Molly Hatchet

Picked up the DVD/CD release of "Flirtin' With Disaster-Live" this past weekend. For those who are Hatchet fans, if you don't have this, it's worth picking up. Founding member Dave Hlubeck is back in the band, along with longtime members Bobby Ingram (guitars), Phil McCormack (vocals), John Galvin (keys) and Shawn Beamer (drums). Haven't seen the DVD yet, but have been enjoying the CD.

What are these guys like ? I only have a 1 track promo "Warriors of Rainbow Bridge" but it ain't much to go on.



Edit **** the dumbass that I am decided to ask a stupid quesion before looking at the Metal Encylcipeadia that is Nolifetilmetal. me bad

Molly Hatchet are very underrated I saw them a few years ago at the local state fair for like $5. I wasn't a huge fan at the time, but I went out that morning and bought there Greatest Hits disc to familiarize myself with their stuff. The show was great and they all signed my cd cover and were really nice guys and now I'm a huge fan. Anyway, the Flirtin' With Disaster - Live looks awesome, it's on my want list on La La so I will probably never get it, but who knows.

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What are these guys like ?

Heavy heavy southern based rock some consider them southern metal. Good stuff!

Wargod48

I've posted about this Hatchet type thing I picked up recently too much already ("Ultra", from San Antonio). However I have a couple of further thoughts after a few listens.
1. It's fantastic. One of the best sustained assaults of southern rock I've ever heard. My only complaint is that some of the best songs are buried in the middle of the disc.
2. It's too good to be true. It says "These songs were recorded in Texas in 1975-77". Listening and reading between the lines, I almost suspect that these are not those recordings, way too clean for that. What I suspect is that the original songs were re-recorded recently by the band, kinda like what Axe and others have done. Can't prove it, I've been wrong about this before.
Didn't mean to step on your Hatchet thead Ult, but this is right exactly up their street.

A little confused, is Ultra the name of the band?

Yeah, Ultra s/t. I went over the liner notes again, and it looks legit I guess. It's hard to believe that something as rockin' and well recorded as this sat on a shelf through the reigns of Hatchet and Blackfoot, but that seems to be what happened. Shame.

Been on a bit of a Molly Hatchet trip for the last few days. Really diggin' the stuff Hatchet has done since adding Phil McCormack on vocals. Bobby Ingrams guitar work is great. Solid hard rock with that bluesy Southern sheen.

Devil's Canyon (1996)
Silent Reign of Heroes (1998)
Kingdom of XII (2001)
Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge (2005)

Two great live albums have come from this line-up as well:
Locked & Loaded (2003)
Flirtin' with Disaster-Live (2007)

Awesome band. I might have to check into this DVD, but not really a bog live fan..

MetalRob331 wrote:

Awesome band. I might have to check into this DVD, but not really a bog live fan..

Do you have any of the recent studio albums?

ultmetal wrote:

MetalRob331 wrote:

Awesome band. I might have to check into this DVD, but not really a bog live fan..

Do you have any of the recent studio albums?

I have Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge

but mostly older releases..

MetalRob331 wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

MetalRob331 wrote:

Awesome band. I might have to check into this DVD, but not really a bog live fan..

Do you have any of the recent studio albums?

I have Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge

but mostly older releases..

Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge is good, but I'd recommend checking out any of the other three. All can be found pretty cheap and all 3 are fantastic.

ultmetal wrote:

MetalRob331 wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

MetalRob331 wrote:

Awesome band. I might have to check into this DVD, but not really a bog live fan..

Do you have any of the recent studio albums?

I have Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge

but mostly older releases..

Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge is good, but I'd recommend checking out any of the other three. All can be found pretty cheap and all 3 are fantastic.

Which of the other 3 do u prefer? I will look into getting all of them.

Tough call. All three end with fantastic acoustic versions of classic Molly Hatchet tracks. However, I might go with Devil's Canyon as it features a lot of those longer Southern rock jam songs.

ultmetal wrote:

Tough call. All three end with fantastic acoustic versions of classic Molly Hatchet tracks. However, I might go with Devil's Canyon as it features a lot of those longer Southern rock jam songs.

well Devil's Canyon it is, i love the jam songs.