King Django

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King Django, also known as Jeff Baker, is a fixture of the New York ska scene, having led such bands as Skinnerbox and Stubborn All-Stars.

Since 1986, Django has been playing, touring and recording with a series of NY based bands including The Boilers and Murphy's Law while at the same time being a full-time member of Skinnerbox.

He has had some commercial success leading the Stubborn All-Stars, a collection of New York ska musicians, with their single "Pick Yourself Up" seeing heavy rotation on MTV.

He also runs Stubborn Records and Version City studios, home of the Version City Rockers.

[edit] Discography

King Django meets the Scrucialists (Leech/Grover) 2003
Version City Rockers V/A: Roots of Dub Funk 3 (Tanty) 2003
King Django V/A: Give 'em The Boot 3 (Hellcat/Epitaph) 2002
Don Khumalo: De Vuelta al Ska (Stubborn Venezuela) 2001
King Django: Reason (Hellcat/Epitaph) 2001
Version City Rockers: Version City Dub Clash (Stubborn/Jump Start) 2000
Stubborn All-Stars Nex Music (Stubborn) 1999
Radiation Kings Early Years (Stubborn) 1999
Stubborn All-Stars, Skinnerbox V/A: NYC Ska Mob & Friends (Grover, Germany) Dec 1998
Skinnerbox Demonstration full-length CD/Cassette (Triple Crown/Stubborn) Dec 1998
King Django King Django’s Roots & Culture (Triple Crown) 1998
The Agents For All The Massive (Radical) Oct 1998
Skinnerbox V/A: Ska, Punk & Disorderly (BANKSHOT!) 1998
Skinnerbox V/A: All Around Massive (Cole Mack) 1998
Skinnerbox, The Lonely Boys V/A: Who’s The Man (Full Stop) 1998
King Django, The Demanders, Selika and Django V/A: Version City (Stubborn) Dec 1997
Rocker T & Version City Rockers Nicer By The Hour (Stubborn) Jun 1998/(Grover, Germany) Dec. 1998
Stubborn All-Stars Back With A New Batch (Triple Crown) Nov 1997
Rocket From The Crypt
Skinnerbox, Stubborn All-Stars V/A: Give ‘Em The Boot (Hellcat) 1997
Skinnerbox What You Can Do, What You Can't (Moon Ska) Apr 1997
Skinnerbox V/A: Skankaholics Anonymous (Moon Ska) Apr 1997
Skinnerbox V/A: Big Skank Theory (Le Silence De La Rue, France) 1997
The Usuals At Shirley & Juicy’s (No Idea) 1997
Skinnerbox V/A: This Aren't 2-Tone compilation CD (Too Hep) 1996
Skinnerbox, Dunia & Django, The Stable Boys, Noah & The Arks, et al. V/A: Roots, Branch & Stem CD *(Stubborn), June 1996
Skinnerbox Special Wild 1989-1994 CD (Stubborn), May 1996
Skinnerbox, Scofflaws V/A: Joint Ventures of Ska CD (DVS Media) May 1996
Rancid with Stubborn All-Stars V/A: Beavis & Butthead Do America Soundtrack (Geffen) 1996
Castillo y La Rabia V/A: Latin Ska Vol. 2 (Moon) 1996
Django and Elwood V/A: Keep the Pressure On (Kingpin) 1996
The Toasters Hard Band for Dead (Moon) 1996
The Slackers Better Late Than Never (Moon) 1996
Stubborn All-Stars V/A: Ed's Next Move Motion Picture Soundtrack (Milan) 1996
Stubborn All-Stars Open Season (Another Planet) 1995
Stubborn All-Stars V/A: Spawn of Skarmageddon (Moon) 1995
CIV Set Your Goals (Atlantic) 1995
Die Monster Die 1995
Skinnerbox V/A: Stay Sharp Vol. 2 (Step-1, England) June 1995
Stubborn All-Stars Old's Cool EP (Stubborn) 1994
Murphy's Law Good For Now EP (We Bite America) 1994
Skinnerbox Sunken Treasure 4-song EP (Stubborn) July 1994
Skinnerbox V/A: Skarmageddon CD (Moon) July 1994
Skinnerbox Does He Love You/Right Side 7" single (Stubborn) Dec. 1993
Skinnerbox Tales of the Red CD/cassette (Stubborn), May 1993
Outface Outface (Crisis/Revelation) 1993
Skinnerbox Now & Then cassette 1992
Skinnerbox V/A: Step on a Crack (Sound Views) 1992
Skinnerbox V/A: NYC SKA Live LP (Moon) 1991
Skinnerbox Instrumental Conditioning cassette 1990
The Boilers Rockin' Steady LP (Oi/Ska, England) 1988
The Boilers V/A: Skaface LP (Moon) 1988
Too True V/A: NY Beat - Hit & Run (Moon) 1985