Flogging Molly is a seven-piece Irish American punk band that formed in Los Angeles, California and is currently signed to SideOneDummy Records. History Early years Prior to forming Flogging Molly, Dave King was the vocalist for Fastway, a late 1980s ? early 1990s heavy metal band, featuring guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke of Motörhead, and later an experimental metal band called Katmandu (1991), featuring Mandy Meyer of Krokus on guitars. Afterwards, Dave King retained a record deal with Epic records and began to work on a solo album, but began to reconsider his record deal when the label opposed his idea of bringing in traditional Irish instruments. King negotiated out of his record deal to go his own way musically soon after. In the late nineties, King met former guitarist Ted Hutt and former bassist Jeff Peters. They wrote songs together such as Devils Dance Floor and Black Friday rule, which was the beginnin

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