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The Skatastrophes (NEW SONG!)

About Me

EVERY SHOW WE'VE EVER PLAYED:
5/14/04 – Cleveland Heights High School Relay for Life
5/15/04 – Roxboro Arts Festival
7/28/04 – The Grog Shop w/ Imperfect, Delay, The Rude Staff Checkers
8/24/04 – The Rhythm Room w/ The Set-Ups, MU330, Suburban Legends
9/18/04 – Peabody’s Battle Of The Bands
11/13/04 – Peabody’s Battle Of The Bands Finals (2nd Place)
11/23/04 – Peabody’s w/ The Adicts
12/4/04 – Skanukah @ Josh’s House
1/21/05 – High School Rockoff @ The Odeon
2/3/05 – Ska Is Dead II @ The Agora w/ MU330, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Streetlight Manifesto
2/20/05 – Ska Brawl Tour @ The Grog Shop w/ The Karkadens, SixPlusOne, Westbound Train, The Toasters
4/30/05 – PitCleveland w/ Fettuccini and the Kids, The Karkadens, Ass Nasty and the Beasts, Stamp’d
5/21/05 – Roxboro Arts Festival
6/3/05 – Cleveland Heights High School Relay for Life w/ The Rude Staff Checkers
6/12/05 – The Grog Shop w/ Special Blend, The Set-Ups, The Rude Staff Checkers (Skatast/RSC split demo CD release)
1/20/06 – High School Rockoff @ The Odeon
3/1/06 – The Grog Shop w/ The Matt Kurz One, Bomb The Music Industry!, 80HD
4/22/06 – Ska Prom @ The Agora w/ The Set-Ups, 80HD, Synthetic Elements, Mustard Plug
5/20/06 – Roxboro Arts Festival
6/10/06 – Justin's Broke Flat Broke Show @ The Grog Shop w/ Against You!, Max Sollisch, The Rotators, Outley Park Drive, Viadora
11/2/06 - Ska Brawl w/ The Toasters @ the Grog Shop
1/13/07 - High School Rock Off @ the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1/27/07 - High School Rock Off Finals @ the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
3/7/07 - The Agora Ballroom w/ Suburban Legends
3/9/07 - The Grog Shop w/ Westbound Train, Vic Ruggiero
3/24/07 - Six on the Beach Spring Break Extravaganza @ the Grog Shop
4/7/07 - The Orange Cat (Cincinnatti, OH) w/ No Target Audience
4/11/07 - The Spot @ Case Western Reserve University
4/28/07 - Toga Party?? @ Case Western Reserve University
6/2/07 - Roxboro Arts Festival
6/14/07 - Kickoff to Summer @ The Grog Shop w/ Bomb the Music Industry, Chotto Ghetto, the Sidekicks
7/15/07 - Wilbert's w/ Deals Gone Bad
8/19/07 - CD RELEASE OF "BOUT DAMN TIME" @ the Grog Shop w/ the Sidekicks, Rotators, Manic Sewing Circle, Johnny Red and the Skammunists
9/14/07 - The Soggy Dog House (the Sidekicks CD release show)
10/27/07 - Squire Valleyview Farm
12/27/07 - The Grog Shop w/ the Rude Staff Checkers
12/28/07 - Holiday Ska Fest @ the Agora w/ Mustard Plug & Deals Gone Bad
4/20/08 - The Grog Shop w/ The Slackers and Bomb the Music Industry!
4/26/08 - Mickey Finn's Pub (Toledo, OH)
6/19/07 - The Jigsaw (WRUW 91.1 sponsored show) w/ Cypher, Johnny Red & the Skammunists
8/8/08 - The Phantasy w/ the Pinstripes, the Frankl Project, Piano Key Necktie
8/14/08 - END OF SUMMER BLOWOUT @ the Grog Shop w/ The Sidekicks, No Target Audience, Johnny Red & the Skammunists, the Distractions
12/29/08 - HAPPY FUCKIN' HOLIDAYS SHOW @ the Grog Shop w/ The Sidekicks, Green Room Rockers, Johnny Red & the Skammunists, Signals Midwest
DOWNLOAD HALF OF OUR RECORD "BOUT DAMN TIME" FOR FREE RIGHT HERE.
if you like what you hear, come get a record at a show, or make a donation right here and we'll get one to you!
SHORT VERSION for those with short attention spans:
remember dancing at shows? loud horns and singalongs? vans shoes and guitar solos? we do.
LONG VERSION for those who enjoy reading:
The Skatastrophes have performed at nearly every major venue in Cleveland including the Grog Shop, Peabody's Down Under, The Agora Ballroom, The Odeon, PIT Cleveland, and Pirate's Cove, and have shared the stage with many of North America's premier ska acts including Streetlight Manifesto, Mustard Plug, Westbound Train, The Toasters, The Slackers, Suburban Legends, MU330 and the Voodoo Glow Skulls. They were also one of the 19 bands to make it to the "Final Exam" out of over 250 initial competitors for the 2007 Cleveland.com High School Rock Off at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On August 19th, 2007 they released an 11-track full-length CD titled "'Bout Damn Time" recorded at Cleveland's renowned MetroSync Studios.
They have also demonstrated great proficiency in writing band bios that are meant to be descriptive and helpful but end up sounding long-winded and vain.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/11/2004
Band Website: yer on it
Band Members:
Max Stern - guitar, vocals, jewishness
IM: HeySka39

