IED, Bums Lie, Broken Napoleons and other bands were playing ska, or music informed by ska, at a time when the genre was experiencing unprecedented popularity. From the mids through the mids, bands featuring charging horns, chopping upcut guitars and herky-jerky rhythms dominated radio and MTV.
Can a ska wave hit the Queen City again? Groups like The Specials and The Selector pushed back against racism and the oppressive policies of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, while bands like Madness and The English Beat inspired audiences to get on their feet, move to the beat and dance all over their troubles.
Americans fused the British ska punk they loved with louder faster hardcore punk. Is a band like Rancid punk, ska, or something in between? As a band kid in school, he was captivated by a punk rock group that played upbeat music you could dance to. As members graduated and moved to Charlotte, the band gradually winnowed down to four members, Cullen West on vocals and guitar, Randy Ward on trumpet, keyboards and backing vocals, Colin Welch-McLoy on drums and Lock on bass.
The Madd Hatters played its first gig at a well-attended talent show, and after that the band was off and running. The band adheres to one common ska stereotype — there are a hell of a lot of people onstage at a Hatters show, including Adam McBrayer on vocals, Chris Riggs Jr. Allen on violin, Brent Stott on bass and accordion and Maaike B. Brandis and Trenton Jackson on trombones.
Although ska aficionados cite Broken Napoleons as a genre stalwart, Gavagan says the group, which folded in , only sounded ska because his drumming style had the pop and feel of ska-punk percussionists he emulated.
Broken Napoleons, comprised of Joe Henderson on guitar and vocals, Eric Heinzman on bass, off-and-on member Russ Betenbaugh on keyboards and Gavagan on drums, released one album, Dead for Days , in Join over 12, Charlotte residents who receive our daily updates.
One Charlotte band cited as a favorite of local ska fans is punk pranksters Dollar Signs. In some countries, such as Mexico, ska bands are protest groups, a potent counterpoint to government oppression. Please Wait. Don't see the event location for Streetlight Manifesto Tickets?
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