Marco On The Bass
Friday, January 6, 2023

Ska In My Pocket: How Starting a Ska Band Changed My Life - Part 2

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  I love band origin stories. In fact I love them so much that my book Ska Boom: An American Ska & Reggae Oral History is all about the ...
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Sunday, January 1, 2023

Ska In My Pocket: How Starting a Ska Band Changed My Life - Part 1

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Happy New Year! 2023 marks the 35th anniversary of the founding of Bigger Thomas -- the very first ska band from New Jersey.  I intent...
Thursday, December 24, 2020

Ska Boom: An American Ska & Reggae Podcast

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Greetings! I hope you are all well. Though I don't post here often -- writing my forthcoming book "Ska Boom: An American Ska ...
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Thursday, January 23, 2020

New Heavensbee Album "We Mean Business" Released

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After nearly 2 years of writing and recording, I'm excited to finally share a pre-order link for the new  Heavensbee  album "We...
Sunday, October 13, 2019

Ranking Roger Is Your Selecter -- The Music That Made Him The Cool Entertainer!

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I've just finished reading Ranking Roger's incredibly entertaining memoir " I Just Can't Stop It: My Life In The Beat ...
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Saturday, February 23, 2019

Ska Boom Podcast: Skavoovee Tour of 1993 Brings Ska To America

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I’m writing an oral history about the birth of American ska and reggae called Ska Boom: An Oral History About The Birth of American Ska ...
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Friday, February 1, 2019

My New Podcast Ska Boom Podcast - First Two Episodes Now Available

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I'm busy working on "Ska Boom! An Oral History About The Birth Of American Ska & Reggae" and I'm about halfway thro...
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Who Is Marco On The Bass?

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Marco On The Bass
South Orange, NJ, United States
I heard ska and reggae music for the first time when I was 14 and it was love at first listen. I loved the sound, the look and the energy. It changed my life. A little bit later I picked up a bass and taught myself to play and in 1988 started the first ska/reggae band from New Jersey called Bigger Thomas. Maybe you've heard of us? As a musician I've had the good luck to meet and play with most of my musical heroes. That allows me to give readers the inside scoop on all the bands they love. I also tell the stories of the many bands who helped popularize ska in the U.S. and the U.K. I pay special attention to the birth of American ska and the stories of the bands and musicians who were ahead of their time and never received the recognition they deserved. I recently helped to form two new musical projects -- Rude Boy George, a band that performs ska, reggae and rocksteady versions of 80's new wave songs and Heavensbee, an original studio project that makes dub pop. My first book titled "Ska Boom: An Oral History About The Birth Of American Ska & Reggae 1976-1991" is available through DiWulf Publishing and Amazon.
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