THE AGGROLITES
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- Los Angeles CA
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- myspace.com/theaggrolites
Imagine a band of southern California twenty-somethings who play a brand of rocksteady reggae and ska that sounds like nothing less than Wilson Pickett throwing a house party backed by the Meters and the Maytals. The Aggrolites self-titled debut on Hellcat records is that rare album that sounds like the real thing, all the grit and tube-warmed funkiness that you’d expect from a Studio One recording from, say, 1965. Veterans of the southern California skapunk scene, The Aggrolites appeal equally to punk kids raised on Rancid and the Clash, and reggae purists in love with the deep skank of vintage Trojan and Studio One: 19 tracks of sing-a-longs and instrumental that sound like instant classics. En route to their debut Hellcat release, The Aggrolites have put in plenty of road time across the US, Canada, and elsewhere, opening for the likes of Madness, Rancid, Flogging Molly, Hepcat, The Selecter and Ozomatli.
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This L.A. quintet, comprising members of Vessels and Rhythm Doctors, has had a busy year. After releasing the critically praised Reggae Hit L.A. (Epitaph) last June, the practitioners of “dirty reggae” provided instrumentals for labelmate and Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong’s solo album, A Poet’s Life, as well as contributing songs about fruit to children’s show Yo Gabba Gabba. – Melanie Haupt
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