Formed in 1998, SKAWAR shake your ass and your head with its sound. Pure energy distilled from 2tone and ska revival, the band have performed 400 concerts throughout the galaxy and also in Spain, Switzerland, Italy and France, skanking, skanking and...skanking! Members of a secret society, SKAWAR do probably have a force with them: the force of dance.
So what's it all about? Ska from way back, where intergalactic brass section fight with cosmic punk guitars.
Watch out, they are stomping on the moon!!!
Coming soon in your solar system?
Hey Rude girl! What's da fuck? Has the thames passe all uts mist into your eyes, its greyness come to tell you through its tears, about its life as rain water?
Hey Rude girl, you got the blues? So follow me, right now. A train to Skaville is arriving at the station and I've got 2 tickets wastin' time in my crombie pocket. So Rude girl, don't say nothing to your mum, I'm taking you with me, over there.
Hey Rude girl, don't you know where over there is? It's somewhere between Kingston and Brixton. There are men setting fire on stage, they're the punters on the seats, stand up. I swear tey'll dry your tears by wetting ypur benny. These men, it's all the gold in the world they got in their brass, hearts beating on their drums like they're trying to keep everything from running riot, like they wanna keep on believing.
Hey Rude girl, a thousand colours in 2tone, that's my programme for you tonight...nothing less, nothing more.
DANCEHALLS ARE BURNING, BABYLON IS DROWNING! THERE'S A SKAWAR ON STAGE!!!
We played with:
TROJANS, NEW YORK SKA JAZZ ENSEMBLE, SLACKERS, SKATALITES, LAUREL AITKEN, LINTON KWESI JOHNSON, THE TOASTERS, LORD TANAMO, THE PEACOCKS, Dr RING DING, THE INCITERS, YELLOW UMBRELLA, ANGELIC UPSTART, INNER TERRESTRIALS, KING KHAN and HIS SHRINES, TEXAS TEERIE, FABULOUS DISASTERS, TODOS TUS MUERTOS, LOS FASTIDIOS, LOS MALARIANS, SHANDON, DEROZER
*EN FRANCAIS
Formé courant 1998, SKAWAR est un concentré énergique à base de ska. C'est donc tout naturellement que ce groupe Toulousain est parti sur les routes pour écumer les scènes et distiller un SKA aux influences Anglaises, Amércaines et Jamaicaines. Du SKA sous toutes ses formes, pourvu que l'énergie soit là , que le contretemps serve de prétexte à chaque instants pour faire la fête. Cuivres intergalactiques, puissance de la rythmique, guitares punkcosmiques et présence des chants... SKAWAR répand depuis 10 ans et quelques 400 concerts à travers la galaxie et aussi en Espagne, Italie, Suisse et France un ska rock des plus vivifiant! Bientôt dans votre système solaire?
REVIEW ON FFRUK:(www.ffruk.com)
Ska War - Stomping On The Moon Ska War - Stomping On The Moon:This album is around six years old but still worth picking up. This is as bouncy as their 2003 promo and on listening to this I have to say it..s really enjoyable. It..s always good to hear of another Ska band that aren..t predictable and can hold their own. There..s eleven tracks on this fine album and not one filler. Tracks such as ..Case.., ..Stomping On The Moon.., ..Mouth And Trousers.. and ..Bring Me A Baby.. are by far the better numbers on here. Having said that I also like the closing track ..Dub War.. simply because of the vibe coming from it. Skawar have a good Ska sound and on the basis of this album I..m surprised they haven..t been picked up by a bigger label. They are well worth a listen and are sure to brighten up your day. (TRIB) 8/10
SKAWAR - Promo:
"I..d never heard this French Ska band before and the music they serve up is a right treat. They take their sound from the 2 Tone era and that of what is considered the ..Third Wave... This CD kicks off with ..Listen To The Bird.. which is the best number on here. ..Mystic Addition.., ..Ghost.. and ..M Der Murder.. are not too far behind in quality and make up the rest of the tracks on this promo. Yeah go on give these a listen if bouncy Ska numbers are your thing. (Rude Boy) 8/10"
REVIEW ON SKRUTT:(www.surf.to/skrutt)
SKA WAR-STOMPING ON THE MOON(CD-TRIB RECORDS BULLET 001) "Frenchmen and skamusic….how would this go? I must say that this goes along really well. Much horns but anyway some really speed many times and they absolutely not forget the punkmusic in the background as many other skabands do. Sure they..re mostly ska and they have surely listened a lot to early Madness, bad Manners and those bands but I think that some punkrecord must have gone down in their throats. It's fun that they mix between English and French in their lyrics. Check out their tough playing in Best of the 80..s and you can understand really fast that they have an own style."
REVIEW ON ROCK AND FOLK:
"Leur mixture est tonique, convaincante et très dansante!
REVIEW ON ROCK SOUND:
"Un vrai remontant en cas de blues...vous savez donc ce qu'il vous reste à faire si une soudaine envie de danser vous passe par la tête!"
REVIEW ON RAGGA:
En marge d'une scène ska traditionnelle on avait presque oublié qu'il existait des groupes 2 tone en France. SKAWAR semble avoir une réelle aisance à se glisser dans des ambiances décalées, où mélodies innatendues et punch jouent à cache cache. Comme ce groupe sait se montrer des plus inventif, on le considérerasans hésiter comme un sérieux espoir, un cas qui mérite que l'on s'interresse à lui."
REVIEW LES MASQUES FEUILLUS:
"Alors là !!! la classe pour cet album des SKAWAR "stomping on the moon" mélégeant allègrement ska, rocksteady et punk. Bref un album à 20 000 lieues au dessus de la terre que l'on apprécie à chaque écoute.
REVIEW INTRAMUROS:
"SKAWAR est le groupe ska qui monte à Toulouse. Partout où ils passent, ils cartonnent et les fans sont de plus en plus nombreux. En gangsters sympathiques, ils communiquent leur bonne humeur et leur vitalité. Ils n'ont aucun mal à chauffer la salle, ils ont une pêche d'enfer et tout le monde en redemande, l'ovation est grandissante jusqu'au final explosif!"
REVIEW SKANEWS:
"SKAWAR livre un disque énergique qui devrait ravir les fans de cuivres, de rythmiques speeds et de gros riffs de guitares. A noter que le dernier morceau de cette galette est un excellent dub de plus de 8mn"
