MP3 Exclusives New Arrivals   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Metal Pop Punk R&B Rap/Hip Hop Reggae Rock   Top Downloads Features Archive Contests Control Panel MUSICBLITZ Alert!   METALBLITZ REGGAEBLITZ BLUESBLITZ Musician's Friend   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Hip Hop Metal Pop Punk R&B Reggae Rock   Getting Started Free Players	Welcome !      Skinnerbox Like so many projects to come out of the Stubborn Records camp, Skinnerbox is the brainchild of singer/trombonist Jeff "King Django" Baker. A veteran of such influential New York ska bands as the Boilers, Django brought the first Skinnerbox line-up together in 1989. His original vision was to play traditional ska and reggae, but he quickly incorporated more diverse elements, including rock, dancehall, and Latin. A shifting line-up would see such key ska scene veterans as saxophonist "El Wood" Husey and Toasters drummer Jonathan McCain spend time in the band over the next several years, and the band released a cassette, Instrumental Conditioning, and a full-length, Tales of the Red, by 1992. Skinnerbox finally went on their first national tour in 1996. By this time, Django's long-awaited traditional ska project, the Stubborn All-Stars, took off almost simultaneously, and were asked to support Rancid on their European tour, and eventually, the 1996 Lollapalooza Tour. On Django's return, the Skinnerbox line-up shifted once again, bringing such figures as future Mephiskapheles guitarist Dave Hahn and eventual Pilfers bassist Anna Milat-Meyer into the fold. This line-up worked on 1997's What You Can Do, What You Can't, but didn't make it to the supporting NYC Ska Mob tour. Instead, Skinnerbox reformed as a five-piece including Django, Hahn, Paul Ackerman (bass, ex-Pietasters), Michael McDermott (drums, ex-Murphy's Law), and Rolf Langsjoen (trumpet). This line-up stayed pretty steady for a while, and contributed heavily to the band's 1998 odds n' sods collection, Demonstration. Band members have since moved on, though, some working with Django's latest project, the King Django Band, which will release its debut full-length later in 2000. Django is known for continually revisiting his roots, though, so there's no telling when the Skinnerbox banner might pop up again.     Skinnerbox Heat (feat. Jack Ruby Jr.) MP3 Reggae Building on their classic "Nex Finga" riddim, Skinnerbox hooks up with the Toasters' Jack Ruby Jr. to toast up a storm!
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