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Big D and the Kids Table - Try Out Your Voice

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About Me

After the 2005 Warped Tour, Boston’s Big D and the Kids Table were ready to record an album of “chilled out, tripped out” dub songs, as frontman David McWane describes them. But before they went into the studio they were contacted by SideOneDummy Records, who were drawn to the band’s uncommon combination of strict DIY work ethic (hundreds of fliers and stickers plastered everywhere at each show on the tour) and debauchery (their infamous series of “Little Bitch” beer-chugging videos became a huge hit amongst bands and crew members), not to mention their dynamic take on ska music and the fervent cult following they had amassed over a decade-long career. “SideOne called us up and said, ‘You need to do a ska record. You need to do the record that ska needs,’ ” explains McWane. “So we decided to do it, and it’s awesome.” read more...


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Member Since: 3/1/2004
Band Website: bigdandthekidstable.com
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Influences: The music that has influenced Big D is a very broad category. Suicide Machines, Melt Banana, Danny Elfman, Ween, Coltrane, Trojan Comps, % Comps, Operation Ivy...I don't even know where to go with this. So if you really want to know, come ask us at a show sometime.
Record Label: Side One Dummy
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

DRUM LESSONS

HELLO TO ALLThis is JR. I will BE GIVING DRUM LESSONS ON OUR UP COMING TOUR WITH LESS THAN JAKEIF YOU ARE INTERESTED YOU CAN CONTACT ME AT    [email protected]     &n...
Posted by Big D and the Kids Table - Try Out Your Voice on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:49:00 PST

Back on tour and soup du jour

What's going on everyone?Big D is back in England for the Rude Awakening tour with Sonic Boom Six and Random Hand. We landed in London two nights ago to be scooped up by our long time friend Dale. D...
Posted by Big D and the Kids Table - Try Out Your Voice on Thu, 15 May 2008 03:43:00 PST

Less Than Jake, Goldfinger, Rancid, SB6 and more on tour!

Hey everyone! You all have been asking and asking what we would be up to this summer, so low and behold, it will be touring! With some FANTASTIC bands too!First up is our return to the UK, with THE RU...
Posted by Big D and the Kids Table - Try Out Your Voice on Thu, 01 May 2008 01:21:00 PST

DRUM LESSONS

HEYYY  EVERYBODY   THIS IS JR FROM BIG D   LETTING ANY DRUMMERS OUT THERE KNOW THAT I WILL BE GIVING   LESSONS ON OUR UPCOMING SUMMER TOUR WITH LESS THAN JAKE AND GOLDFIN...
Posted by Big D and the Kids Table - Try Out Your Voice on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:12:00 PST

DJ BC STRICTLY MIXED AND MASHED

    TUESDAY APRIL 22 DJ BC WILL BE PERFORMING  AT THE MIDDLESEX LOUNGE   315 MASS AVE CAMBRIDGE, MASS   SEE YOU THERE SEE YOU THERE SEE YOU THERE SEE YOU THERE SEE YOU T...
Posted by Big D and the Kids Table - Try Out Your Voice on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:28:00 PST

Drum Lessons in Boston

hello to all   this is JR from Big D I am giving drum lessons for the remainder of april and in june. If you are a drummer and are in the area You can contact me at [email protected] or myspace....
Posted by Big D and the Kids Table - Try Out Your Voice on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:37:00 PST

Attention Reggae fans!

If you guys don't know who Prince Fatty is definitely check it out! He's created some of the best and coolest sounding reggae I've heard in a long time. It's a total modern twist on the old school 6...
Posted by Big D and the Kids Table - Try Out Your Voice on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:02:00 PST

Big D to play Benefit show for Darfur

Hey Everyone,We are playing a benefit show to raise money for the victims of the Darfur genocide that is still going on in Sudan, Africa. This show is for a very very good cause and I highly encourag...
Posted by Big D and the Kids Table - Try Out Your Voice on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:41:00 PST

Tour Update, March 6, 2008

March 6th, 2008It's about time I wrote a tour update, huh? I'm in our weird van-bus-thing that keeps breaking down whenever it feels like it. Everybody else is asleep, except our driver, Tony. Yup, we...
Posted by Big D and the Kids Table - Try Out Your Voice on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:06:00 PST

DRUM LESSONS

HEY...JR from Big D here   For those of you who haven't seen my past blogs I will be giving drum lessons on our up coming tour. So if you are a drummer and are going to be at one of our...
Posted by Big D and the Kids Table - Try Out Your Voice on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:18:00 PST