Bruce Christensen - vocals/trumpet;
Andrew England - trombone/vocals;
Danny Arnold - trombone/vocals;
Chad Christensen - guitar/vocals;
Marco Olsen - bass;
Liam O'Neil - drums
Influences
Buck-O-Nine, Reel Big Fish, The Hippos, The Aquabats Weezer, The Rentals, Foo Fighters, and many others.
The Opskamatrists, a local ska band, originally formed in December 1998, under the name Super Skank. The original members of the band were Bruce Christensen (vocals/trumpet); Chad Christensen (guitar/vocals); Kory Johnson (trombone/vocals); Brad Beckwith (bass); and Craig Christensen (drums). They played together for about a year and a half, recording their first album, Cats Puke, Dogs Eat It, in July of 2000. Later that summer, Bruce left on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the band broke up.
. When Bruce returned home, he and Chad decided it was time to play a little ska again. They found bassist Brian Clayton and trombone player Adam Nelson.. Then a few weeks later they found Mike Fink to play drums. On October 30, 2003 they played a successful come back show at R-Skating in Rexburg, ID.. Shortly after that they brought in a second trombone player, Danny Arnold . In January of 2004, the band officially changed their name to The Opskamatrists ..
Since the reconstruction of the band nearly four years ago, The Opskamatrists have had great success in the South East Idaho music scene. They have competed in several different local band competitions:
Chesbro Music Battle of the Bands, winning 1st place in 2005 and 2nd place in 2006.,
ISU’s Pokapalooza, winning 1st place in 2005 and 2nd place in 2006.
Ifapalooza winning 1st place in 2007.
BYU-Idaho’s Guitars Unplugged winning best original song in 2004.
The Opskamatrists have been featured several times on local radio station KBEAR 101’s “For Locals Only”, as well as Idaho Falls former station 98X.
After a long recording process, The Opskamatrists have finished their full length self-titled album. The album will be released on March 29, 2007.
Hi there! We've got a new EP that we're especially proud of called Summer which is the second in our series of seasonal EPs this year. We'd love for you to listen to the EP online, and to do so, just click on the graphic below. If you like what you hear, we'd be very grateful if you'd support our efforts by buying the EP for €2.50 (around $3.20).
Hope all is going great for you. Thanks for being our friend!
We're now accepting submissions for our next mixtapes, please submit your info at www.coast2coastsubmissions.com for your chance to get a spot on the next mixtape!
Enter the Hi Rollerz Records Contest to get a $20,000 record deal!
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For those who haven't heard, we'll be in the studio these next few months to record a new album with the renowned reggae singer, Eyon Irie. After that it's summer shows and writing songs for the next Orbits album!
In the meantime, if you don't have our self-titled cd yet, you can still pick it up on CD Baby and Itunes.
We're now accepting submissions for our next mixtapes, please submit your info at www. coast2coastsubmissions. com for your chance to get a spot on the next mixtape!
Enter the Hi Rollerz Records Contest to get a $20,000 record deal!
We're now accepting submissions for our next mixtapes, please submit your info at www. coast2coastsubmissions. com for your chance to get a spot on the next mixtape!
just in case i didnt tell you the dance is on halloween at 3:30-5 but you dont have to play the whole time. im telling everyone your selling cds. and its halloween so have fun. dress up and stuff
Hey!
We have a show this Friday with Dear and The Headlighhts from Mesa, Arizona. They just got off of tour with Jimmy Eat World and Paramore and we think they are amazing so do your self a favor and check them out. The show is at the Venue in downtown Boise. All the info is on our page. If you are interested in going to the show let us know! We have a few tickets we are selling for $10 and it really helps us out if you purchase them from us. Hope to see you there.
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