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Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...

/reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

/Oi!
Oi!
Oi! is a working class subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The music and its associated subculture had the goal of bringing together punks, skinheads and other working-class youths ....

 band based out of New Brunswick, NJ, formed in summer of 2002. The band has included former members of bands such as Foil, Professor Plum, Inspecter 7
Inspecter 7
Inspecter 7Ska band formed in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1992. They originally played shows under the name, 'Agent 86' until late 1993, when they renamed themselves, '"Inspecter 7." With a sound that combined all three waves of Ska Inspecter 7 became a fixture in the New York City ska scene...

, The Schematics, Bomb Town, and other New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 and New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 bands. They are influenced by various styles of music, including reggae, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

, punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 and classical music. They perform regularly at 3 Floors of Ska Shows, International Ska Circus, and Ska Weekend shows.

Current lineup

  • Rev.T Sinister - vocals
  • Jenny Whiskey - tenor sax, vocals
  • Matty Glock - guitar
  • Reggae Bob - bass
  • Nuno (Green Goblin) - drums

Former/Fill-in members

  • Adam X - former/fill-in original guitar
  • JOF (Chris Jaffe)- former original guitar
  • Beer Blade the Mighty (Chris Finnegan), former original bass
  • DK (Dustin Kreidler)- former baritone sax, alto sax, melodica
  • Lord Skoochie (Erik Schroeder)- former/fill-in tenor sax
  • Michael Ambrose - former organ, keyboard
  • Timmy Two Sticks (Tim Lawernce) tour/fill-in drummer
  • Shaky D (Dave Segal)-former guitar
  • Sammy Kay - Keyboards(live)

Discography

  • Mass Appeal EP (2005)
  • Blood, Sweat and Beer (Megalith Records
    Megalith Records
    Megalith Records is a ska record label founded on August 22, 2002 and located in Norman, Oklahoma. It is owned by Robert "Bucket" Hingley of The Toasters and the defunct label Moon Ska Records, and managed by Jeremy Patton, current webmaster and graphic artist for the Toasters...

    , 2004)
  • Dirty Jersey (Megalith Records
    Megalith Records
    Megalith Records is a ska record label founded on August 22, 2002 and located in Norman, Oklahoma. It is owned by Robert "Bucket" Hingley of The Toasters and the defunct label Moon Ska Records, and managed by Jeremy Patton, current webmaster and graphic artist for the Toasters...

    , 2006)
  • Ska Ska Black Sheep (Stubborn Records, 2009)
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