Pietasters - Oolooloo{trg music release]

In 1990, a group of friends were attending college at Virginia Tech in the mountains of Virginia. Among them were Stephen Jackson and Chris Watt who had previously dabbled in playing punk rock covers.

Soon after, a mutual friend, Tal Bayer, began attending nearby Radford University. He was very much into ska and reggae and suggested that they form a a ska band. After recruiting a highschool friend, Tom Gooden, and an Architecture classmate, Ben Gauslin, The Slugs were born. Soon, they were skipping classes, melding ska, reggae, R & B and punk rock while practicing for hours to learn songs by Madness, The Specials, Bad Manners, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Skatalites, The Business, and others. Unfortunately, the name The Slugs was already taken and the band needed a new name. For a few months, the name was changed to the Dancehall Crashers. It was too similar to another ska band out west so the search for a new name continued. Some British neighbors used to refer to the heftier guys in the band as Pietasters, which is British slang for "fat guys". The name stuck and The Pietasters were born.



The Pietasters are:



* Jon Darby - - - Organ

* Toby Hansen - - - Guitar

* Steve Jackson - - - Vocals

* CarlosLiinares - - - Trumpet

* Alan Makranczy - - - Sax

* Jorge Pezzimenti - - - Bass

* Jeremy Roberts - - - Trombone

* Rob Steward - - - Drums

mp3

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released 1995