Hog Molly

Named after a peculiar fish found in North American waters, Hog Molly emerged from Seattle in 1999 as the musical offspring of human yeti Tad Doyle, whose previous outfit, <a href="spotify:artist:2mncWLPUUFpNvBLkHzTsDO">Tad</a>, had signed to Sub Pop in 1989 and released the watershed albums God's Balls, Salt Lick, and 8-Way Santa. <a href="spotify:artist:2mncWLPUUFpNvBLkHzTsDO">Tad</a> helped spearhead and set the gears in motion -- along with bands like <a href="spotify:artist:6aVjo0xHSiuW5hkasoYSR3">the Melvins</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1XIIxzmo6BNRR4QkImSdsX">Green River</a> -- for the massive grunge movement and the attendant media onslaught and signing frenzy that ensued. Though <a href="spotify:artist:2mncWLPUUFpNvBLkHzTsDO">Tad</a> did sign to Giant/Warner Brothers in 1993, the band never found the success that others from the area had. Perhaps the band was a bit too gruff, unpolished, and downright mean. Perhaps Tad Doyle -- that behemoth of a man -- was simply too much for the mainstream rock press and radio to deal with. Whatever the case, the band called it quits after a final Amphetamine Reptile Records single in 1997, due primarily to bad business deals. Hog Molly finds <a href="spotify:artist:2mncWLPUUFpNvBLkHzTsDO">Tad</a> striding boldly back into the sumo ring, having boiled his music back to its thunderously loud basics -- brutally loud, assaultive rock guitars, and a pile-driving rhythm section. The band's debut album, Kung-Fu Cocktail Grip, appeared in 2001. ~ Patrick Kennedy, Rovi