ska-punk

Imperial Leisure spent 2006 commandeering and converting crowds across the country. They (legitimately) played festivals such as The Secret Garden Party and TDK, not to mention (illegitimately playing in the car parks at) Reading, En-Dorset, Fruitstock and LoveBox, as well as springing spontaneous gigs on unsuspecting but hugely appreciative crowds in shopping centres, parks, and on beaches around the UK.

Streetlight Manifesto is a ska/punk band from East Brunswick, New Jersey under the creative leadership of singer/guitarist Tomas Kalnoky. Since forming in 2002, the band has released three full-length albums. Several of Streetlight's members were already well known among the New Jersey ska community for their roles in past ska bands from that area, most notably Catch 22's Tomas Kalnoky, James Egan, Mike Soprano, and Josh Ansley, as well as One Cool Guy's Stuart Karmatz, Pete Sibilia, Dan Ross, and Chris Paszik.

Ska done right. Cut the foreplay, jump straight into the rock-solid edge of arrowcat whilst we force-feed hooks and harmonies into your soul. So danceable it'll make your feet bleed, so loud it'll turn your brain to soup. And not some bullshit value pea & mint soup. We're talking full-on olde-style west-country double-strength double-barrel meat broth, with extra BALLS*. Get up and move, arrowcat are HERE!

Im Jahre 2001 beschlossen Lorenz, Spritus und Reu die Band „Rafiki“ zu gründen. Gegen den allgemeinen finanzorientierten Trend, grölende Massen mit geklauten Hits zu befriedeigen, beschlossen die Jungs mit eigenen Kompositionen ihre Zuhörer zu beglücken. In einem 6 großen Proberaum entstanden ihre Lieder, mit denen sie in kurzer Zeit einen großen Fanstamm in ihrer Region gewinnen konnten. Doch schon damals spaltete Rafiki die alternative Szene, da ihre deutschsprachigen Texte nicht ausschließlich durch Punkrhythmen, sondern auch durch Ska- und Hard-Rock-Elemente musikalisch untermalt wurden.

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