Contact

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Email

communityrecords @ gmail .com

 

BOOKING

Brent Friedman

brent(@)exponentialbooking.com

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SOCIAL MEDIA

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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

Daniel "D-Ray" Ray - Trombone & Keyboards
Brian Pretus - Lead Guitar / backing vocals / recording engineer
Dominic Minix - Lead Vocals / Guitar
Robert Landry - Drums
Greg Rodrigue - Bass / backing vocals

Lyrics by: Dominic Minix

“This is Great!”

— MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES

 

“My vote for band most likely to make people who swore they hate ska, realize ska slaps”

— JER (SKATUNE NETWORK)

 

“This is Slacker Approved”

— THE SLACKERS

“their debut record is fucking sick!

- JEFF ROSENSTOCK

 

PRESS & LINKS & FURTHER READING

 

BROOKLYN VEGAN

“the joyous retaliation of NEW TONE ska”

In depth interview + Q&A w/ the band - HERE

 

GET ALTERNATIVE

“fantastic 25 minutes of danceable grooves and direct, anti-capitalist lyrics that even ska skeptics will find hard to ignore.”

album review - HERE

 

BEARDED GENTLEMAN

Bad Operation calls their brand of ska, New Tone. Harkening back to The Specials and 2-Tone, Bad Operation is re-emphasizing ska’s roots with their music.

full interview - HERE

SPIN MAGAZINE

"I think turbulent times require people to be able to process their trauma, and ska is a vehicle through which we can do that by dance” - Dominic Minix

full article - HERE

 

IN DEPTH PODCAST

Ska Cast Official 45 minute interview about the origin and intention behind the band and our debut album. Covering topics such as NEW TONE & our collaboration process.

podcast link - HERE

BAD OPERATION COMIC

6 panel comic featured on wannabe music blog

read the comic - HERE

GAMBIT / NOLA.COM

“10 tracks of energetic ska music with a punk ethos and edge.”.

full article & interview - HERE

 

SKATUNE NETWORK

Album release event + interview on YouTube. 2 hour, one time only event where we celebrated the release of our debut album.

video link - HERE