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If you've spent more than a minute on the ska scene, you'll know they're the original NY rudies, the men who kept the flame burning even when it was just a candle in the window... They're having fun, which means you're going to have a blast.
- Alternative Press

SKINNERBOX is a pioneering blend of traditional ska, reggae, soul, punk and jazz. Long a favorite on the New York City club scene, SKINNERBOX continues to stir crowds with their heavy arsenal of dance rhythms. Sporting a new, leaner 5-piece sound, and a smashing all-star line-up, the band is currently touring in support of their latest full-length CD What You Can Do, What You Can't out nationwide on Moon Ska Records.

SKINNERBOX is led by ska legend, songsmith/vocalist/trombonist King Django who is also responsible for 1995's sensational Stubborn All-Stars CD, Open Season (Another Planet Records), and their newest release Back with a new Batch (Triple Crown Records) which was just touted as a must have album by Dicky Barrett of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones in the ska issue of the Alternative Press.

A fixture in the New York ska and reggae music underground, Django cut his teeth in the scene as trombonist and singer with seminal old-school NY Ska band the Boilers, and has also graced NYC bands the Slackers and Skadanks. Django founded the Stubborn Records label, which released the five-year Skinnerbox retrospective, Special Wild 1989-1994 among others. Django has a rich touring history under his belt and spent the summer of '96 playing with Rancid on the Lollapalooza tour. During that six weeks, he recorded a track with Rancid for the Beavis and Butthead Do America feature film soundtrack. He has toured internationally with the Stubborn All-Stars, the Toasters, and legendary New York City cult hardcore band Murphy's Law.

SKINNERBOX is fresh off of the Smashing NYC Ska Mob tour which was a triple bill featuring Hellcat recording artists the Slackers and the Stubborn All-Stars. Their past touring history includes a national tour opening for the Specials as well as dates with Desmond Deckker, Bad Manners, Eek-A-Mouse, the Skatalites, and Let's Go Bowling (to name just a few).

SKINNERBOX always has surprises up its sleeves and guest performers have included the Skadanks, Jamal-ski, the Double Trouble Twins, Puppy Ranking, Jimmy Dresher of Murphy's Law, Special Beat's Ranking Roger, and the Specials' Neville Staples.

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