Ska, 2-Tone, rocksteady, reggae, punk rock... call it whatever you want to. THE BABOONZ just call it ska and punk rock, and thats just fine. Its sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes loud, sometimes low, but always highly explosive and politically correct.
The band from Bavaria, Germany, is one of the countrys fastest-rising and most promising groups, and is an important part of the new flourishing ska scene in Bavaria. Though founded in 1998, things got serious in 2001 when they completed the following line-up:
Simon, guitar; Daniel, guitar; ToBe, bass; Mandal, drums; Waste, vocals; Stephan, saxophone; Tobi, trombone; and Flo, trumpet. Recently, the ensemble was joined by Klaus on organ.
THE BABOONZ have played more than 150 shows in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, and Switzerland. They shared stages with top acts such as Stingers ATX, Bad Manners, The Busters, Mark Foggo, Hotknives, The Peacocks, Scrapy, Skarface, Loaded, Bluekilla, The Skaliners, Moskovskaya, The Benuts, Tornados, Rollings, The Real McKenzies, Cashless, and many more. At their shows they rock til you drop, and you can see how much fun they have being on stage. Their lyrics show that they view politics as an important part of daily life, taking a stand against fascism, racism, militarism and intolerance. But theyre not just complainers- they know how to throw a cool party as well.
In 2001, THE BABOONZ self-released a 6-song EP called Congratulations. This was followed in 2002 with the full-length album Take Warning, released on the German ska/oi!/punk label Mad Butcher Records. In summer 2005 a splitCD with Venus Hill (NL), Club 99 (I) and The Skatoons (Ger) was released (Mad Butcher Records). In fall 2005 THE BABOONZ were right Back Out-O-Space and they have got their brandnew album Too Much Is Not Enough in their package. A hot mixture of Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae, Swing, Mod and Punkrock, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes loud and sometimes low. With big help of the genious Triumvirat, The Kaiser, The Doctor and The Spötter, these 13 tracks rock and roll, swing and groove. There is also an awesome list of guest-musicians: backing vocals, guitars and some lyrics by SCRAPYS Kaiser, vocals and backing vocals, harp and trombone by RICHIE SENIOR and spoken words by RODDY RADIATION BYERS, ex-THE SPECIALS guitar player. Compared to their debut album Take Warning the kids seem to have become adults. Everything is less hectic and well arranged but still powerful and catchy. The Baboonz still have their own style of playing music, hardly comparable to any other band. Surely there are undeniable influences like maybe The Clash, Operation Ivy, The Specials and some more, but The Baboonz are not anyones imitation. Their lyrics still deal with all kind of joy and pain of our daily lives, with love and hate, with capitalist assholes, unscrupulous cops, all kind of stubborn religious fanatics and Johnny Cash. The Baboonz have never been, are not and will never be a Fun-Punk-Band. Live is way to serious to act in an unpoltical manner. So they will always stand up to fight against fascism, racism, militarism and intollerance. But they will also never forget to enjoy the good sides of life.
So have fun listening to THE BABOONZ Too Much Is Not Enough and keeping on rocking, fighting and moving!!!
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