Ryan Scroggins-organ and vox/ Patrick "Beans" Wheeler-drums and vox/ Jeremy Pena-guitar and vox/ Adam Castaneda-bass
Influences
There are so many so I'll name just a few: The Skatalites, The Upsetters, Toots and the Maytals, The Hippy Boys, The Starlites, Bob Dylan, The Animals, Hank Williams. It really boils down to any good late 60's early 70's Jamaican music or any good earlier American singer/songwriter stuff.
Sounds Like
This band came out of the creation of Ryan Scroggins (keyboardist for Los Skarnales) and Beans (drummer for Los Skarnales), originally just a side project musical outlet, but once the band Los Skarnales officially parted with the current line-up, Ryan took the band full on to cover some already booked Los Skarnales shows and tours. With more than enthusiastic responses from the 3 Floors Of Ska LA show and other gigs along the way, the band has gone full time on this effort, and thank you for that!.
Do not expect anything here like Los Skarnales, where as there are no Hispanic elements to be heard, this is all new style and sound from the band out of Houston, TX. The energy level is still there as is the musicianship, but the sound is very different and very fresh. After listening to the test press in it's entirety, I felt like I just walked out of a cold dark foggy New Orleans bar, where some crazy mixture of traditional Jamaican ska, a Sergio Leone soundtrack and a bottle of whiskey were all thrown together into one incredible score to my nightly trip to the club.
The album contains atmosphere, which a lot of records these days don't. Most albums seem to be a string of individual songs that have nothing in common with the following or preceding tune. Although the album was done rather quickly, a lot of thought was put into the "feel" of the record. I think this record is going to please any fan of the current "rocksteady" revival trend that seems to be sweeping the ska scene. The more gritty ska sound, a bit more rough and tough. It's hot in Houston, and so is this record! -Jeremy Patton/Megalith Records
Ryan Scroggins and the Trenchtown Texans is a mix of ska, reggae, country, folk, jazz, and world music type stuff. We've had this band together playing officially since The first 3 floors of ska in LA. Which was in November of 2006. I couldn't do this without my closest and dearest friends, my band mates. We've been together aound 3 years now and good things are happening every day. We've already been lucky enough to share the stage with tons of great acts such as: The Skatalites, Toots and the Maytals, The Aggrolites, Chris Murray, The Slackers, Fish Bone, King Django, Hub City Stompers, Westbound Train, Green Room Rockers, Jimmy Buffet (believe it or not) and many more to come. We released our first album on Megalith Records in August of 2007. We are also on a Megalith Euro-sampler and a Version City compilation that are slated to be out in the near future. At the present time we are working on putting out our second full length album. We also have a 45 coming out soon. These projects should be completed around June or July 2009. Our first full length record has been released in Europe as well. As for myself......Yes I do I still use this as my personal page too. I am a herpetologist/reptile keeper at the Houston zoo. Wild huh? I tattoo for a living as well. I've been tattooing now for about 13 years. the tattoo shop I work at is called SECRET TATTOO in Houston Texas. It is period point blank the BEST tattoo shop in Houston bar none. Come by and see for yourself.......Very nostalgic! I get my influences out of my own head. Unlike a lot of tattooers these days. If you'd like to book an appointment with me you will need to email me as I only tattoo @ three days a week and I am booked usually a month or two out........usually. When I'm not at the zoo, tattooing or out with the band I like to spend the majority of my time with my beautiful wife Ashley. She's my guiding light and inspiration away from evil. I also paint. Mostly water color traditional American tattoo stuff. I like to read more about herpetology when I can.....to study up. Building terrariums has become a recent interest. I love going to the museums in town. Lastly but by no means least I like to kick back and chill with my close friends who all feel neglected and mistreated because free time is something that is becoming extinct in my world! HA! - Ryan Scroggins
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been very very busy with new record and side projects- this might be the last SiNDADDY show in Texas for this year- the new band slays and the new material is great... well i am biased of course. ;]
come see CoRE do their thing (there'll be magic and other wild entertainment) and Houston area dark rockers Morgue City open.
We are getting geared up for the 6th St Smokeout, and it's now less than 3 weeks away!
We'll have plenty of pizza, from the Mellow Mushroom, to take care of your munchies, and we'll also have a psychedellic multimedia light show for your viewing pleasure!!
Also, if you have just a couple minutes to spare, go by Do512 and vote "I Like" on the event page there; it'll keep the Smokeout near the top of the list of events for that day, and the "Higher" we are on the list the better!!!! The Do512 event page is here: http://do512.com/event/2009/10/17/texas-normls-4th-annual-6th-street-smokeout
New Downloads! Check out the entire Slackers NYC Booze cruise gig at www.whatevski.org
25 songs for $5! (thats 3.5 euros or 2.5 pounds!)
New Music! Rarities cd, "Lost & Found", unreleased music from 1998 to
2008 is coming out this fall
New Gigs! East Coast! Canada!
Europe! Texas!
Florida! Sept 25 - NYC - Bowery Ballroom - Slackfest 2009 www.bowerypresents.com
Sept 27 - Boston - Middle East - Slackfest 2009 www.mideastclub.com
Oct 8 - Buffalo - Mohawk Place
Oct 9/10 - Toronto - Lee's Palace - 2 nights!
Oct 11 - Montreal - Club Soda
Oct 15 - Berlin - SO36
Oct 16 - Jena - Kassa Blanca
Oct 17 - Stuttgart - Universum
Oct 18 - Tba
Oct 19 - Barcelona - Razzmatazz
Oct 20 - Valencia - Black Note
Oct 21 - Madrid - Caracol
Oct 22 - Rome - Forte Prenestino
Oct 23 - Athens - AN Club
Oct 24 - Istanbul - Jolly Roger Balans
Oct 25 - Milano - Magnolia Club
Oct 26 - Ljubjana - Bala Hala
Oct 27 - Zagreb - Kset
Oct 28 - Graz - PPC
Oct 29 - Vienna - Arena
Oct 30 - tba
Oct 31 - Regensburg - Alte Malzerei
Dec 3 - San Antonio - White Rabbit
Dec 4/5 - Austin - Flamingo Cantina
Dec 6 - Houston - Meridian
Dec 8 - New Orleans - One Eyed Jacks
Dec 9 - Tallahasee - Engine Room
Dec 10 - Tampa - Crowbar
Dec 11 - Miami - Churchills
Dec 12 - Orlando - The Social
Texas NORML's 4th Annual 6th Street Smokeout is coming up fast! Saturday, October 17th, at Momo's Club in Austin! You can get your tickets online by clicking "Tickets", and you know it's gonna be a sell-out!!
