Artist description THE QUICKSTEPS - SKA MADE IN AACHEN, GERMANY The band "The Quicksteps" was founded at the end of the eighties. Since then they played gigs with SKA- & Reggae-greats like Laurel Aitken, The Hotknives, The Butlers or SKAOS all over Germany. Hooky melodies, crispy brass-parts, an uncompromising groove and ass-kicking offbeats are their trademarks. Giving the offbeat to some great eighties pop-hits ("Walking on sunshine", "Take on me") is just a small part of their feet-moving repertoire - just SKA. Their musical roots goes back to the Two-Tone-Movement so that they can be compared to other SKA-Bands like "The Busters", "Toasters" or "Mr. Review" but they managed to create their specific style of their own. Since the last days of 1999 they have been playing in the current line up. The latest members are a percussion-man and a trombone-player.

Music Style 3rd Wave Ska

Musical Influences The Busters, Mr. Review, The Toasters

Similar Artists Mr. Review, The Toasters

Group Members Vocals - Kai Guitar - Olaf Drums - Holger Bass - Dirk Hammond Organ - Stolli Sax - Bernd Sax - Stefan Sax - Ad Trombone - David Trumpet - Florian Percussion - Henk Sound Engineer - Gerd

Instruments All we could find (;

Press Reviews “If you are a fan of big ska names such as Mr.Review, The Busters and the Toasters? Well then you are going to enjoy the sound of the Quicksteps. The Quicksteps are a band who you should keep your ears open for in the very near future.” (Ska Patrol Zine, Issue 9, Dublin) You can find more on our homepage www.thequicksteps.de but most of them are in german.

Location Aachen, NRW - Germany

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