Andy P: Vox/Harmonica Murray: Vox/Gtr Rev. Scott McC: Gtr/Vox Papa Joe: Bass Sam: Drums Matt: Keys Colin McC: Trumpet Mike: Trombone Jay: Tenor Sax Tom: Alto Sax
Influences
all things ska: the specials, bad manners, desmond decker, the skatalites, toots and the maytals, prince buster, jimmy cliff plus: billy connelly, iron claw, beastie boys, ac/dc, frank zappa, mozart, soundgarden, kelly joe phelps, the sensational alex harvey band, femi kuti, yes, the small faces, jimi hendrix, R.A.T.M, red hot chillis, g love and special sauce, the beatles, frank sinatra, the reverend horton heat, leon russell, charles mingus, U2, janes addiction, ben harper, manu chao, lenny bruce, lee perry, socrates, free, KRS one, rimsky korsakov, spunge, mario lanza, jon stewart, primus, miles davis, judas priest, wynton marsalis, thin lizzy, NWA, deep purple, rory gallagher, tina turner, the who, bing crosby, kaizers orchestra, lynyrd skynyrd, lulu, the pixies, aristotle, the police, joan sutherland, ultravox, rolf harris, bob hope, opeth, emerson lake and palmer, violent femmes, the beta band, talking heads, hunter s thompson, gene vincent, rory macleod, streetlight manifesto, the undertones, presidents of the united states, gomez, maria callas, issac newton, electric light orchestra, alex lifeson, cream, uncle noam, radiohead, friederich hegel, public enemy, shostakovich, the dixie chicks, lalo schifrin, system of a down, brendan behan, muddy waters, brian wilson, led zeppelin and james brown. In that order.
Sounds Like
The best description of the band (though not necessarily accurate) was
"they are like the Blues Brothers on speed crossed with Madness on prozac"
Bombskare were formed in the last years of the twentieth century and are famed the length and breadth of the British Isles as the one of the best blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. You've heard this spiel before so lets cut to the chase. You know who we are, what we do, and when we do it. Our music is live. All live, never on a floppy disc.
Over the years we have been privileged to play with hundreds of great bands, such as Big Hand, Joe Viterbo, Suppository Business, Contra, The Amphetameanies, The Skarsoles, The Happy Spastics, Pummel, Mister Z, Das Contras, Tyrant Lizard Kings, Taking Chase, Pork Pie, Dick Dangerous and the Love Bastards, Fat Ben and the Looters, Disciples of Panic Earth, Misled Youth, Fountainbridge Collective, The G Men, Miyagi, The Splitters, The Hustlers, One Man Race, Shrinking Violets, The Red Vans, Ben Cozine, Focus, The One O Clock Guns, Esparanza, My Own Religion, This R2 Tone, Salsa Celtica, Matted Dreads, Croft No. 5, Peatbog Faeries, Diwan, Gecko 3, Wayne’s Paycheck, The Fat Cats, Man Of The Hour, Mr Greenfinger, Certain Death, Amplifico, The Green Man Blue Grass Boys, Surfing Pinheads, Root System, Mutterfly, William Douglas, Carpe Diem, Skaville UK, Baker’s Dozen, Bulb, Mark Foggo, Swellbelly's, and lots and lots of others, but also Toots and The Maytals, The Skatalites, Bad Manners, The Selecter, The Beat, Laurel Aitken, Chumbawumba, Jerry Dammers, as well as homegrown heroes such as Skaramanga (who were awesome).
"Their electric pulsating set was high tempo thundering Ska, which stirred up the packed out venue to fever pitch. It was a set of their pure original material, except for a blinding version of "54-46 was My Number" which turned the crowd to maniac level" Paul Willow@TheSpecials.com
The Wickerman Festival Root System Stage time! Root System will be playing the Capitol Scooter tent at 4:00pm saturday so come along and drag every mad fekker you can find in and go fukkin mental!!!
Also get yer arses doon to gig in the car park @ the greenside on the 2nd oor pals The LAW!!! ave confirmed and also Bombskare, Fangs, Junkstar and tonnes o other cool bands too. starts at noon!!! Tickets fae Original shoe in Glenrothes and also at The Greenside...
Cheers, will check out the the bands you recommended and hopefully have the possibility to see one of your gigs when I'm in Scotland in august ;-) Where the hell can I find information about this Linkylea Festival????
How much do I love that one Crime of the Century?! Even full of the annual stinky summer cold, I find myself unable to sit still, so much so that I've added it to my profile! Roll on the 22nd of August! x
Friends! Summer's here (not that the sun knows about it!)...
To celebrate not only this but the official release of our album (on i tunes and such like) we cordially invite you to our album launch at Henry's Cellar Bar on Monday 4th August. Get your dancing shoes on, grab your friends by the hand, lead them in the ways of Zorbic rightousness, and come on down for a dazzling night to remember...
thanks for accepting :D and yeah i only went for the last day though :/ wished i had gone for all of it but couldnt :( but next year im WELL looking forward to :D Beth xxx.
Now that IS service! I shall see you there, can't see there being a huge amount of space, but even if I have to boogie outside, that's all good for me! Thanks! x
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