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Bombskare

Call us Legion for we are many

About Me


Bombskare were formed in the last years of the twentieth century and are famed the length and breadth of the British Isles as the one of the best blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. You've heard this spiel before so lets cut to the chase. You know who we are, what we do, and when we do it. Our music is live. All live, never on a floppy disc.
Over the years we have been privileged to play with hundreds of great bands, such as Big Hand, Joe Viterbo, Suppository Business, Contra, The Amphetameanies, The Skarsoles, The Happy Spastics, Pummel, Mister Z, Das Contras, Tyrant Lizard Kings, Taking Chase, Pork Pie, Dick Dangerous and the Love Bastards, Fat Ben and the Looters, Disciples of Panic Earth, Misled Youth, Fountainbridge Collective, The G Men, Miyagi, The Splitters, The Hustlers, One Man Race, Shrinking Violets, The Red Vans, Ben Cozine, Focus, The One O Clock Guns, Esparanza, My Own Religion, This R2 Tone, Salsa Celtica, Matted Dreads, Croft No. 5, Peatbog Faeries, Diwan, Gecko 3, Wayne’s Paycheck, The Fat Cats, Man Of The Hour, Mr Greenfinger, Certain Death, Amplifico, The Green Man Blue Grass Boys, Surfing Pinheads, Root System, Mutterfly, William Douglas, Carpe Diem, Skaville UK, Baker’s Dozen, Bulb, Mark Foggo, Swellbelly's, and lots and lots of others, but also Toots and The Maytals, The Skatalites, Bad Manners, The Selecter, The Beat, Laurel Aitken, Chumbawumba, Jerry Dammers, as well as homegrown heroes such as Skaramanga (who were awesome).
"Their electric pulsating set was high tempo thundering Ska, which stirred up the packed out venue to fever pitch. It was a set of their pure original material, except for a blinding version of "54-46 was My Number" which turned the crowd to maniac level" Paul [email protected]


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/1/2005
Band Website: bombskare.com
Band Members: Andy P: Vox/Harmonica
Murray: Vox/Gtr
Rev. Scott McC: Gtr/Vox
Papa Joe: Bass
Sam: Drums
Matt: Keys
Colin McC: Trumpet
Mike: Trombone
Jay: Tenor Sax
Tom: Alto Sax

Influences: all things ska: the specials, bad manners, desmond decker, the skatalites, toots and the maytals, prince buster, jimmy cliff plus: billy connelly, iron claw, beastie boys, ac/dc, frank zappa, mozart, soundgarden, kelly joe phelps, the sensational alex harvey band, femi kuti, yes, the small faces, jimi hendrix, R.A.T.M, red hot chillis, g love and special sauce, the beatles, frank sinatra, the reverend horton heat, leon russell, charles mingus, U2, janes addiction, ben harper, manu chao, lenny bruce, lee perry, socrates, free, KRS one, rimsky korsakov, spunge, mario lanza, jon stewart, primus, miles davis, judas priest, wynton marsalis, thin lizzy, NWA, deep purple, rory gallagher, tina turner, the who, bing crosby, kaizers orchestra, lynyrd skynyrd, lulu, the pixies, aristotle, the police, joan sutherland, ultravox, rolf harris, bob hope, opeth, emerson lake and palmer, violent femmes, the beta band, talking heads, hunter s thompson, gene vincent, rory macleod, streetlight manifesto, the undertones, presidents of the united states, gomez, maria callas, issac newton, electric light orchestra, alex lifeson, cream, uncle noam, radiohead, friederich hegel, public enemy, shostakovich, the dixie chicks, lalo schifrin, system of a down, brendan behan, muddy waters, brian wilson, led zeppelin and james brown. In that order.
Sounds Like: The best description of the band (though not necessarily accurate) was "they are like the Blues Brothers on speed crossed with Madness on prozac"
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Abnormal Service Has Been Resumed

Yes, I'm back, in front of the computer, and in the words of Mark Twain, the rumours of my early demise are greatly exaggerated.  Just because I leave town for a bit and have thrown my computer a...
Posted by Bombskare on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:44:00 PST

Normal Service Will Be Resumed (Maybe)

Editors Note:   Our regular Ska Desk correspondent the Reverend Scott McCafferty (RSM) was due to post the latest edition of Bombskare's exploits; this hasn't happened. Three hours...
Posted by Bombskare on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:12:00 PST

One Year in Portobello

Has it really been a year? Tempus fugit.When we started the recording, Sam had only been in the band two months. He was so young back then. Innocent. Fresh. Now look at him. Tarnished. Spent. Complet...
Posted by Bombskare on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:32:00 PST

Love and Peace or Else

Time to catch up.  I will forego my usual preamble which normally goes,' me so busy, me so busy'.   People have actually complained to me, that's right complained.  That I haven't ...
Posted by Bombskare on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:43:00 PST

Well Sleep When Were Dead

You would think that after supporting Toots and the Maytals and what not, we would be feeling elated and enjoying ourselves overly, but no, Dammit.  We have been straight back to work. Almost the...
Posted by Bombskare on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:00:00 PST

Toots, Man! Part Two

We have just recently received some photos of our gig with Toots and the Maytals, including a few shots with us and the legendary Toots Hibbert. He's the same height as me.  Behold!...
Posted by Bombskare on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:57:00 PST

Harry Potter and the Bastard Ska Band from Hell

Been hammered with the cold last week.  Since we finished in the studio last Sunday,  I have felt like death.So I wasn't looking forward to last weekend's Wizard Festival near New Deer up i...
Posted by Bombskare on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:19:00 PST

Welcome Back Again My Friends, To The Show That Never ends

After what seemed like ages we managed to spend the weekend in the studio recording vocals. It was our first time back in the studio for almost a month. We have been gigging every weekend for months...
Posted by Bombskare on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:44:00 PST

York, York! So Good They Named It Once

Sometimes when I'm bored, which is often, I imagine what element each of the band members would be if Bombskare were the periodic table?  Colin would be Lithium of course, highly reactive and pop...
Posted by Bombskare on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:01:00 PST

Toots, Man!

Sorry for the delay in updating our blog, again.  I'm too busy for sitting in front of my computer.  I haven't answered emails in over a week.  I don't even have time to drink.  Sh...
Posted by Bombskare on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:49:00 PST