Biography
Skavoovie as well as the Epitones were formed in Boston in 1992, and fuse third-wave ska-revival noises with golf swing and big-band jazz. The ten-piece lineup features vocalist Ans Purin, guitarist Dan Neeley, keyboardist Eugene Cho, trumpeters Jesse Farber and Ben Lewis, alto/baritone saxophonist Jon Natchez, tenor saxophonist Ben Jaffe, euphonium participant Joe Wensink, bassist Rob Jost, and drummer Ben Herson. After earning a Boston Music Award simply because Outstanding Ska Music group, the group agreed upon to Moon Ska and released their debut record, Body fat Footin’, in 1996. Ripe implemented in 1997, as well as the group jumped to Shanachie for 1999’s The Growler.