John Hanna - bass, tolerance
IM: Sk89ten

Loren Shumaker - trombone, meditation
IM: rude2yourparents

Marc Turner - alto/tenor/bari sax, nicotine
IM: skabandit22

Nick Ruscitto - drums, metal
IM: T3hDrumMaster

OTHER RAD PEOPLE WHO HELP US OUT:
Lauren Vandevier - makes cool shirts

E-MAIL US: [email protected]
Influences: punk rock, ska, dub, classic rock, bob dylan, joe strummer, old reggae comps, sarcasm, energy drinks, video games, highways, daily vices, the great lakes, life, love and the pursuit of happiness. and the city that we come from.
Sounds Like: something that turned into more than just a 13-year-old's poorly constructed idea of a band, but with the same cliche name
Record Label: Intermegasonymcatlantic

My Blog

I’M KIND OF A BIG DEAL.

you read it right, we have an awesome show coming up at the grog shop on monday, dec. 29th with a bunch of amazing bands. we don't do too many shows anymore and this wil probably be your last chance ...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:02:00 GMT

fuckin’ classic

The Complete History of the Skatastrophes  Once upon a time there were 3 kids  Max Stern, John Hanna, and James Muschler. One day in 7th grade, Max said "I'm going to play guitar." So he got a guita...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:11:00 GMT

SOME OUR TIME (summertime)

we got two super sweet shows comin up, check em out:8/8 @ the Phantasy in Lakewood, OHw/ The Pinstripes, The Frankl Project, Piano Key Necktie8/14 @ the Grog Shop in Cleveland Heights, OHEND OF SUMMER...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:34:00 GMT

HOW TO BUY A CD

whats up guysif you want a CD, send $10 + $2 shipping to:The Skatastrophes2258 Coventry RoadCleveland Heights, OH 44118we love you!- max
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:24:00 GMT

WANT US TO COME TO YOUR CITY? read please

soo right about now we're in the process of writing a new record to be recorded in may/june and then do a tour of the eastern united states in july. if you're in a band who could help us out with a s...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:30:00 GMT

the saga of the missing saxophone (to be continued)

On December 28th, 2007 we played a show at the Agora Ballroom in downtown Cleveland with Mustard Plug, Deals Gone Bad and Free Sample Tuesday. About a week before the show, we had rented a baritone s...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:25:00 GMT

missing saxophone

hey everybodya baritone saxophone in a brown canvas case went missing the night of our show with mustard plug (12/28/07) and we've yet to find it. if anyone has any idea where it went please call me a...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:20:00 GMT

SUMMER TOUR 2K8

so we've been talking a lot about this and i think we're going to do a two or three week summer tour from mid-june to early july.we'd like to hit the east coast and the midwest. if this hits your are...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:09:00 GMT

CD RELEASE SHOW REFLECTIONS

every band was so good tonight and so many people came out to the show that i nearly spontaneously combusted. it was wild. big ups to the rotators, skin musik, manic sewing circle, johnny red and th...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:12:00 GMT

SONG LYRICS AND EXPLAINATIONS. BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH

The SkatastropheI wrote this song at age 14 about ten minutes before we went onstage to play it for the first time. People can suck sometimes, especially when you get stuck trying to be someone you'r...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:04:00 GMT