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Los Skauters' most recent incarnation was completed after a successful late-night shanghai of two unsuspecting drunken gaijin in the flickering neon-lit backstreets of Osaka. Two of Japan's finest ska DJs, Skauters T and K, had been hunting down foreigners to join their band. They had decided that the frontmen had to look the part, be able to sing, dance, calculate pi to sixteen digits and, most importantly, share their love of ska, beer, and Dragon Ball Z.Madness' pre-'Fuji Rock Festival 2006' gig in Osaka provided an ideal opportunity to cast a net to ensnare candidates. Ali and Dan, skanking wildly in the front row, stood out as potential appointees. For better or for worse however, T and K could not get past the flailing arms and frenzied feet to talk to them - so they kept on drinking. After the gig (and two too many Asahi Super Drys later) T and K staggered up to the sweat-soaked duo and, forgetting to see if they could satisfy the other criteria, asked simply, "Wanna join our band?".The rest, as they say, is history.
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Member Since: 17/02/2007
Band Website: http://www.losskauters.com
Band Members: Ali (Vocals), Daniel (Vocals), Skauter K (Keys), Skauter T (Skins), Skauter C (Bass), Skauter Y (Gits), Skauter TT (A-Sax),Skauter M (T-bone)
Influences: The Specials, The Selecter, The Beat/les, The Porkers, The The, The Late Notes, The Bluebeat Allstars, The LegoMen, The Brian Sheedy Band, The Saints (actually, most bands starting with 'The'), Kirin Lager (silver), Dekavia C, canned coffee (hot), beer vending machines, live lobster claw vending machines, Niseko powder snow, takoyaki, okonomiyaki, tebasaki, running for the last train, missing the last train, sleeping in an internet cafe, missing the first train, nearly missing the second train, falling asleep and missing your stop, catching the train back towards the station you missed, falling asleep and missing your stop again, life in Japan...
Sounds Like: The Specials, Madness, one hand clapping, tree falling in a forest with nobody around...
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

STILL big in Japan(zine)!!

We're all a bit chuffed to have been named in the top ten gaijin bands in Japan by 'Japanzine'. Check out the review in the June, 2009 issue and/or download the top ten song entries at the address bel...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:26:00 GMT

Los Skauters Debut 7" on sale NOW!

"Skauters Want You!"/"Canopy Gyro"Available from:TIMEBOMB RECORDS - http://www.timebomb.co.jpFLAKE RECORDS - http://www.flakerecords.comIf you (like me) don't have a record player, a limited number of...
Posted by on Sat, 30 May 2009 01:47:00 GMT

PLease Help Us!

Dear Friend,Somehow LOS SKAUTERS have been given the chance to play at the Fuji Rock Festival '08 after party, "Rookie A Go-Go"!Now, what we really need to secure a place in the lineup is YOUR HELP.I...
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 10:15:00 GMT

It's official! We're 'big in Japan'!

JAPANZINE, a free national English magazine in...um...Japan, has published the results of their 'Battle Of The Gaijin (foreigner) Bands' in this month's issue. Apparently, despite the stiff competitio...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:57:00 GMT

Finally, sound!!

After not being able to hear the songs through this website's StandalonePlayer for two weeks, I uploaded the songs again. Nothing happened. So I uploaded the songs again. Nothing happened. So I played...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:45:00 GMT

That's one small step for a band, ....

Hey All!We're finally beginning to get our heads around this MySpace thing. Our Japanese site (hosted by Skauter T) looks a lot better LS Official Site but we'll keep on keeping on until we get it rig...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:28:00 GMT