Flogging Molly, formed in Los Angeles, is an Irish-American punk band currently signed to SideOneDummy Records. In an interview with Kerrang! magazine, singer Dave King revealed that the band's name comes from Molly Malone's, an Irish pub in LA. "We used to play there every Monday night and we felt like we were flogging it to death, so we called the band Flogging Molly." See more at www.floggingmolly.com
A portion of profits from the sale of Dave King's and Dennis Casey's strings go to Goal: "To work towards ensuring that the poorest and most vulnerable in our world and those affected by humanitarian crises have access to the fundamental rights of life, including but not limited to adequate shelter, food, water and sanitation, healthcare and education." See more at www.goalglobal.org
A portion of profits from the sale of Nathen Maxwell's strings go to Oxfam: Oxfam America is a global organization working to right the wrongs of poverty, hunger, and injustice. As one of 17 members of the international Oxfam confederation, we work with people in more than 90 countries to create lasting solutions. Oxfam saves lives, develops long-term solutions to poverty, and campaigns for social change. See more at
www.oxfamamerica.org
A portion of profits from the sale of Robert Schmidt's strings go to Free Tibet: Free Tibet is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, founded in 1987 and based in London, England. It stands for the rights of Tibetans to determine their own future and campaigns for "an end to the Chinese occupation of Tibet and for the fundamental human rights of Tibetans to be respected." It is a member of the International Tibet Support Network (ITSN), a worldwide group of affiliated organizations campaigning for human rights and self-determination in Tibet. See more at www.freetibet.org