In their own words... "Our music combines classic Ska with influences from funk, jazz and dub. We play a mix of well-known and obscure cover versions as well as our own unique material. The band features vocalists Lori and Wayne, plus the 4-piece Skanky Horns." (taken from their official website: http://theskanxband.co.uk/index.html)
Some of the band themselves in practice, including vocalists Lori and Wayne. Seen with genre-signifying trumpets!
Why choose The Skanx?
At first, our group found difficulty in deciding which band (and even genre!) to use for our A2 project. A lot of this difficulty was down to the fact we had to find an unsigned band as opposed to one of the many already signed for which we had many ideas to choose from. There was also some minor dispute over which genre to pick. In the end we all mutually agreed that a ska/mod approach would be the best way to go, seeing as it is a genre that we all enjoy and could happily get involved in. Once this was decided, we began to research British ska bands, and once coming across The Skanx via their own website (linked above) and hearing their song 'Money Grabber' mutually decided that they would be a good band to use. Some of the reasoning behind this is due to the fact that the song's title and lyrics upon hearing it sparked off a number of initial ideas for the video, being a 'money grabbing' female character. We decided that the song itself was also a catchy tune that we would enjoy working on! It gave connotations of ironic shots of high streets and businesses suffering in the midst of the recession, which we plan to play with in the making of our video.
A helpful commentary explaining the purpose of your choice of band.
ReplyDeleteLively and interesting. Well done.