Marco On The Bass: Marco On The Bass Back On Line!

Greetings to all Marco On The Bass blog readers. Apologies that I have been quiet for a few weeks. Life has been a bit hectic but I have lots of ska and reggae goodness to share so stay tuned as more posts will be on line this week!

Thanks for your patience!

Rude Boy George - Love & Dancing -- New Wave Goes Ska!

I play bass in Rude Boy George -- a band the plays ska and reggae versions of 80's new wave classics. We've been releasing a song and video every other month during 2016 and 2017. The collection of songs is titled "Love and Dancing" and it is the second collection of 80's new wave tracks that Rude Boy George has recorded in a ska and reggae style. Check out a few of our videos including a new wave/reggae version of the Blondie classic "Atomic" and our versions of songs by Howard Jones, Bob Marley, Kim Wilde, Wang Chung, The Cure and Soft Cell! "Love and Dancing" pays homage to the Human League who had a side project called The League Unlimited Orchestra and released a remix of their "Dare" album with that title in the early 80's. The album is available on Bandcamp.

Heavensbee - Dub Pop

Heavensbee is a reggae/ska collective featuring myself and Roger Apollon Jr of ska/reggae groups Bigger Thomas &Rude Boy George and features Carolyn Coleman (The 1865) and Dunia Best Sinreich (Agent 99, Dubistry) Our latest album includes collaborations with Jenny Whiskey (Hub City Stompers), Robert Tierney (NY Citizens), Olivier Rhee (The Boilers), Ruben Rios and Rob Gainfort (The Steadys) The result was "We Mean Business"

Check out the video for our debut single "Rude! Original! Suave!"

Heavensbee has recorded two albums, The first is "Soul Mates" released in 2015 which was followed by "we Mean Business" in 2020. The songs take their inspiration from ska, dub reggae and Lover’s Rock (The Specials, Lee Perry), 80's new wave (Depeche Mode, Human League, Fun Boy Three) and indie rock (Lana Del Ray, the xx).

Bigger Thomas

Bigger Thomas is celebrating 35 years in 2023! Below is video from one of our earliest shows at the legendary City Gardens in Trenton, NJ in 1989 when we opened for Yellowman!

To celebrate our 25th anniversary back in 2013, we released "Ska In My Pocket: The Biggest & Bestest of Bigger Thomas" a digital only retrospective featuring twenty one of our favorite songs taken from the four albums and two demo tapes we released since forming the band in New Brunswick, NJ in 1988.

Its available for download on the Bandcamp link below. We hope you enjoy it!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Marco On The Bass Back On Line!

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