The first-ever hits collection from Sugar Ray spans the band’s career with 15 tracks, including two brand-new recordings and the Howard Stern-penned rarity ‘Psychedelic Bee’. Fronted by the charismatic Mark McGrath, O.C.-based Sugar Ray debuted in 1995 with the funk-metal-flavored album Lemonade & Brownies. It was 1997’s pop-rock-skewed Floored, however, that established the band’s signature sound and delivered …
When vocalist Steve Harwell, guitarist Greg Camp, bassist Paul DeLisle and drummer Michael Urbano had their first hit as Smash Mouth with ‘Walkin’ On The Sun’, they practically created a pop sub-culture previously unparalled (except by maybe the B-52s). The band’s hits went way beyond chart success with their McG directed videos becoming MTV staples. And by the …
Sublime effortlessly stood out from the countless punk retreads and ska revivalists that littered the alt-rock landscape, thanks to the band’s adventurous, experimental musical sensibility and the personally charged, emotionally complex songwriting of leader Bradley James Nowell. Singer/guitarist Nowell, bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh formed Sublime in 1988. Early on, they began mixing rockist aggression with …
2007 release from the modern Ska act known as Streetlight Manifesto. Once the high-energy, jubilant horns kick in, you know that SM has arrived and they brought a party with them! In this day and age where most bands do what they can to fit in to the trends, SM sticks to their roots with a firm stance …
60 audio tracks, 20 video tracks, including rare, live demos and outtakes. Demos from 1988-1996 including original demo of ‘Date Rape’. Live audio including performances with Bad Brains’ HR, as well as the classic Grateful Dead cover ‘Scarlet Begonias’. Acoustic tracks including ‘Wrong Way’ and ‘Boss DJ.’ Outtakes including their cover of Peter Tosh’s ‘Legalize It,’ and the …
Jamaican jazz guitarist Ernest Ranglin, at 66 years old, is more adventurous than most musicians half his age. Few could travel to Senegal and record with Baaba Maal and his band, Daande Lenol. Fewer still could make such a successful melding of styles. The secret is that Ranglin becomes a part of the band, trading licks with the …
2010 release from New Jersey Ska band Streetlight Manifesto. The band has been working on this ambitious project since September 2008, teasing their fans with live previews of various songs that are featured on this highly anticipated record. 99 Songs Of A Revolution is a collection reworked and recorded showcasing their renditions of classics by Paul Simon, …
Fueled By Ramen group Sublime with Rome releases their highly-anticipated debut album, YOURS TRULY this summer. The California-based combo – which features drummer Bud Gaugh and bass player Eric Wilson (both founding members of the legendary ska-punk band, Sublime) alongside gifted singer/guitarist Rome – recorded YOURS TRULY at El Paso, Texas’ Sonic Ranch studio with producer Paul Leary. …
2007 digitally remastered and expanded edition of the Punk/Ska legend’s only album, bolstered by the addition of tracks from two early E.P.s. Formed in 1987, Op Ivy are a legendary quartet fronted by future Rancid cohorts Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, along with friends Jesse Michaels (Common Rider) and Dave Mello. Energy was released in 1989, but the …
Legendary 2-Tone artists, The Selecter, release their new studio album Subculture . Recorded and produced by Neil Pyzer and expertly mixed by Prince Fatty (Hollie Cook, Lily Allen, Graham Coxon & Gregory Isaacs etc), Subculture is the calling card of a classic band that are completely tuned into the issues and challenges of the modern world. Since re-forming …