General Manager: Neil Johnston
Booking Agent/Press Contact: timmalloysbooking@gmail.com
Press Kit: http://www.reverbnation.com
Reverbnation.com: http://www.reverbnation.com/thetimmalloys
HearItLocal.com: http://hearitlocal.com/#!/tc/as_artists?detailID=6558
Influences:
The Pogues, The Clash, U2, The Specials, Big Country, Slavic Soul Party, Gogol Bordello, The Irish Brigade, Pecker Dunne, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys, The Young Dubliners, The Wolfe Tones, Christy Moore, The Violent Femmes, Balkan Beat Box, The Waterboys, Billy Connolly, The Undertones, Ewan MacColl, The Clancy Brothers, Dubliners, Kocani Orkestar, North Sea Gas, Planxty, The Skatalites, Tom Waits
Creative Process
We strive to create music that reminds people to be human. We are Minnesota musicians inspired by the Celtic music found in the pubs and clubs of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. We are influenced by the rich musical heritage that the Twin Cities fosters and we openly allow those sensabilities to enter into our music. We enjoy finding old celtic music that has been forgotten, not played anymore, or lost, and re-present those tunes, melodies and lyrics through our own unique musical lens.
Biography:
The Tim Malloys were founded in 1994 and over the years have reinvented the Irish crossover genre, fusing traditional Irish music with a raucous Minneapolis sound and sensibility. With a newly-expanded lineup and new album recorded with Minneapolis producer Tom Herbers, the band journeys into uncharted territory, leaving history in its wake. The CD WAKE is a 13-song odyssey from home to hell and back again, a rollicking, roiling journey of love, loss, and redemption. WAKE is a whiskey bootlegger’s dream, boiling down traditional Irish music into a potent electric distillate of punk guitar and manic grooves stirred up by the spirits of Joe Strummer and Bruce Allen
Laying down driving and melodic bass licks and lashing Bodhran riffs mark Neil Johnston's signature music style. A member since founding the group in 1994, Johnston continues to re-work the Tim Malloys' fusion of Midwest garage smorgasbord and Irish music. Neil has a long history collaborating in twin cities music and art communities; over the years playing and working with local musicians as well as visual and performance artists. His enthusiasm for creating music is only matched by his love of painting and he is often working to create new artistic expressions merging these two forms. 
Johnny Sjogren bought his first guitar at the tender age of 12. By the age of 18 he had taught himself how to play well enough to let his hair grow long. In 1985 he joined his first band, Bedlam. He found his love for Irish music performing at the Irish Cottage at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival and various pubs around the area. After playing in many short-lived bands in the twin cities, in 1998, he was invited to join the Tim Malloys. The rest, as they say, is history. In addition to holding down the rhythm in the Tim Malloys, he still plays with his first band, Bedlam. Johnny brings the traditions of The Grateful Dead, The Almond Brothers, The Who, The Beatles, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin and The Old Triangle to the Tim Malloys mix.
Kirstin Johnston calls up soaring melodies and haunting tunes on flute and tin whistle for the band. Kirstin's musical roots run deep and she is inspired by the music of Ireland, Scotland, and Nordic countries. Her pulsing staccato and strong breathy style is her hallmark that carries the band well into the night. One of the founding members of The Tim Malloys, Kirstin rejoined in 2009 to once again marshal the lads and audiences away 'cross the foam'.
Tom Delaney, or "Tomás" as the they say, plays lead guitar, accordion and other strings in the Tim Malloys, bringing along a twist of bordertown soul. Before coming to the band he played lead guitar in local Tex-Mex groups Grupo Primera and Sangre del Alma, and performed with Max Baca (Los Super Seven & Los Texmaniacs) and the legendary Flaco Jimenez (The Texas Tornados & Los Super Seven). Eventually Tom returned to his own musical roots playing lead guitar and bodhrán in local Irish pub rock band the Durty Nellys, and in time crossed paths with kindred spirits Neil and John to join the Tim Malloys.
Over the last twenty-five years, Scott Schwister has drummed in a bewildering assortment of rock bands, skiffle groups, alt-country outfits, and other musical projects. He and Neil Johnston started their first band in 1985 with two other high school friends. In the mid-nineties, Scott anchored manic country rockers Buck Aldrich, whose Feelies-meets-'Mats sound and raucous Terminal Bar gigs cemented their popularity with the local bastards and brawlers set. He has also played with Lincoln, Nebraska popmeisters The Davenports; blues-rock mainstays The Dearborns; sonic experimenteers ACME, and Saint Paul's own Digby & Jones, among others. He currently plays and records with Goodbye Sun and virtual pop duo Mid-Am.