- Skabba the Hut
Skabba the Hutt were a
Ska punk band that featured currentThe Bravery frontman/songwriter Sam Endicott on bass and keyboard-playerJohn Conway , actorJonathan Togo , actor/filmmaker Will Carlough, session drummer Chris Markwood, solo-musician/voiceover-artistBrian Grosz and musician/illustrator Seth Berkowitz.Served as the house band for season three of Comedy Central's
Premium Blend under the name The El Conquistadors. The band later shortened the name to Conquistador, moved away from ska and embraced a New Wave sound. Conquistador would later release one album entitled "What's Up Fireball?", which is now out of print. A few MP3's from the album are available from main singer [http://www.sethberkowitz.net Seth Berkowitz] 's website.Actual spelling of band name "Skabba the Hut".
Earlier lineups included former band members Dave Jellis (lead vocals) and Alana Yudin (drums).
External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/skabbathehut Skabba the Hutt MySpace page]
* [http://www.nuthousepunks.com/blog/index.php?s=skabba 2 MP3s of Skabba & Conquistador]
* [http://www.sethberkowitz.net/ Seth's website.]
* [http://www.thebravery.com/ The Bravery]
* [http://www.thebravery.biz/ The Bravery Forum]
* [http://myspace.com/chrismarkwood Chris Markwood MySpace page]
* [http://myspace.com/grosz Brian Grosz MySpace page]
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