Artist description Twisted Aural Fashion. From psycho to sexy in the blink of an eye. Global ska-jazz masterminds. THE critically acclaimed band on the Canadian ska scene today. Intense & Unique.

Music Style Ska / Punk / Dub / Psychedelic / Jazz / Funk / Porn / Rock / Cha Cha / Chamber / Metametal

Musical Influences The Police, Bob Marley, Specials, Phish, Primus, Skavoovie, Skatalites, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Super Orgy Porno Party, Dub Specialist, Pink Floyd

Similar Artists Police, Articles, Infectious Grooves, Skavoovie & the Epitones, Primus, Scofflaws, Specials, Hepcat, Phish, Bosstones, MMW, Porn

Artist History Instructions: 1. Wear suits & ties to Private Places; 2. Enjoy The Many Decibels of Sound; 3. Taper everything; 4. Wait 6 years; 5. Season with influences from all corners of the Universe; 7. erase item #6; 8. Dance with Cthulu; 9. Invoke the Name of Duncan Blair; 9b. brew, brew, brew; 10. serve up a LP Platter with Rice; 11. be Patient, in Hospital; 12. irrational and V.I.L.E.

Group Members Simon "Sugar Daddy" Angell: e. guitar --- Dave Bond: vocals & toasting / percussion / spliffage --- Liam "Ah*Li" Chapman: trombone / bonetrom --- Tim "Foil" Doyle: drums --- Morgan "Awaigwa" Moore: bass, skin flute --- Louis "Professor" Nagy: trumpet, rhodes --- Pat "Snatch" Watson: keys, excuses

Instruments Guitar, bass, drums, percussion, keys, trumpet, trombone.

Albums Dawn of the Mafia (1997); Gangster Politics (1998); ???? (????)

Press Reviews "9/10... Disc of the Week" -Montreal Mirror, May 98 /// "A fusion-ska stage, with Bim Skala Bim, Gangster Politics and Cuba's Yeska, were hot." -Boston Herald, July 6 2000 /// "Gangster Politics give purists the finger and forge forward with their dirty ska sound..." -Montreal Mirror, Jan 98 /// "****... impressive in its complex simplicity" -Hour Magazine, June 98 /// "GP infects all of their songs with a jazzy flare... I can't say enough good things about this disc" -Exclaim, Aug 98 /// "'One Leg Over' is so freaking amazing that we can't put it on the All-Skanadian Club vol.3!" -STOMP Records, Aug 97 /// "Sexy, seductive, and conducive to absolutely wicked stripteases!" -Roger Waters, Jan 74 /// "I think I'm gonna fall in love in this town." -Snatch

Additional Info GP kicked ass and was named a highlight of the outdoor stages at the 2000 edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal... the preliminary plans for 2001's V.I.L.E. conspiracy coincide with the return of le Papa Sucre from Marrakesh... Patrick Watson unveils Waterproof9 2001...

Location Montreal, Qc - Canada

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