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bingo pajamas
USA
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 Posted - 10/11/2004 : 11:50:07 PM
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My friend Joelle who works with me in Fresno said she ran into someone from King Sugar at the Brig. How can I get contact info from you guys (website, email?)
Higgins
www.thejokesband.com
the jokes, didn't you guys open for us at our ska under the star show at arte americas?
"Woa woa woa! you can't just destroy broken robots . . . not when they're kissing my ass"
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YeOldeSkaDog
Aruba
108 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2004 : 11:34:23 AM
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Ya Ray, The Jokes were the opening band that night at the Arté show.
Manu, that Kyber Rifles 45 was actually a 33 speed 4 song EP. It came out in 1984....
...wow 1984...I've been playing ska for 22 years...
HOLY CRAP!!!  
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boomboomdj
USA
255 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2004 : 11:47:11 AM
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...wow 1984...I've been playing ska for 22 years...
HOLY CRAP!!!
MARK WINS!!!!!!!11
bri
P.S.- In 22 years of playing, I bet Mark has made less than 5 mistakes on the Bass. Bastard!
www.theaggrolites.com
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Monkeyboy
Jamaica
2253 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2004 : 12:29:57 PM
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Don't get me started oon how much I hate/envy that bastard!!!
Support local music!
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oldskaguy
5 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2004 : 4:16:31 PM
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You can contact King Sugar at s1000@cvip.net.
We'll be ready to hit the stage sometime in November. Love to open for anyone that needs an opening act.
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TheJokes
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Posted - 10/12/2004 : 4:17:52 PM
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Yeah Tony hooked us up with that gig, and we had a blast playing with all our musical heroes. I had been listening to Los Hooligans since 96? and was jazzed as hell to play. When is the Los Hooligans cd coming out, and are there any shows planned?
Higgins
www.thejokesband.com
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oldskaguy
5 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2004 : 4:20:50 PM
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Yo Mark,
looks like I've come full circle after 20 years! Went from Ska (Kyber Rifles) to a Style Council influenced band (Society Blue), to Brit Pop style (Supreme Love Gods) to Goth (The Shroud), back to Brit Pop (Bev) and now back to Rocksteady/Ska with King Sugar!
Love to hook up some time and find out what the other ex-Rifles are up to!
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oldskaguy
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Posted - 10/12/2004 : 4:24:26 PM
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Manu,
I agree, the King Sugar sound is coming together nicely and you are adding a great sound to the project! Looking forward to our next meeting.
Eric
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YeOldeSkaDog
Aruba
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Posted - 10/13/2004 : 10:46:38 AM
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Yo Mark,
looks like I've come full circle after 20 years! Went from Ska (Kyber Rifles) to a Style Council influenced band (Society Blue), to Brit Pop style (Supreme Love Gods) to Goth (The Shroud), back to Brit Pop (Bev) and now back to Rocksteady/Ska with King Sugar!
Love to hook up some time and find out what the other ex-Rifles are up to!
Obi One has taught you well.....The Circle is now complete!!
Hey Eric, How you doin' man!! Did you ever get my email from a while back? I think you emailed me thru our website and I had miss-filed it with some online merch orders. I found it about a month after the fact and replied to you, I think it was you anyway??
King Sugar is it? That's a cool band name. What kind of style are you guys busting? Who have you got playing in the band? How many pieces? How long have you had the band together? Cover tunes? Original tunes? Enquiring minds want to know!! 
As for the old Kyber Rifles folks, I only know what the K-town people are up to these days. Joey got married for the second time this summer. He moved back here from Ventura where he was teaching last year. He's now a grade school teacher in Kingsburg. I see him pretty often. Geoff B. is also married and has been living up in Seattle since '89, and he is an architect. When LGB was touring full time I got to see him all of the time. Anna C. is living in Salt lake City and is an editor for the major Salt Lake newspaper. I think she's married also, but I'm not for sure. None of them are doing anything with music anymore. I always thought it would be a blast to have a Kyber Rifles reunion gig, but alas...it will never happen. Everyone's just too spread out.  ...
Well back to work for me. I am still playing regularly and I work for Pollstar Music Magazine...so even if I wasn't still playing music. I'm still working in the music field. Which all who know me is my first and foremost love...without music we would all be DOOOOMED!!!
Peace, Mark
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Monkeyboy
Jamaica
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Posted - 10/13/2004 : 1:46:23 PM
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Supreme Love Gods...haven't heard that name in a while. God, I miss the mid 90's Fresno live music scene. We had some AWESOME ska, punk, rock bands out playing shows!!! :)
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oldskaguy
5 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2004 : 2:15:30 PM
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Obi One has taught you well.....The Circle is now complete!!
