The Aggrolites
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The Aggrolites Biography
Blame it on No Doubt or blame it on Sublime, but by the middle
of the 1990s, very little of the pop music that was described as ska
had anything to do with Jamaican dance music of the early '60s. Too
many bands whose sole connection to the musical style had been a few
singles by the Specials or the English Beat got it all exactly
backward, with the punk influences drowning out what little Jamaican
influence remained: the result was basically Green Day with horns, and
it wasn't any good for anyone. If the Aggrolites have a stated mission,
it's to remind modern audiences what proper ska sounded like, whether
in Kingston in 1963 or in London in 1979. The Aggrolites formed in
2002, originally getting together as the backing band for a one-off Los
Angeles show backing Jamaican music legend Derrick Morgan. Gathering
members from two minor Southern California reggae acts, the new band
consisted of lead guitarist Jesse Wagner, rhythm guitarist Brian Dixon,
organist Roger Rivas, bassist J. Bonner, and drummer Korey Horn. The
concert was a success, and the band stuck together to record an album
with Morgan that was never completed. Emboldened despite the recording
setback, the band took the name the Aggrolites ( aggro being a slang
term of the ska-loving skinhead subculture of Britain in the 1960s and
'70s, meaning pent-up aggression, and lites in tribute to the
greatest ska band of all time, the Skatalites) and became the go-to
guys on the West Coast ska and reggae circuit, backing a wide variety
of golden-age Jamaican and British artists on their American dates,
including the great Prince Buster and Culture lead singer Joseph Hill.
On their own, with Rivas' funky organ work taking the instrumental lead
in substitution for their lack of a horn section and Wagner taking
vocal duties, the Aggrolites recorded their debut album, Dirty Reggae,
at a live-in-the-studio session in 2003. Replacing Horn with new
drummer Scott Abels (formerly of the popular third-wave ska band
Hepcat), the Aggrolites signed to the Epitaph Records subsidiary
Hellcat Records in 2005. Their second album, The Aggrolites, was
released in May 2006, with their third, Reggae Hit L.A., following in
June 2007. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
Written by Stewart Mason