Take a skillet, put in some old school Ska and Rocksteady Music from the 50’s and 60’s, mix that with some Reggae, Rhythm&Blues, add some caribbean flavors like Calypso and Soca and let it cook for a while....That is about the sound of BANG the Skillet!

 

BANG the Skillet play their own songs and besides they cover songs written and performed by Laurel Aitken, The Skatalites, The Slackers, Go Jimmy Go, HepCat and even Harry Belafonte!. It is truly difficult to listen to the music of BANG the Skillet and not feel like skanking your socks off! Enjoy the funny lyrics and the good Music, come on in and let’s have a cooking party!

 

Musicians:

Sharif Alibaks - drums

Divera Jansen - bass

Will Keeris - guitar

Max Rozenboom - vocals

Doris van Iperen - vocals

Rosa Smit - vocals

Marcel Graafland - trombone

Ingrid Winkelman - tenor sax

Günter Weber - tenor sax

 

Special people:

Ben Schellingerhout: former drummer, for 5 years!

Dominique Bentvelzen: former bassplayer, for 3 years

Rene Hoefnagels: occasional sound engineer

Job Tarenskeen: occasional sax and percussion

Haldor Doekes: stand-in bass

Robert Curiel: stand-in drums

Fieke van Nievelt: stand-in Skillette

Maureen Groen: stand-in Skillette

Melatti Braam: stand-in Skillette

Lucas Rozenboom: lyrics on “You seem blind”

David Hillyard & The Rocksteady 7 for the intro in “Skarface”

Mark Brak and Roos Visser: Production of our video “Life is Good”

Marjolein Jense: official band-pictures

Philomene Dewaide: NR 1 fan www.fanvanbangtheskillet.tumblr.com

Ferdinand Bakker: mastering of our CD “Do the Dishes”

All our fans, some of them really die-hards...

The Skatalites, Laurel Aitken, The Slackers, Hepcat, etc. ... for being inspirational!

And: Go Jimmy Go, they invented our name BANG the Skillet!