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It’s been very quiet for us lately. We’d like to say that being musicians we live the kind of lifestyle when unexplained absences mean that we have all been rushed to rehab, but are now in recovery.
But that wouldn’t be true. We have just not had any gigs for some time.
We have still been rehearsing and that means there will be some new songs in our set soon.
But we now have a couple of public gigs to add to the private function gigs in our book (which are always more common in the summer.)
So here are the diary dates:
- July 24th The Last Days of Decadence
- August 28th Upstairs at the Ritzy
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Ska! Ska! Ska! playlist by The Skamonics.
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We had a lot of fun.
We think the audience did too.
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It’s at the Last Days of Decadence in Shoreditch on Saturday (Feb 27).
(I’m not sure I’ve had my first day of decadence yet, so this seems a bit unfair to me).
We are expecting to play for an hour from about 11pm (though no guarantees as timings often change when we get there).
There will probably be two new tunes in our set.
After a run of gigs things have gone a bit quiet so this may the last chance to see us for some weeks.
By skamonic
It’s at the Last Days of Decadence in Shoreditch on Saturday (Feb 27).
(I’m not sure I’ve had my first day of decadence yet, so this seems a bit unfair to me).
We are expecting to play for an hour from about 11pm (though no guarantees as timings often change when we get there).
There will probably be two new tunes in our set.
After a run of gigs things have gone a bit quiet so this may the last chance to see us for some weeks.
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We were silly enough to believe this.
But it’s not the Dr Who Tom Baker, but the DJ of the same name.
That leaves the question of whether we should play our new ska’ed up version of the Dr Who theme at the Last Days of Decadence gig on Feb 27.
Tom Baker was still the best Dr Who though.
By skamonic
We were silly enough to believe this.
But it’s not the Dr Who Tom Baker, but the DJ of the same name.
That leaves the question of whether we should play our new ska’ed up version of the Dr Who theme at the Last Days of Decadence gig on Feb 27.
Tom Baker was still the best Dr Who though.
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Thanks to Annie for taking these pictures on Saturday.
If you click on an image it will get a bit bigger.
And one mystery image is enormous.
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This was once the catchphrase for cheap LPs of cover versions of current hits – a kind of low-rent predecessor to the Now that’s what I call music series
The answer the the question – of course – was always yes.
We hope that you can tell the difference between what we play and the original1960s versions of the ska classics in our repertoire.
But if you want to hear the originals, here is a We7 playlist.
There’s one cheat as it has Amy Winehouse singing “You’re wondering now” rather than an original version. Indeed I’m not sure I’ve ever heard the original as the earliest version we know is by the modern incarnation of the Skatalites on Hi-Bop Ska. This is not on We7. but those with a Spotify acount can listen it here. (Spotify is better, but you need an invite to listen for free – but We7 still has lots of brilliant 60s ska.)
Nor have I put in original versions of some of the bonkers covers we do as our versions bear little relation to the originals, and we like to surprise at gigs!
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Pictures from Upstairs at the Ritzy, Brixton, Janury 8th 2010
