The Toasters East Side Beat
I regularly attended NYC ska shows held at CBGB's, the Cat Club and The Continental in 1987-1988 and that time period is owned by The Toasters , who were just about to rocket out of the New York scene to begin touring and preaching the gospel of ska around the U.S. The band and its impact and influence on ska in the U.S. can't be emphasized enough. So it was with great excitement and affection that I hopped the New York City subway a few stops to BB King's in Times Square last night to pay my respects to English guitarist/vocalist Robert 'Bucket' Hingley. Bucket is responsible more than any other musician for ska’s popularity in America, and for keeping faith in the genre through its many ups and downs. Hingley and The Toasters tour relentlessly and he has become a familiar face to ska fans all over the world. While Hingley is the only original member of the band, he never fails to attract a strong backing band of talented musicians. The current lineup on display last night was...
Viernes 9 de Diciembre. 21:30. Sala Loco Club. Valencia
Entrada anticipada 10€ / Entrada taquilla 13€
“Con sus 30 años de historia y más de 5.000 conciertos por todo el globo a sus espaldas llega a Valencia una leyenda viva de la música. Fundados en 1981, The Toasters fue la primera banda ska de Estados Unidos, formada por el inglés Rob Bucket Hingley quien llevaba pocos meses viviendo en el East Side de Manhattan, NYC.”
“Influenciados por la segunda ola del Ska, en la que se encuentran bandas como The Specials, The Selecter, Madness, The Beat , entre otras, se puede considerar a Toasters como el máximo exponente del Ska de los EE.UU. en general y de Nueva York en particular. Forman parte de la llamada tercera ola del Ska, pero realmente son el eslabón perdido entre la segunda y tercera,
16: The seminal Lower East Side ska act the Toasters. The British expat Rob (Bucket) Hingley has carried the torch of third-wave ska for thirty years now,
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