ska
LM.C
LM.C is a rock band from Japan. Members:
Vo. Maya ( ｓｉｎｎｅｒｓ (as a guitarist)→ 雅-MIYAVI- (support, as a guitarist) → LM.C )
Gu. Aiji ( ＫＡＬＥＮ → Pierrot → LM.C )
Support:
Ba. Ikuo / Ken
Dr. Death-O / Yuya
Key. JAYKAY / Jun
VJ. DENKI-MAN LM.C was founded by Maya in Tokyo,Japan , a support guitarist for musician Miyavi in the support band Ishihara Gundan (Ishihara being Miyavi's real last name, Gundan means 'brigade' or 'army' in Japanese) and a guitarist in his own band, Sinners. While still with Miyavi, maya and other support members also played live shows as LM.
The Flatliners
The Flatliners are a ska-punk band formed in 2002, from Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. They describe their music as "a combination of two-tone ska and brain hemorrhaging punk rock" - what they affectionately call "skunk rawk." The Flatliners consist of four members: Scott Brigham (guitar), Paul Ramirez (drums), Chris Cresswell (vocals and guitar), and Jon Darbey (bass). All members or the band are from Alexander Mackenzie High School.
The Skatalites
The Skatalites are a Jamaican music group that played a major role in popularising ska, the first truly Jamaican music created by fusing boogie-woogie blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, mento, calypso, and African rhythms. They recorded many of their best known songs, including Guns Of Navarone, in the period between 1964 and 1965, as well as played on records by Prince Buster and many other Jamaican artists.
Bigtopp
Bigtopp is currently a seven piece music making machine hailing from all over the South of England. They formed in the small hours of October 2006. Bigtopp completed one successful summer tour in 2008, played over 100 shows and new album is going to be launched in 2009. They have released two E.P.'s to date called Glory Wipe and Tomfoolery.
Capdown
Capdown were a band from Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. Originally known as Soap, their songs had political themes as alluded to by their name, which is short for Capitalist Downfall. Mixing ska, punk, hardcore, dub and reggae, Capdown built a reputation around their independent releases and numerous tours. Their debut album Civil Disobedients was released by London punk label Household Name Records in 2000, a year in which Capdown played nearly 250 gigs.
The Blockheads
Having played with Ian Dury for many years as Ian Dury and the Blockheads, The Blockheads continued to play together following Dury's death due to colorectal cancer.
