Voodoo Glow Skulls
Voodoo Glow Skulls are an American skacore band founded in Riverside , California in 1988 and are co-founders of this crossover style with bands such as Operation Ivy and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones .
Band history
The three Casillas brothers founded the third wave of Ska in 1988 together with their long-time friend Jerry O'Neill. In their early years, the Voodoo Glow Skulls appeared mainly in smaller settings and in backyards.
In 1991 they undertook their first nationwide tour and were allowed to headline and support groups such as The Offspring and No Doubt .
First they signed a contract with the Dr. Strange Records , then at Epitaph . The sixth and seventh albums they brought out on Victory Records .
The group of seven recorded some of their seven albums since 1993 in their own studio , Dog Run Studios . On every album the band releases at least one ska cover version of a well-known song. On the penultimate album "Adicción, Tradición, y Revolución" (2004) z. Includes a Ska version of the Guns N 'Roses classic Used To Love Her .
Music style and lyrics
Their style was largely influenced by US punk , but also by ska bands such as B. Hepcat or the thrash metal band Slayer influenced. Accordingly, the band plays a very fast ska, which - despite the hectic brass section - is dominated by guitar screeches and throaty roars. You yourself refer to your music as California Street Music .
Their lyrics are in both English and Spanish , so they re-recorded the album "Firme" entirely in Spanish. The content of the texts, which are written by Frank and Eddie Casillas, ranges from silly love songs to political and socially critical statements.
Band line-up
- Frank Casillas - vocals
- Eddie Casillas - guitar
- Jorge Casillas - bass
- Jerry O'Neill - drums
- Brodie Johnson - Trumpet and Trombone
- Gabriel Dunn - trumpet
- James Hernandez - saxophone
Discography
Studio albums
- 1993: Who Is? This Is. (Dr. Strange Records)
- 1995: Firme (Epitaph)
- 1997: Baile de Los Locos (epitaph)
- 1998: Band Geek Mafia (Epitaph)
- 2000: Symbolic (Epitaph)
- 2002: Steady As She Goes (Victory Records)
- 2004: Adicción, Tradición, y Revolución (Victory Records)
- 2007: Southern California Street Music (Victory Records)
- 2012: Break The Spell (Smelvis Records)
Compilations
- 1999: Exitos Al Carbon (Grita! / Cargo)
- 2000: The Potty Training Years (El Pocho Loco)
DVDs
- 2004: Holmes Movies
