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The Toasters are a third-wave ska band formed in the early 1980s by Robert 'Bucket' Hingley. Many consider them the first true band of the third-wave era, as they were from the United States (as opposed to the British Two Tone movement) and had a sound much more influenced by the still-young punk music. They are quick to note they are named after toasting drinks and the term used for a type of rap popular in the Ska world, rather than the kitchen appliance.

The Toasters have been around for over 20 years now, with Hingley the only original member left. They have released many albums, most of them on the now-defunct Moon Ska record label, at one time the world's largest ska-only record label, founded and owned by Hingley. Since the death of Moon Ska in the early 2000s, Hingley has founded a new label, Megalith Records.

Their first full length album, Skaboom, is considered one of the classics of third-wave ska music, and they enjoyed a small degree of commercial success in the late 1990s due to the third-wave ska explosion, being the music for the Nickelodeon show KaBlam! (listed as the "moon ska stompers") and background music in countless TV commercials, most notably a line of America Online ads. They are also the official TO Band.

The Toasters are credited as being the oldest surviving Ska band in the United States, still appearing live all over the country with many of the newer ska acts.

Discography

  • Beat Up :: Ice Bear Records, Toast 1 and 2 : 7inch : 1984

  • The Toasters :: Moon Records : Tape : 1987

  • Skaboom! :: Pork Pie / Vielklang, EFA 04605-2 : CD : 1989/90]]?

  • T-Time :: Pork Pie / Vielklang / Moon Records, EFA 04239-08, M90]] : 12inch LP : 1990
  • T-Time :: Pork Pie / Vielklang / Moon Records, EFA 04239-29, M90]] : CD : 1990

  • Dub 56 :: Moon Records, MR043C : Tape : 1994
  • Dub 56 :: Moon Records, MR043 : CD : 1994
  • Dub 56 :: Moon Records, MR043 : CD : 1994 incl. Live In L.A.
  • Dub 56 :: Pork Pie / Vielklang / Moon Records, EFA 04608-02 : CD : 1994
  • Dub 56 :: Dojo Records, DOJO CD 214 : CD : 1995
  • Dub 56 :: Jimco Records, JICK-89]]601 : CD : 1995

  • Dub 56 :: Stubborn Records, SLA-7002 : 7inch : 1995

  • Dub 56 :: Pork Pie / Vielklang / Moon Records, EFA 05638-2 : CD : 2000

  • Dog Eat Dog :: Grover Records / Moon Ska Records, GRO-CS 114 : CD EP : 2000
  • Dog Eat Dog :: Grover Records / Moon Ska Records, GRO-VS 114 : 7inch : 2000

  • In Retrospect :: Stomp Records / Union Label Group / Megalith Records, Stomp041 / MEGA009 : CD : 2003
  • In Retrospect :: Satelite K Records / Megalith Records Europe, SATKCD039 / ME001 : CD : 2004
  • In Retrospect :: BAd TaStE / Megalith Records, btp-20 : CD : 2005

  • Dub 56 :: Satelite K Records / Megalith Records Europe, SATKCD041 / ME002 : 2CD : 2005

External Links

Third-wave ska groups | Music of New York City | New York musical groups

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