The Skalalitabs
Downers Grove, Illinois, United States | SELF
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After The High Life was done, The Skalalitabs played. The Skalalitabs were an eight member ska band. This band brought variety to the night’s lineup. They had two guitarists, a drummer, two trumpets, a trombone, a saxophone and a bassist/vocalist. I personally thought they were pretty entertaining, skanking while playing their instruments. Their outfits reminded me of a jazz band from New Orleans. Going on, they had a pretty cool vocalist/bassist – he definitely got the crowd’s attention and kept it going. The Skalalitabs also had an amazing rendition of Reel Big Fish’s “Beer”. - the217
Kicking off the intimate Void Room show was The Skalalitabs, a group of University of Illinois students from Downers Grove. Although the sight of three of the six band members standing up on stage with trumpets and a saxophone in hand initially made me a little leery, my fears soon subsided when I discovered that the group was pretty much everything a ska band should be: a fun-loving bunch who see it as a sin to take themselves too seriously. - the217
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Driven insane by the boredom of Chicago's suburbia and the music on the radio, a group of young lads have gathered together to unleash their madness in a flurry of off-beat guitar grooves, dance beats, and funky horn lines in what is now called the Skalalitabs! "The Skalalitabs" is a name formed from a pun with "ska" and the Qur'anic phrase for Jews, Christians, and Muslims, all of which are represented in the band's lineup. Bringing together ska, reggae, and dance-punk into a combination never before heard, the Skalalitabs will get even the most firmly rooted of wall flowers skanking and jumping!
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