Molly Hatchet
Molly Hatchet is an American southern rock band from Jacksonville ( Florida).
Name
The name of the band goes back to a prostitute named Molly Hatchet, who lived in the 17th century in the southern states and their suitors allegedly beheaded and mutilated.
History
The band was founded in 1975. It consisted of singer Danny Joe Brown, bassist Banner Thomas, drummer Bruce Crump and the three guitarists Dave Hlubek, Steve Holland, and Duane Roland. Molly Hatchet from the beginning were known for their hard, loud Southern sound. Their debut album from 1978 Molly Hatchet reached platinum status quickly. The subsequent panel Flirtin ' with Disaster was even more successful, selling over 2 million copies.
Danny Joe Brown left the group in 1980 because he suffered from diabetes and was leached from the permanent tours. He was replaced by Jimmy Farrar for the album Beatin ' the Odds, but the new voice did not fit the already well-known sound of the group. The result was a decline in commercial success. On the album Take No Prisoners, the band experimented with wind instruments, but Farrar left the band to start a solo career. During the Take- No- Prisoners Tour Banner Thomas Riff West has been replaced. Brown came back to 1982 band, but the subsequent album No Guts ... No Glory flopped. Guitarist Hlubek insisted refresh the band's sound.
After the recordings for The Deed Is Done, in which guitarist Steve Holland was replaced by keyboardist John Galvin, the band indulged a break in 1985, which was filled for the fans with the Double Trouble Live album. This plate contained a collection of the best known songs of the band. Molly Hatchet was active again in 1989, but without the guitarist Hlubek. They released the album Lightning Strikes Twice. The album was not a great success, so the band retreated again. 1991 appeared a greatest hits album. There followed a period of constant line-up changes and a legal dispute about the naming rights to the band between singer Danny Joe Brown and guitarist Bobby Ingram, who had joined the band later and wanted to continue under the name.
The band released only in 1996, again new material on the plate Devils Canyon. Danny Joe Brown left the band for health reasons and died on 10 March 2005 of pneumonia. At that time not a single founding member more was going after Danny Joe Brown was replaced by singer Phil McCormick.
In mid-1998 the CD Silent Reign of Heroes, with the Molly Hatchet appeared despite a new singer to the existing tradition of the band was able to continue. The plate again convinced by the full guitar sound and the typical southern rock lyrics. As with the previous album was here again with Fall of the Peacemakers Molly Hatchet a classic finding in a congenial acoustic version. The album followed in 2001 Kingdom of XII and 2003, a re-recording of Molly Hatchet classics re-recorded with Phil McCormick under the aegis of the new band boss Bobby Ingram.
2005 album Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge, which was dedicated to Bobby Ingram's late wife appeared. Furthermore, the founding member Dave Hlubek returned after the guitarist had taken a long time to get his drug problem under control. The second former lead guitarist and founding member Duane Roland died in 2006. Critics, the work was whether his quality on a par with the classic Flirtin 'with Disaster called.