The Toasters + Esperanza | Broadcast

PCL Presents
THE TOASTERS - NYC SKA
Wednesday, 10 April
Broadcast, Glasgow
++ Esperanza
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DOORS 7PM
18+ ONLY
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Tickets available via See Tickets or Tickets Scotland
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-toasters/broadcast/1283158
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In
their 36th year the Toasters are hitting the gas, not the brakes. With
an international all-star line-up their whirlwind global tour continues
unabated across the continents with performances scheduled in the United
States, Russia, Ireland, Mexico, Costa Rica as well as a full summer of
European Festival plays including Overjam (Slovenia), Mighty Sounds
(CZ) and many others.

Formed on the Lower East Side of NYC in
1981 the band is the longest running US SKA formation. They bridge the
gap between England’s 2-Tone movement and the American Ska explosion of
the 90’s which they are rightfully credited with starting. During the
3rd Wave Ska revival The Toasters formed the famous Moon Records label
and kick-started the careers of dozens of bands.

In January 2017
The Toasters will be releasing a video for “House of Soul”, a 45RPM
single which was released in 2016. The band has expanded their own
private label Toasters branded hot sauce with a new flavor, “East Side
Heat”. The band will also be releasing the “Live in Zagreb” vinyl in
April.

“In my opinion, The Toasters are to ska in America the
1980s and beyond what The Specials were to ska in the U.K. in the late
’70s and early ’80s, and what the Skatalites were to ska in Jamaica in
the 1960s. The Toasters were innovators, creators, shapers of the music,
evolving it in a fresh direction, blending it with the cultural
influences in a very American manner, and I mean that in a completely
complimentary way. Just as Byron Lee & the Dragonaires brought
professionalism and polish to ska, allowing others to benefit from the
fruits of their labor, so too did the Toasters’ music allow numerous
other bands to share in the spotlight of skill and success, many of whom
have gone on to great heights. Upon the shoulders of giants.
Oh, yeah, and they kick ass!“

-Heather Augustyn, Author of SKA , An Oral History