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The Early Years
Shortly after forming the band, Ragona moved to Boston, to play guitar for Skavoovie and the Epitones. After six months in Boston though, Ragona returned to Connecticut and reformed Spring Heeled Jack. The only other returning member would be Karcich. By the time the band decided to record its first demo tape, the lineup consisited of Ragona on vocals and guitar, Karcich on drums, Mike Pellegrino on vocals and guitar, Rick Omonte on bass, Chris Rhodes on trombone, Pat Gringas on trumpet and James Riley on saxophone. The demo tape was titled CT Ska and was released in 1993. The band played many shows and soon had a devoted following amongst the strong New Haven ska scene. The band would also contribute studio and live songs for various ska compilations over the next few years.
The Moon Ska Years
The band’s popularity did not escape notice by Moon Ska Records, the label owned by Robert “Bucket” Hingley, of The Toasters.
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gotsubverted
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/59430281/the-3rd-wave-ska-preservation-society-vinyl-reissu?ref=users Third Wave Classics getting pressed on VINYL!!!!!
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IAMKElS0
SO wish I was a couple years older so I could have seen them.
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gabrielle_ska
amo SHJ! ^^ Jolene es lo mejor!
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Jamesismynamo
Wow, my Connecticut had a good band?! and I'll never see them live :(
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Elementree1
HEY SPRING HEELED JACK FANS!! If you like Rock/Reggae/Dancehall/Ska with a concious message please check out our music. We are a fresh new band out of Cincinnati Ohio, The Ohms. Genre bending music and a message that must be heard. Our last fm page is: http://www.last.fm/music/theohms Our myspace page is: http://www.myspace.com/ohms Our homepage is: http://www.ohmsmusic.com Please check the music out for fans of: Sublime, Hepcat, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Bob Marley, Michael Franti, SOJA, Slighty Stoopid....ect
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BlackbeltDude
where can i get their stuff?
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rafaelbc
Reel Big Fish posted on their twitter about SHJ reunion. Is that true?
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Maagikki
What Kyle said. Besides isn't the European band's name Spring Heel Jack?
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blackfeltfedora
What Kyle said
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kylerotting
'Spring Heeled Jack USA' was a formality. no one ever really referred to them as that.
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rafaelbc
Hey guys, vote for the correction of the name of the band... It actually is 'Spring Heeled Jack USA', not 'Spring Heeled Jack' (no quotes, of course). They had to change their name at a given time because of an european band called 'Spring Heel Jack'. You can see the name 'Spring Heeled Jack USA' on the cover of the 'Songs from Suburbia' album.
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xmeaningsx
w00t, I'm a top listener!
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joshcremeans
Spring Heeled Jack ftw!
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NiallGriff
First band I ever went to see live, i was a freshman in highschool. Damn im getting old Damn i miss this band
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