Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge

About the Artist
The unusual name of the band refers to an apparently particularly love-hungry lady named Molly Hatchet, who lived in the 17th century and had her lovers decapitated after enjoying their favours. In 1978 the band signed their first recording deal and sold almost a million copies of their self-titled debut release. Molly Hatchet went on tour with Aerosmith and Bob Seeger that same year, and their second album, Flirtin’ With Disaster (1979), followed twelve months later. The third album, Beatin’ The Odds (1981), was a commercial success, selling over two million copies and entering the Billboard charts at no. 25. The group’s unmistakable trademark is the warrior who appears on their album sleeves and was designed by the American fantasy artist, Frank Frazetta. Their fourth offering, Take No Prisoners (1981), made it directly into the Billboard charts. Two years later, Molly Hatchet presented their exceptional No Guts… No Glory (including the anthem ‘Fall Of The Peacemakers’). Their 1984, The Deed Is Done, was the first release to meet with mixed reactions. While some attested the album with Hatchet’s typical blues rock and boogie feel, others criticized its all-too-polished sound. However, Molly Hatchet managed to reunite their fan base again with their live cut Double Trouble Live (1985), recorded in Dallas and Jacksonville. Their eighth album, Lightning Strikes Twice, saw the light of day four years later, followed by an almost seven year sabbatical, which came to an end with Devil’s Canyon in 1996. "After all those years, it was still a great feeling to pick up a guitar, connect it to an amp and start playing", Bobby Ingram rejoiced at the successful comeback. "Devil’s Canyon put us back on the rock music map." Two years and countless gigs later, Molly Hatchet presented their eleventh album Silent Reign of Heroes, followed by an 18-month world tour and the lively Kingdom Of XII. "Silent Reign of Heroes was not really a sinister album! , but it did deal with the dark side of the band. Kingdom Of XII was pure fun. It’s an album for beer drinkers, for people who enjoy hoisting the rebel flag again," Ingram compares of the two studio recordings. A few weeks after the release, Molly Hatchet were back on stage in Germany to complete the recordings for their live release, Locked And Loaded in 2003. Now Warriors Of The Rainbow Bridge rings in the second phase of Molly Hatchet’s career, after all, as Ingram puts it: "We’ve been around for over 25 years. Who knows, maybe we’ve only just reached the middle of our creative development."

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Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge

Average customer rating:

A Hard Rock Effort
Their BEST in a long, long time
Molly Hatchet Rocks
Best In a While
Molly Hatchet cranks out another great album!

Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge
Molly Hatchet
Manufacturer: Steamhammer Us [Spv]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Similar Items:

Kingdom of XII
Devil's Canyon
Silent Reign of Heroes
Take No Prisoners
Lightning Strikes Twice

ASIN: B00099FV2O
Release Date: 2005-05-24

Tracks:

Son Of The South
Moonlight Dancing On A Bayou
I'm Ready For You
Roadhouse Boogie
Time Keeps Slipping Away
Get In The Game
Flames Are Burning
Hell Has No Fury
Gone In Sixty Seconds
Behind The Bedroom Door
No Stranger In The Darkness
Rainbow Bridge

Customer Reviews:

A Hard Rock Effort.......2006-07-16

The production of this recording is absolutely stellar!
Welcome back founder Dave Hlubek to the band (following a 20 year absence), who's personal guitar signature is written all over this 58 minute recording. In fact, Hlubek is the 'main ingredient', laying it down - which makes this recording work. It's actually a 'down and dirty', Hard Rock effort, but with more of an 'in-your-face' style, and played 'with an edge'. It's certainly not Southern Rock, simply because dual-lead guitarist Bobby Ingram does not have the ingenuity the original Molly Hatchet guitarists had. Ingram is more of a 'stratospheric-type' rock/slide guitar player. The percussion is actually quite stong on this recording, and the keyboards are properly, barely audible on most tracks, down real-low in the mix.
Still, this is a great Hard Rock effort! The vocalist actually resembles Danny Joe Brown's style (which is probably good for M.H. covers), but that's as close as this gets to the original Molly Hatchet sound. Still, 5 Stars. Welcome back Dave Hlubek! Your a God-Send, Brother.

Their BEST in a long, long time.......2006-03-31

I panned Molly Hatchet when they released Kingdom album. It sucked. All the elements where there but it just didnt cut it for me. But this album is very good, not a 5 star classic as many other reviewers warrant it to be, but a solid 3.5/4 star rating. And whats up with people bitching about no original members left?!?!?! For Chrissakes, Skynyrd's been going around for years with only Gary and Billy in the band, and people are loving it, making them sellout arenas, why?, because Johnnie Van Zant is singing!?!?! he sounds and performs (which is why people are going to the shows) like his brother Ronnie. So why can't hatchet do the same! I mean, DLB is deader than a doornail, so why can Phil, Bobby and the boys just keep recording and playing live? I mean many of you bitch about no original members this, no original members that, look at Skynyrd, did Gary or Billy write any of the lyrics to FreeBird, Saturday Night, That Smell?, No it was Ronnie, but everyone that pans Hatchet is licking Skynyrds backside for continuing, and crapping on Hatchet for going on without no original members! Listen, Skynyrd is a still going acting like a tribute to the 70's band, and the same with Hatchet, love it (go to the show) or hate it (don't go) there still around.

Molly Hatchet Rocks.......2006-03-22

This to me is a peice of rock history and today members of the group all combined into one. BUY THIS CD. This JAMS

Best In a While.......2005-09-22

First of All i want to say all their albums a great. From the Danny Joe Brown (RIP) Days till now this album is very strong, just found out about it saturday and got it and don't regret it at all, I'm southern but not a big southern band fan but have always liked Molly Hatchet, But anyway this probably of the newer hatchet albums the most hard rockin' cd they have produced and with Dave back one can say at least one original member is here. I saw them back at the first of the summer And they kicked, one reviewer i noticed said did anyone want to buy his copy of 38 specials drivetrain, does anyone want to buy mine! I've never made it through it yet, done played this album 20 plus times since saturday and still gets better. so in closing with me mainly a metal music person if molly hatchet can impress me with the heavy sound of this album then they can go a long way, of course i'm not a music critic but i say go buy it!!

Molly Hatchet cranks out another great album!.......2005-09-10

This album, to put it simply, CRANKS! After over 25 years of rockin' and several member changes, the entity that is Molly Hatchet still lives on, thanks to great song writing, inspired mainly by band leader and lead guitarist Bobby Ingram, and good ol' Southern Style lyrics from Phil McCormack. I purchased this CD on a whim. I was just curious what the boys had been up to, and hadn't purchased a Molly Hatchet album since the Greatest Hits release back in 1991. When I heard the first cruching riff on "Son of the South", I was hooked. "Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge" renewed my old friendship with Molly Hatchet, and inspired me to purchase the three previous studio albums I had missed, "Devil's Canyon", "Silent Reign of Heros" and "Kingdom of XII". I didn't think that Molly Hatchet would sound like this without Danny Joe Brown, Duane Roland, Steve Holland, Dave Hlubek(who's now back in Hatchet), and Bruce Crump, etc., etc. Let me tell ya folks, it's true blue Molly Hatchet. Bobby Ingram's style is a little heavier than what you may remember, but he and the crew had a lot of raw energy to unleash on this disc, and Phil's vocals are eerily similar to Danny Jow Brown's. Along with the new Southern Anthem, "Son of the South", "Moonlight Dancin' on the Bayou" features some of Ingram's best guitar work to date, and "Get in the Game" has you singing along to chorus, the first time you here it. Great effort from a true legend of the South!