The band was named after a prostitute in the Southern U.S. who decapitated her clients.
While Molly Hatchet is often classified as a Southern rock band, they, like Rickey Medlocke's band Blackfoot, consider themselves a heavy metal band from the South.
Members have included John Galvin, Bobby Ingram, Phil McCormack, Tim Lindsey, Scott Craig, Danny Joe Brown, David Lawrence Hlubek, Duane Roland.
Duane Roland died on June 19, 2006, of natural causes at age 56.