WE OPENED FOR THE TOASTERS!

Our latest show at the Bierstube in Moline, IL

This past Tuesday, we had the absolute pleasure of being one of four bands opening for the second-wave ska legends, the Toasters. There is no way to emotionally describe the experience we all had just being able to watch these legends take the stage and fulfill, for some of us, a dream come true. Playing classics such as "Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down", and "Weekend in L.A.," there was not a single person who was not skanking and jumping to the beat of classic Two-Tone ska.

"It was such a great experience getting to not only share the stage with the talent of Land Before Tim, Plunkett, and Must Build Jacuzzi, but getting to interact with the legendary personnel of The Toasters. Bucket was an extremely friendly guy and having been doing this for 40 years now, they still know how to put on a show! It was truly an honor to share the stage with all of them.”- Devin Anderson, front man for the Mystic Cats

Since our formation five years ago in the fall of 2015, we have dreamed of being able to perform at gigs where there is only one kind of music that matters- ska. Our latest show at the Bierstube goes to show the music world that ska is a wide, open door of musical creativity and innovation.

Must Build Jacuzzi, Land Before Tim, and Plunkett

We had the absolute pleasure of also taking the stage alongside the other ska bands, Must Build Jacuzzi, Land Before Tim, and Plunkett. There is an endless stream of talent that comes from the men and women in these bands. Land Before Tim's frontman, Jake Adanedhel, blew everyone away with his talent on vocals. Flawlessly moving between screamo and buttery-smooth vibrato that would've impressed Freddie Mercury, the driving, hardcore rhythms they brought with their ska-core metal genre had everyone moshing and skanking.

Must Build Jacuzzi, in their own fast-paced, beat-em-up style, sent the energy level flying through the roof and beyond. With the talents of their tenor saxophone player, a graduate of the jazz program at the University of Iowa, and their drummer who kept the beat with his sick sixteenth-note doubles and triples, they are making a name for themselves in the ska world.

When you think of ska, you think "horns, horns, horns." But what made Plunkett unique was their usage of a hornline, or rather, lack thereof. But, don't stop reading. With their bassist and front man smoothly making the strings of his bass guitar smoke with his fast and flawless fretting, its no wonder that this three-man band with a plan has been active for almost ten years.

We hope that this will be the first of many posts giving you insights into our experiences as both performers and moshers.