Molly & the Heymakers

Molly & the Heymakers
Also known as	Molly and the Danger Band, Molly Otis, Molly Stoddard, Molly Scheer, Molly & The Makers
Origin	Hayward, Wisconsin, USA
Genres	Country,
Years active	1987-1995
Labels	Reprise Muskie Queen Records Media Records
Past members	Martha "Molly" Scheer Andy Dee Jeff Nelson Joe Lindzius Chad "C.J." Udeen
Website	Molly and the Danger Band featuring Molly Scheer Otis Stoddard

Molly & the Heymakers was an American country music group formed in 1987. The band consisted of Martha "Molly" Scheer (lead vocals, fiddle, mandolin, rhythm guitar), Andy Dee (lead guitar), Jeff Nelson (bass guitar), Joe Lindzius (drums) and Chad "C.J." Udeen (steel guitar). Their highest charting single, "Chasin' Something Called Love," peaked at No. 50 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1991; it was included on their self-titled debut album, issued in 1992 on Reprise Records.

Transition to new sound

In 1998, Molly Scheer and Andy Dee, along with Rick Berger (bass guitar) and Scott Tate (drums), released an album of harder-edged material under the moniker known as "Molly & The Makers." The music on this album featured a mixture of styles including Alt.country, Cowpunk, Country, folk rock, Rock and Roll, Alternative rock, rock, power pop, punk rock, garage punk, indie rock and indie pop.

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details
Molly & the Heymakers	Release date: March 31, 1992 Label: Reprise Records
Live In Tokyo	Release date: 1993 Label: Grieving Rhinoceros Records
B-Sides from the Milkhouse	Release date: 1993 Label: Muskie Queen Records
Big Things	Release date: 1995 Label: Muskie Queen Records
Lucky Flame (as Molly & the Makers)	Release date: 1998 Label: Media Records
Live at the Palomino (as Molly & the Makers)	Release date: 2005 Label: Unknown Bootleg

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
		US Country	CAN Country
1990	"Chasin' Something Called Love"	50	38	Molly & the Heymakers
1991	"He Comes Around"	59	51
1992	"Mountain of Love"	—	79
	"Jimmy McCarthy's Truck"	69	86
	"Swinging Doors"	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video
1990	"Chasin' Something Called Love"
1991	"Mountain of Love"

External links

• Molly and the Danger Band Official site
• Featured article about Molly's Pavilion Venue
• allmusic ((( Molly & the Heymakers > Overview )))
• News article about Molly's victory regarding her legal battle with the City of Hayward, Wisconsin