Depuis l'an 0, naissance de l'Original Ska Band, Two Tone Club sillonne l'Europe et distille à travers des prestations live explosive, une musique d'inspiration jamaïcaine aux accents british. Enflammant la plage des eurockéennes en 2004, les 9 RudeBoys viennent de sortir un album haut en couleur "TURN OFF".
Emmanuel Rodriguez (Rico, Reco, El Reco) (b. 1934) is a Jamaican trombonist. Born on 17th October 1934 in Kingston, Jamaica, by the age of ten he had learnt to play the trombone from strict nuns. In the 1950s, Rodriguez became a Rasta, and became closely musically related to Rasta drummer Count Ossie. He recorded with many producers, including Prince Buster and Lloyd 'Matador' Daley. In 1961, Rodriguez moved to Eng;and, where he continued to play in reggae bands.
TOO MANY CROOKS are:
Dave Cook - Guitar, Vocals
Marlon Johnson - Bass, Vocals
Alan Perry - Saxophone, Vocals
Tony Fish - Trumpet
Bradley Tullett - Hammond & Keyboards
Scotty Saunders - Drums & percussion TOO MANY CROOKS were formed following a Bad Manners gig in Brighton. The group of friends felt that Ska music needed to be dragged kicking and screaming into the next millennium if it was ever going to haul itself out of the underground, where it had been left to fester since the end of the Two-Tone Era.
Professional Ska Band. Natural Rhythm are: Tony "Bootsy" Boyce: Bass guitar, Lead vocals Roger Mitchell - Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals Gary "Beefy" Metcalfe - Keyboards,vocals Paul Yogi issacs lead guitar, vocals SIMON LOUIS HUNTER, DRUMS. Ian Bigmac Macintosh - Trumpet and vocalsdave birbeck - tromboneNatural Rhythm are a 7 piece Ska / Reggae band from Bradford, which specialise in Rimshot led raw Ska and Bluebeat.
Ska legends The Hotknives were originally formed in 1982 in England by a group of friends interested in ska, dub, reggae and Northern Soul. They recorded two live albums, "Live at the boatman" and "Live and Skanking" before recording their first studio album, "The Way Things Are" in 1989. Having reached the top of the 3rd Wave ska scene and been banned from Radio in the UK, the band decided to call it a day in 1993.
Bad Manners are an English 2-Tone Ska band fronted by Buster Bloodvessel and formed in 1976 at Woodberry Down Comprehensive School,North London, where the members studied.
At the beginning, none of the eight members played any instrument.
The members are :
Buster Bloodvessel - Vocals
Simon Cuell - Guitar
Lee Thompson -Bass
Richie Downs - Keyboards
Matt Goodwin - Sax
Matt Bane - Drums
Colin Graham - Trumpet
Russel Wynn - Percussion
Formed in 1994 in Montreal, Quebec, the Planet Smashers
