to me? or am i missing something

foggy dew is a good song, all of their new shit seems suck da cock

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by glamhoth [/i]
[B]yea that's actually why i assumed he was dead. and seven nations was not like old blind dogs at all more like young dubliners, do you just like to lie to me? or am i missing something [/B][/QUOTE]

Ok, so I only heard two songs of theirs and one(Back Home in Derry) was very much like OLD BLIND DOGS. BTW, my damn right ear is still ringing from the concert. But it was worth it.

fuck yea that was fuckin awaesome yet again, im gonna have a full report tomorrow. Im now slightly deaf but at least my ears aint ringing anymore, i moved when i felt id get permanent damage, so i wasnt right next to a speaker but more in the middle. shit that was even better than the last two times.... FUCK! more tomorrow, you will see...