Ska band Skandals, from Whitby, Robin Hood's Bay and Scarborough, have a series of gigs over the next few months to promote new originals tunes prior to an album launch later in the year.
The 5-piece has been writing new tunes ready for a showcase gig at Rack & Roll in Scarborough (at the side of TK Maxx). The gig will be recorded to video and is part of a series of events organised by local recording studio, Hyperbright.
This exclusively originals gig is on Sunday 3rd April from 8:30-9:30 is free to attend and will feature brand new material about, for instance, fictitious 60s TV shows, carrying on regardless, worrying about your MOT, cheese, escaping everything except yourself and escaping even yourself at a ska gig.
Skandals' regular nights are always fun, featuring a mixture of ska favourites such as One Step Beyond, Monkey Man, Message to you Rudi, Pressure Drop and Lip Up Fatty mixed with originals, much of which can be heard on www.skandalsband.uk and the usual music streaming services.
The band is due to play:
- The Albert, Scarborough, Sat 16 April 9-midnight
- Marleys, Scarborough, Sat 23 April 9-11:30pm
- Newcastle Packet, Scarborough, Fri 29 April 9-midnight
- The Peacock, Huddersfield, Sat 30 April, 9-midnight
- Whitby Brewery, Whitby, Sat 7 May 7-9pm
- The Lion, Castleford, Fri 13 May 9-11:45pm
- Bootham Tavern, York, Sat 21 May 9-11pm
- The George, Whitby, Fr 3 June 10-midnight
- The Bay Horse, Stamford Bridge, Sat 4 June, 8:30-late
- The Black Lion, Bridlington, Sat 16 July 9-midnight
- Newcastle Packet, Scarborough, Fri 26 August, 9-midnight
- Rose & Crown beer festival, Malton, Sat Aug 27, 9-11pm
- plus more dates in Whitby, Bridlington, Loftus & Scarborough
The ska rhythm is compelling to dance and singalong to and a common comment at the end of a Skandals gig is "I didn't realise I liked ska so much, or knew so many of the songs". Skandals are from Scarborough and Whitby and have played together for over ten years. The members are Alethea on vocals, John on drums, Paul on bass, Jonny on guitar and Lennie on sax and keys. They play memorable pub nights but also festivals including Musicport. Ska started in Jamaica as a voice of the people, it pre-dates reggae, and came to the UK's attention through 2 Tone in the seventies and eighties, and became popular as ska-punk in the US. Nowadays it's a vibrant international musical genre constantly bringing out new music.
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