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Tad Doyle: Vocals & Guitar
Martin Chandler: Guitar
Tyson Garcia: Bass
Jason(slimmy)Jacobs: Drums

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, Tad, had signed to Sub Pop in 1989 and released the watershed albums God\'s Balls, Salt Lick, and 8-Way Santa. Tad helped spearhead and set the gears in motion -- along with bands like the Melvins and Green River -- for the massive grunge movement and the attendant media onslaught and signing frenzy that ensued. Though Tad 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 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 Tad 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.

Although leavened generously by Tad Doyle's innate sense and command of melody, and -- whether he'd admit to it or not -- pop songwriting, Hog Molly's debut album is a bone-crunching affair of bulldozing guitars, a walloping rhythm section, and Tad's unceremonious Leatherface-as-frontman vocals. Having fronted Seattle's famed grunge forerunners -- and Sub Pop stalwarts -- Tad, Doyle is quite a decorated veteran, having issued numerous albums on indie labels and majors. Kung-Fu Cocktail Grip not only boasts a great, peculiar name, but it's a testament that massively heavy rock, propelled by cranked Marshall's and pummeling drums, ain't dead, as the pundits had claimed. ~ Patrick Kennedy, All Music Guide

If you're familiar with the late, great Seattle grunge-metal band Tad, you can probably guess that any project Tad's titular hero, the irrepressible Tad Doyle, takes on will probably be a thoroughly ass-kicking affair. Indeed, such is the case with Doyle's group, Hog Molly, a bombastic bruiser of a band that pulls out all the stops in its single-minded quest to rock. The trio, reportedly named for a colorful fish found of the Atlantic Coast, takes some Motor City snarl, some metal guitar overdrive, and some punk attitude to make a big, crunchy, skuzzy sound. Yes, in short, they sound much like Tad. Mr. "Tadarth Tadillac Seville" Doyle's partners in crime are bassist Ty "Satan" Garcia (ex-Ditch Witch and Willard) and drummer Jason "Slimmy D Diabolis" (ex-Monster Truck Driver). Together, the members of this trio pound out the vile sleaze-rock tunes in a manner both distasteful and virulent. That's right, just the way you like it. Hog Molly's first LP, Kung Fu Cocktail Grip, is available. The driving, evocatively titled metallic chuggers "Octapussy" and "Alcohog" both appear on that record.
- By Jesse Ashlock

Track listing
1. Mr. Right
2. Octapussy
3. Alcohog
4. Heatstroke
5. Scorched
6. Hogchronicity
7. Paycheck
8. Bitch Slapper
9. Let It Ride
10. Blood Pusher
11. Moonraker
12. Russian Mafia
13. F*** The Red Lights
14. Short Bus
15. Autotang

Editorial reviews
...A dirty, slightly sludgariffic, brash rock'n'roll album...
CMJ (04/16/2001)

...Tad Doyle guides Hog Molly through such thunderous gems as 'Heat Stroke' and 'Short Bus'...with a Sabbath-on-steroids sonic attack. His stuck-pig guitar squealing and rumbling redneck vocals ensure this is no lightweight listening...
Mojo (06/01/2001)

...Heavier and more Amphetamine Reptile-like than Tad ever was. And that's saying something...
Magnet (09/01/2001)

7 out of 10 - ...45 minutes of no-hoper doper thrash. Devour.
NME (06/09/2001)

7 out of 10 - ...45 minutes of no-hoper doper thrash. Devour.Magnet (9-10/01, p.94) - ...Heavier and more Amphetamine Reptile-like than Tad ever was. And that's saying something...Mojo (6/01, p.96) - ...Tad Doyle guides Hog Molly through such thunderous gems as 'Heat Stroke' and 'Short Bus'...with a Sabbath-on-steroids sonic attack. His stuck-pig guitar squealing and rumbling redneck vocals ensure this is no lightweight listening...CMJ (4/16/01, p.17) - ...A dirty, slightly sludgariffic, brash rock'n'roll album...
NME  (06/09/2001)

It's a seventies Rock explosion! Either that or some bad depiction of some sappy B-movie judging by the four characters on the cover-oh, they're the band members! Hey dig the name-Hog Molly! Kinda catchy. Can't quite say the same for what I'm hearing so far-in fact I'm somewhat at a loss. and I do mean this in the literal sense. These muthas are loud! "Mr. Right" blares through as track one and a perfect opener it is-aggressive, ballsy. got this almost S.O.D. type quality to 'em. Hell this is Motorhead on motorbikes! Hog Molly features this dude called Tad, a big dude, Milano-type, and undercut veteran of the Rock & Roll cause, formerly of the Seattle scene now currently bringing forth this latest wave of extreme noise terror-or is that a new clothing company? I remember he did this thing called "Inhaler" some years ago but that's all I knew of it and him. Hog Molly does not cater to trends, modern Rock tendencies, Rap-Core or instrumental innovations of any sort-it's just full bore, foot to the floor-or through the floor as the case may be-low riding heavy Riff rocking with a doom-ish slant that's quickly thrust upon you and before you have time to react you're covered in sludge. Think along the lines of such names as Crowbar, Clutch, in some odd fashion even GWAR, strictly from a musical values perspective of course, but these guys are a solid bong load of loud Rock and Roll pun and drudgery-and a marketable name that'll see 'em pack the local road houses and city biker joints! - By Vinnie Apicella (2001)