Thank You 4 Skankin' is a fun, catchy hyperska song that serves as a love letter to all the ska bands we love & who have influenced us! It came together as a collaboration between Foolish Relics, Eichlers & Sofia da Silva from ¡Fuákata! -- enjoy!!!
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Thank you Aquabats, thank you Buck-O-Nine
Operation Ivy, Rancid and Tim
Thank you Bosstones, and Reel Big Fish
Toasters, Slackers, and Bim Skala Bim
Back to the roots; yeah, this all began
with Laurel, Alton, Millie, Prince, & Ethiopians
Skatalites, Coxsone, Scratch, Byron and Jimmy Cliff
Toots, Desmond, Bob & the Wailers
THANK YOU FOR SKANKIN'!
Thank you Less Than Jake, Crazy 8’s
Scofflaws, Scholars and Mad Caddies
Thank you Big D, CPD, and Mephiskapheles
Thank you old No Doubt, My Superhero, Porkers & the Glow Skulls
Mustard Plug, MU330, Donkey Show, Untouchables
Melodians, Drummond, all the Lloyds, and the Paragons,
Ranglin, Rico, Delroy, Pioneers & the Silvertones
Specials, English Beat, Clash, Madness, Dance Hall Crashers,
Common Rider, Pilfers, Fishbone, Jerry Dammers
THANK YOU FOR SKANKIN'!
Thank you Save Ferris, Bodysnatchers, Half Past Two,
Let’s Go Bowling, Jeff Rosenstock & Rx Bandits too
Five Iron, Hippos, Fabulosos Cadillacs,
Link 80, Supervillains, Spring Heeled Jack
Thank you KROQ, Pick It Up! (movie) & of course sublime
The Selecter, Insyderz, Little John from 92.5 (the flash)
Jeffries, Skinnerbox, Rudiments, Skavoovie, Kingpins,
Unsteady, Suburban Rhythm & (Suburban) Legends
THANK YOU FOR SKANKIN'! THANK YOU FOR SKANKIN'!
Take it Eichlers!
Thank you Tape Girl, Kmoy, Slapstick, Bad Manners, Buena Suerte, Blue Meanies, Day Labor and Planet Smashers, Playground Authority and Catch 22, Hepcat, Dissidente, Ruder Than You
And to all the other bands who wrote a ska song or two, like
Offspring, Green Day, Smashmouth, 311...We still love you
And I’ll never forget all the new tone kids
Ska doesn’t suck, yeah ska’s not dead!
“thanks propagandhi”
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Thank you mike park for everything you’ve given us
Like Pickle, Chinkees, Bruce Lee & "I missed the bus (again)"
Ska Against Racism, Dill Records, Asian Man,
We love you and we hope you are around…forever...man!
Thank you Arrogant SOB’s & Suicide Machines, Tokyo ska paradise & GOGO13, Thank you Streetlight Manifesto, and Against All Authority, Kapanga, Slow Gherkin, Edna’s Goldfish, Long Shot Party,
Thank you to the new bands keepin’ ska kickin,
Like Catbite, Jer, WST, Joystick & Kill Lincoln
Flying Raccoon Suit, We are the Union, & the Interrupters, Bad Operation, Stop the Presses, and the Abruptors,
Hub City, Abraskadabra, & the Rudimentals,
Skatune Network, Aaron Carnes, Bad Time Records
That’s everybody that I wanted to thank
I’m sure a missed a few that love to skank
But if you wanna be included shout your name right here…
Thank you ___________
THANK YOU FOR SKANKIN'! THANK YOU FOR SKANKIN'!
THANK YOU FOR SKANKIN'! THANK YOU FOR SKANKIN'!
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released September 9, 2022
Music & Lyrics by Dino Rustin
Instruments & Production by Eichlers
Produced by Eichlers & Matt DeSear
Lead Vox: Dino Rustin
Trumpets: Sofia da Silva
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