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Inspecter 7(1992-2001)
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Inspecter 7's sound employs all three waves of Ska (Traditional, 2-Tone and 3rd Wave) and many outside influences spanning from Jazz to Oi!. This is easy to understand when you see the diverse line-up of band members, and easy to pick out when you hear their music. From hard stomping ragers to traditional instrumentals to swinging dance tunes, Inspecter 7's sound has something for every fan of Ska, and even those not so familiar with the music.
A brief History...
New Brunswick, NJ... the early 90's: A bastion for underground music lives in this unsuspecting town, be it Hard-core, Punk, Funk, Alternative, or Reggae... there is a definite absence of one particular type of music in the "Hub City" (and in NJ in general) - that music is Ska. Late 1992... a ragtag group of Mods and Ska enthusiasts gathered in the basement of the infamous "Gingerbread House" on Welton Street, to have some beers, to jam, and to add life to the dormant Jersey Ska scene. This led to the birth of Agent 86, who played their first show at the Brighton Bar, in Long Branch, NJ. Several years, line-up (and name) changes later, Inspecter 7 was born. For 2 years Inspecter 7's following consisted of area punks, rudies, skins and mods, as well as the regulars of New Brunswick's and Asbury Park's most prominent watering holes.
Sunday May 15, 1994... Inspecter 7 kicked in the door of the New York City Ska scene when they played at Radical record's sold-out two day Oi! / Skampilation show at The Grand. This performance provided them with their first release - a live track recorded at the show. Inspecter 7 have since become the only band to have been featured on all three volumes of the Oi! / Skampilation series. Inspecter 7's music has since been included on several compilations on Moon Ska and Eyeball Records. Coincidentally, things not only began to take off for Inspecter 7 but also for Ska as a musical genre.
1995 and beyond... Inspecter 7 signed to NYC's Radical Records and began extensive east coast touring. They have shared the stage with Bad Manners, The Special Beat, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Business, Mephaskapheles, The Skatalites, and countless others. They toured nationally with Moon Recording artists The Skoidats and will be embarking on another national tour this spring. Last September, their full-length debut The Infamous hit the streets. The Infamous was produced by Thom Panunzio who has worked with such legends as The Revrend Horton Heat, U2, David Bowie, and Iggy Pop. The Alternative Press Magazine just earmarked Inspecter 7 as a band to watch in 1998 in their fabulous ska issue ... see you at the show.
New Jersey's Inspecter 7 present the bald facts on skinheads:
by Rupert Bottenberg
The presence of skinheads at ska shows seems to make a lot of people rather nervous. Operating on the assumption that skinheads are invariably racist, right-wing thugs, they wonder how a black musical style could possibly have any appeal for them.
"That's just a lack of knowledge about two things: ska and skinheads," says Travis Nelson, aka T-Dog, vocalist for New Jersey ska machine Inspecter 7. "If you know the true history of both, you'll know that ska was the skinheads' first musical identity."
Infusing their swinging ska sound with the boot-stomping, anthemic punch of oi (skinhead punk based on the chants of the football terraces of England), Inspecter 7 make no bones about their skinhead angle. "Skinhead was an offshoot of the mod subculture," Nelson explains. "Like most subcultures and styles, mod was changing toward the end of the '60s. Half of them went into the whole hippie beatnik thing, and the other half rejected that. These were white working-class kids who wanted to stay true to the their working-class roots. They tried to look like the model workers of Britain at the time, with their hair cropped short and the Doc Marten's boots. Basically, you could say they wanted to look downwardly mobile."
In order to further divorce themselves from mainstream society, the skins sought out cultural elements even more separated than themselves. In England at the time, that would have been the Jamaican immigrants filling up the blue-collar parts of town.
"The skins would see them on the street corners of their neighbourhoods with their radios, listening to the music they'd brought over from Jamaica, which was ska and rock steady," continues Nelson. "I guess you could explain it like white kids in America picking up on hardcore hip hop." Hence, the tag "skinhead reggae" is hardly a contradiction in terms.
Still convinced skinhead is synonymous with white power? Inspecter 7's multiracial makeup and pro-unity lyrics should provide ample evidence to the contrary. Not that preachy politics are going to get in the way of rambunctious fun. Colouring their ska not only with shades of oi, but of jazz, reggae and mod rock as well, the band's unique approach has turned heads everywhere from Moon Records to MTV.
As a result, I7's shows are high energy free-for-alls, open to anyone, regardless of race, religion, class, culture or even hair length. "We get a pretty mixed crowd," says Nelson, and that suits him just fine.
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