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Boston, Massachusetts, United States (1985 – 2003, 2007 – present)

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are a ska-core band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States (Bosstones is a play on Boston). They are credited with creating the ska-core genre, a form of music that mixes, to various degrees, elements of modern third-wave ska along with hardcore punk, jazz, and other influences. Their current lineup is Dicky Barrett (vocals), Joe Gittleman (bass), Lawrence Katz (guitar), Ben Carr (dancer, “Bosstone”), Joe Sirois (drums), Timothy “Johnny Vegas” Burton (saxophone), Kevin Leaner (saxophone) and Chris Rhodes (trombone)

Formed in 1985, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones started playing in Boston clubs in the mid-1980s. After a brief period of inactivity due to the schooling commitments of its members, they reformed and released their album Devil’s Night Out on Taang! Records. The Bosstones toured relentlessly throughout the 1990s, playing hundreds of shows a year, releasing albums and spinning off the popular rock radio hit “Someday I Suppose”. They were eventually signed to Mercury Records. The band appeared in the movie Clueless. In 1997, the success of their single “The Impression That I Get” and its follow up, “The Rascal King” earned them mainstream recognition. In 2000 they put out their critically acclaimed disk Pay Attention. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones released their last album on Side One Dummy Records. They officially went on hiatus in 2003, citing too much time on the road and desire to branch out and do different things. In 2007, the Bosstones announced that they were reforming.
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  • Maagikki

    Jackknife is a good album, but The Magic of Youth just sounds better to me. It's great to see that the boys can still pull off a great album like this after all this time. They're hands down my favorite skacore band, so I'd hate for them to start sucking like so many other bands who don't know when to call it quits.

    Monday afternoon

  • DoctaSka

    Devils Night Out such a brilliant album and my fav of theirs.

    last month

  • Nobodylikesyou

    Sleeep down in the sooooiiillllll

    last month

  • BlackOps

    Why you walk around with your head low down???

    last month

  • Weed-N-Rock

    One of the most under-rated bands around! Don't think they have a bad song

    March 2012

  • DJcurm

    Please play somewhere near central florida, so i can die in peace.

    March 2012

  • belphegoria

    Jackknife is so damn underrated <3

    March 2012

  • matheusmreis

    man, they're fuckin awesome! curti 1000 vezes \o/

    February 2012
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