Aquabats biography pdf

If you would like to share Aquabats, The lyrics with other users of this site, please see the bottom of this page on how to submit Aquabats, The lyrics. An eight-member ensemble playing cheerful tunes on a wide variety of instruments including saxophone, organ, and Moog synthesizer, the Aquabats are often grouped with other "third wave ska" bands coming out of Southern California.

Ska, a calypso-tinged twist on American rhythm and blues, began in Jamaica in the early s. After years in decline, ska enjoyed a resurgence in the late s.

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The most recent ska movement developed in the late s and dubbed "Third Wave Ska. While there is an undeniable ska element in the music of the Aquabats, the band members, their devotees, and many commentators consider the ska label too narrow a description of the Aquabats style. Though they're too melodic to be punk, you'll hear that too--alongside rockabilly and doo-wop," wrote Paul Lamont in OC Weekly.

Another thing that separates the Aquabats from typical ska groups is the strong element of performance art in their stage shows and their outrageous matching costumes including skin-tight lycra suits, helmets, and goggles. The band has been likened to Devo, the robotic, uniform- wearing art rock group of the s. Indeed, the Aquabats list Devo among their many influences.

Some band members like punk rock, some like surf rock of the Ventures and '50s and '60s rock 'n' roll," Aquabat guitarist Courtney Pollock explained to Jeff Niesel of the Orange County Register. After discovering a mutual interest in playing in a rock band and a brief rehearsal period, the Aquabats played their first engagement at a party in August of