The Slackers

This article is about the ska band. For other uses, see Slackers (disambiguation).
The Slackers

L to R: Vic Ruggiero, Ara Babajian, Marcus Geard, Dave Hillyard, Jay Nugent, Glen Pine
Background information
Also known as Sundy
The Nods
Origin New York City, New York, USA
Genres Ska
Years active 1991–present
Labels Hellcat, Moon Ska, Whatevski Records
Associated acts SKAndalous All-Stars
Dave Hillyard Rocksteady 7
Da Whole Thing
Website Official Site
Members
Past members

The Slackers are a New York City band, formed in Manhattan in 1991. The band's sound is a mix of ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, soul, garage rock, and jazz. The Slackers' notability is credited to their prolific career, tours of North America, Europe, and elsewhere, and signing to notable punk label Hellcat Records.

There are several side projects of The Slackers, including David Hillyard & The Rocksteady Seven, Crazy Baldhead Sound System, Da Whole Thing, the SKAndalous All Stars, as well as an acoustic solo project by Vic Ruggiero.

Career

The band's second album, Redlight, released on September 23, 1997,[1] was ranked number seven in Billboard editor Carrie Bell's "The Year in Music (1997)" list.[2] The album's track with the same name charted at number 116 on the week of November 10, 1997—the song's third week—in CMJ Radio Top 200.[3]

Current lineup

Former members and contributors

Former Producers and Collaborators

Discography

Studio Albums

EPs

Singles

Demo Cassettes

Live albums

Collections

Compilations

DVDs

References

  1. ↑ CMJ Network, Inc. (8 September 1997). CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. pp. 51–.
  2. ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (1997-12-27 - 1998-01-03). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 71–. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=oVDTEZdWha0C&lpg=PA7&dq=Redlight%20slackers%20-wikipedia%20cmj&pg=PA7#v=onepage&q=Redlight%20slackers%20-wikipedia%20cmj&f=false

External links

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