Hey Eric, How you doin' man!! Did you ever get my email from a while back? I think you emailed me thru our website and I had miss-filed it with some online merch orders. I found it about a month after the fact and replied to you, I think it was you anyway??
King Sugar is it? That's a cool band name. What kind of style are you guys busting? Who have you got playing in the band? How many pieces? How long have you had the band together? Cover tunes? Original tunes? Enquiring minds want to know!!
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Well back to work for me. I am still playing regularly and I work for Pollstar Music Magazine...so even if I wasn't still playing music. I'm still working in the music field. Which all who know me is my first and foremost love...without music we would all be DOOOOMED!!!
Peace, Mark
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Hey Mark,
yes I did get your email, but everytime I remembered to reply to it, I was at work, and when I got home I always forgot! Not a great excuse, but it's the truth.
King Sugar came about because a friend and I were getting completely burned out with our other band Bev. There was way too much stress involved in putting our shows together and writing songs, so we wanted to create a new "stree-free" project playing music that we liked and to be honest, simple (overall that is). So I thought we would put together a rocksteady/ska project that played 95% music from the 60s/70s. Old cover tunes from bands like the Ethiopians, Alton Ellis, Bob Andy, etc... Right now we are a 6 piece project, but are looking for a 7th (trombone possibly). The band has only been together a few months and we only get together once a week right now. It is made up of myself on drums, Mario Rosso on guitar, Matt Wall on bass, Lou Standifer on vocals, Manu on sax/vocals, and Brian Richburg on keys. Probably not your typical players, but we make up a pretty good sound. We're going for the more R&B style rocksteady. We'll see how it evolves. We are looking for gigs starting next month. If you have any leads, let me know.
I'll email you later, to comment on the other stuff you wrote. Don't want to bore the world with our reminicing. It is great to hear from you and I would like to hook up sometime. I'll talk with you soon though. Kyber Rifles reunion. That would be great. I guess we'd have to do it via broadband over the net!
Eric
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no more damn cat in naybahood
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Posted - 10/31/2004 : 01:22:44 AM
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Here is what I remember about my early days with checkmate.
1. I was scared shitless of Manu. I don't know why. I think I was just intimadated. Manu, Lenny (still the coolest), Brian, Kevin and the others were in into the skinhead/rudeboy thing and I was not at the time. I would wear a Zildjian shirt under a flanal shirt, pretty stylin' huh?
2. Lenny was cool as hell. Just a cool guy to hang with. He also introduced me to Northern Soul and played drums in my Northern Soul Cover band the Sensations.
3. Everyone always would eat Dennys breakfasts after gigs.
Mid Years
1. Ska -tastrophy all ages shows with 500 kids. Still the best gigs ever.
2. Tons of fun. Regan Holmes, Scott Moore, Justin, Nate Ketner, Eric, Lenny, Jessica. I think that line up was Checkmate at its best. Those years when we were recording and gigging in support of Revelations and all the ska comp discs. That was cool.
Later Days
1. Checkmate became like ska P Funk with 35 people on stage doing God knows what. We had like 8 horns 2 keyboards, 3 three guitars, bass, drums and what ever hot looking girl was singing that week. All we needed was a guy in a diaper.
2. The last time we played as Checkmate was an Eric service
It's been fun to reflect. Hit me up.
John
P.S. How can you forget Todd "Monkey" B. The inverted Mowhawk or the "Ghangus Khan" hair he had is a Fresno Classic!!!!!
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no more damn cat in naybahood
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Posted - 10/31/2004 : 01:41:11 AM
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Crazyness! I am one of the many guys that was in Checkmate. I was the drummer for nearly all of my teenage years, I started when I was 14 or 15 and left at 19 when the band disolved. October was the month that we lost Eric Magargee so being the last day of the month it is cool to see that people still remember Checkmate and the shows, mainly the all ages ones that Eric created. The only thing better that Erics Halloween parties were his 4th of July parties, what a guy and what a loss. Eric was always cool. He would pick me up and drive me to gigs because I was to young to drive. Funny as all hell too. We would go to Denny's after gigs and the waitress would give me a childrens menue because I looked like I was 11 and would talk to Eric like he was my dad. Eric would play it up a fake verbally abusing me in front of the waitress, scolding me and calling me a "shitty son".
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boomboomdj
USA
255 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 11:00:22 AM
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Haaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!11 D00D...... "No more damn cat in neighborhood!" I remember recording that!!! Dennis Cabuko didn't show up to the studio and Eric was making fun of him. Classic. Damn, I miss Eric. 
b
www.theaggrolites.com
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Chico n the Hornets
USA
299 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 11:08:36 AM
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HA HA... scared of me?! I was terrified of you, John...LOL. Didn't you notice me walking on egg shells and afraid to make eye contact? Eric told me you were a brawler so I didn't want to put you to the test...
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connections - Fresno Ska (really long) part 1
