#SKACRED

In 2008, deathcore juggernauts Oceano played in Tampa, Fl with skacore band The Flaming Tsunamis at The Springs Theater.

- Probably the most requested entry. It’s Skacred 101 that Travis Barker played drums for The Aquabats! before joining Blink 182. His drumming can be heard on their 2nd record, “the fury of...”

XLXIV. Wolf-Face - Florida Teen Wolves - All of Wolf-Face’s music videos have been filmed, edited, and directed by Christian Costello of such ska bands as Station Cases, The Sellouts of Ska, Mind the Canvas, and Won’t Be Arsed. If that wasn’t enough evidence, at a 2015 performance, members of Wolf-Face looked me with their beady little wolf-eyes and started playing ska chords mid song. I don’t know what it meant, but it hurt.

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- Matt Spitz, bassist of Royal City Riot is the owner of Moustache Brewery out in Long Island, New York.

Cheers.

Thanks to Aaron Hibbert for the edit.

- The Bouncing Souls have toured AND collaborated with The Pietasters, had members (Mike McDermott) perform in Mephiskapheles, not to mention they stuck out like a sore thumb on Radical Records’ Skampilation ‘94 Thanks to Kara Harvey for the tips

- Before committing to Counterpunch full-time, Jim Margle played drums for the Michigan ska band We Are The Union. If that’s not enough, they just had a tour with the Boston ska legends Big D and the Kids Table.

courtesy of The Nerdist Podcase

- Andrew, AM!’s former bassist, mentioned in The Menzingers SOUNDOFF video from Noisey that he used to be in a ska band called The Peeps.

- The next Direct Hit record will feature the horn section of the ska band Something to Do on a few of their tracks.

XLIV. Four Year Strong - during live performances, John Ryan (Nix86, We Are the Union, The Flaming Tsunamis) plays sax on some of their older songs.

XLIII. Killswitch Engage - While performing for their legions of fans at Monsters of Rock, Jesse Leach wore a shirt from the legendary and highly influential ska band Fishbone.

Congrats on the success, boys. You’re now on the same label that put out records for Less Than Jake.

- In the summer of 2015, RiFF RAFF (The neon icon, the white Gucci Mane with a spray tan, the white Eddie Murphy, the white Donald Glover, rap game Uncle Ben [pull the rice out the oven]) will be releasing a new album featuring Travis Barker of The Aquabats.

XL. Weak Teeth - The jury is out on these Hardcore Emo rockers. Tell your moms, tell your dads that at least one member of WT openly listens to southern California’s favorite crime-fighting ska band turned kid’s show rockstars, The Aquabats. Their ska influence is probably what makes their new record super rad. Aside from bumping The Bats in their van, WT performed a Choking Victim cover set at Fest 13 in Gainesville, Fl.