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Cover StroyThe most fun band in the world talks about life on the road, Pope Leo and Attila the Hun! Date published: 9/2/2004
YOUTH CORRESPONDENT I'm standing outside a big, black tour bus. It's starting to rain. I begin to worry because I'm wearing a white shirt. Suddenly, the door opens, and I get the OK to walk up. I shake hands with the tour manager, who tells me to sit down. He introduces me to accordion player Matt Hensley, the member of Flogging Molly whom I'll be interviewing. I sit down and pull out my notebook. Drummer George Schwindt sits in the corner making a phone call, and Hensley stands to get another drink and to make a sandwich. Lead singer and songwriter Dave King walks past me and down the stairs, out of the bus, followed by fiddler Bridget Regan. At last, Hensley sits across from me, and I take a deep breath, ready to begin the interview. I'll bet you get this one a lot, but here it goes: How'd you come up with the name Flogging Molly? Yeah, I do get that one a lot. We played a bar called Molly Malone's so much that Dave said we flogged it to death. What's it like being back on the Warped Tour? It's a lot of fun--a lot of fun. It's that easy. It's easy for the band, just a lotta fun. Not too long ago, two of my friends and I dressed up like pirates and drove around blasting "Swagger." What's your opinion on pirates? [Laughs] I like pirates. I liked "Pirates of the Caribbean"--it was [flippin'] genius. It's just further proof that Johnny Depp is a [flippin'] genius. Where's one place you'd never want to tour again? I don't know. I don't have an answer; I've never toured any place that [screwed] up. Plus I'd just be kicking myself, because we'd end up having to go back there, and they'd be upset that we were talking [badly] about their town. Is songwriting a hard process for you? Personally, yeah. I'm not gifted with the gab. You'd probably have to ask Dave; he's the principal songwriter. To write music, I have to be in a certain zone. I mean, I'm just an accordion player. But I've never written lyrics that were worth a [thing]. A friend of mine says that Guinness tastes like liquid wood. What would you say to him? Your friend's a jackass and should be shot on sight.
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