Robert Reichle wrote:
> I got the Hellcat comp the other day, and I really think it rocks.
> I've
> been a fan of OpIV and Rancid for a few years, and I think that Tim
> Armstrong can write some good, solid ska. One of the bands on the
> comp is
> called The Silencers, and they do a song named "Policeman" (which I
> love).
> Does anyone know anything about them? In the liner notes it says that
> Tim
> and Lars from Rancid do vocals and guitar, and the other band members
> are
> from other bands like the Slackers and the Stubborn All-stars. A long
> time
> ago I read about Tim Armstrong's ska side project called Shaken 69,
> but it
> had different members (like Mike Park, for example). Are the
> Silencers a
> second, seperate all-ska side project for Tim Armstrong, or what?
> Does
> anyone know of any other recordings by them (or shaken 69)?
>
> --
> "In the morning he eats bacon, in the evening he's a skankin...
> SKANK COWBOY!"
>
> Robert Reichle
> rrei...@stlnet.com