The Toasters
The Toasters are one of the original American third wave of ska bands. Founded in New York City in 1981, the band has released nine studio albums, primarily through Moon Ska Records.
History
Englishman Robert "Bucket" Hingley relocated to New York City in 1980, where he managed that city's Forbidden Planet comic book store location, and formed The Toasters in 1981 after seeing The Beat perform at the Roseland Ballroom. The group's first live show was supporting Bad Brains at A7 in 1981. One of the original third-wave ska bands, the early lineup of the band included other employees of the store. The group self-released their first single, Beat Up, in 1983. They recorded their Joe Jackson-produced debut EP, Recriminations, in 1985 and after failing to find a label to release it, Hingley formed his own Moon Ska Records label. The group collaborated further with Jackson, whom Hingley had known since 1978 and who appeared under the pseudonym Stanley Turpentine, on later albums and in live shows. The group expanded with the addition of a brass section, and their first full-length album, Skaboom!, was released in 1987.
Podcasts:
The Toasters
ALBUMS
- One More Bullet released: 2007
- In Retrospect released: 2003
- The Best of the Toasters released: 2001
- Enemy of the System released: 2001
- Live in London released: 1999
- Hard Band for Dead released: 1997
- History Book released: 1997
- Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down released: 1997
- Ska Killers released: 1996
- Hard Band for Dead released: 1996
- Skaboom! released: 1995
- Thrill Me Up released: 1995
- Live! In L.A. released: 1994
- Dub 56 released: 1994
- This Gun for Hire released: 1993
- New York Fever released: 1992
- The Naked City released: 1989
- Thrill Me Up released: 1988
In Retrospect
Released 2003- East Side Beat
- Talk Is Cheap
- Weekend in L.A.
- Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down
- Thrill Me Up
- Razor Cut
- Dub 56
- 2-Tone Army
- Shebeen
- Recrimination
- Havana (This Gun for Hire)
- Underground Town
- Ska Killers
- History Book Version
- The Beat
- Pirate Radio
- Dog Eat Dog
- Hard Band for Dead
- Mona
- New York Fever
- I'm Running Right Through the World
The Best of the Toasters
Released 2001- Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down
- Freedom
- Weekend in L.A.
- One Track Mind
- I'm Running Right Through the World
- Ploughshares Into Guns
- Dub 56
- Thrill Me Up
- Run Rudy Run
- Decision at Midnight
- Pool Shark
- Two Tone Army
- Devil and a 45
- Social Security
- Shocker
- East Side Beat
- Talk Is Cheap
- Havana (This Gun for Hire)
- I Wasn't Gonna Call You Anyway
- Ska Killers
- Matt Davis (live)
Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down
Released 1997- Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down
- Fire in My Soul
- I'm Running Right Through the World
- Underground Town
- Gimme Some Lovin'
- Devil and a .45
- Daddy Cry
- Today's a Good Day
- Jackie Chan
- Rude, Rude Baby
- Everything You Said Has Been a Lie
- Spooky Graveyard
- Big Red
- Bye, Bye Baby
- Weekend in L.A.
- Woyay
- Rhythm and Pain
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by R.E.M.
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by Athlete
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by Doves
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by Needtobreathe
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by Franz Ferdinand
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by Love Equals Death
The Outsiders
by: R.E.M.You took me to the restaurant where we first met
You knocked a future shock crowbar upside my head
I got caught with the stop of the tick-tock, tick-tock clock
When you told me what you knew
Lost in the moment
The day that the music stopped
And I do remember you
Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth
Promising volcanic change of plot
Where will this lead us - I'm scared of the storm
The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born
I tried to tell you I am not afraid
You looked up and saw it all across my face
So am I with you or am I against
I don't think it's that easy - we're lost in regret
Now I'm trying to remember
The feeling when the music stopped
When you told me what you knew
Lost in the moment
The day that the music stopped
And I do remember you
Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth
Promising volcanic change of plot
Where does this leave us - I'm scared of the storm
The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born
Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth
Promising volcanic change of plot
Where does this leave us - I'm scared of the storm
The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born
The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born
The outsiders are gathering
A man walks away when every muscle says to stay
How many yesterdays - they each weigh heavy
Who says what changes may come?
Who says what we call home?
I know you see right through me, my luminescence fades
The dusk provides an antidote, I am not afraid
I've been a million times in my mind
This is really just a technicality, frailty, reality
Uh, it's time to breathe, time to believe
Let it go and run towards the sea
They don't teach that, they don't know what you mean
They don't understand, they don't know what you mean
They don't get it, I wanna scream
I wanna breathe again, I wanna dream
I wanna float a quote from Martin Luther King
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
I am not afraid