Best known for his thundering bass playing on Flogging Molly’s punch-drunk rave-ups, Nathen Maxwell isn’t the first member of the band you’d think to launch [...]
Originally published in Verbicide issue #22 Irish-American rock band Flogging Molly are primed to enjoy an exciting 2008, with the release of a new album [...]
Originally published in Verbicide issue #14 Blood or Whiskey, a six-piece band featuring guitar, banjo, tin whistle, accordion, drums, and bass, hail from Kildare and [...]
words by Christopher Connal | photo by Jackson Ellis
Originally published in Boston Heights issue #1 Once again, Dropkick Murphys played a sold out St. Pat’s weekend at the Avalon. Coming off a tour [...]
Originally published in Verbicide issue #10 It’s been five years since Mike McColgan left the Dropkick Murphys to become a Boston firefighter, and finally the [...]
words by Christopher Connal and Jackson Ellis | photo courtesy Side One Dummy
Originally published in Verbicide issue #8 “Hey, I like your hat,” Dennis Casey, electric guitar player from Flogging Molly, says as he slaps me on [...]
Originally published in Verbicide issue #7 On March 15, 16, and 17 of 2002, Dropkick played three separate shows at the Avalon Ballroom in Boston [...]
words by Jackson Ellis, Douglas Novielli, and Christopher Connal | photo courtesy of Epitaph Records
Originally published in Verbicide issue #7 When Mike McColgan departed from the greatest band in the world’s greatest city, some people thought the party was [...]
Originally published in Verbicide issue #4 Kilt-wearing, bagpipe-toting punks of Ireland, beware: you’ve got company from your neighboring Scots. The Real McKenzies are a septuplet [...]