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[PUNK] Flogging Molly’s Celtic-tinged punk rock anthems haven’t staled a bit, even after nearly two decades. In fact, their sound—comprised of folk instrumentation, stammering drums, raging guitar, and Dublin-born David King’s passionate bark—offers up one of the best escapes from the ordinary in music today. In 2000, the band released their debut record, Swagger, on SideOneDummy records. The record inserted the Celtic-punk band into the mainstream with songs like “The Worst Day Since Yesterday” and “The Ol’ Beggars Bush.” The seven-piece band, which includes pro skater Matt Hensley on the accordion, are a workingman’s band, often sending messages of alienation with a glint of hope in the background through their musically rich, yet straightforward punk rock anthems. The band usually makes a yearly effort to schedule a Buffalo or Niagara Falls tour date into their tour, and this year will be no different when they take the stage at The Rapids Theatre on Thursday, December 4. You can bet your last drink that their manically paced spurts of punk rock enthusiasm will give way to arena-rousing melodies.