Stubborn All-Stars are an American, New York City-based ska band led by King Django, front man of Skinnerbox and owner of Stubborn Records. In 1994, Django assembled Stubborn All-Stars for a studio session which resulted in the four-song ''Old's Cool'' 7" EP. Choosing musicians carefully from the large pool of New York ska bands such as Skinnerbox,

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, The Slackers,

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, and Agent 99, for their familiarity with and ability to play traditional Jamaican ska. Django hit upon the sound he was looking for: ska in a very traditional Jamaican style, reconnected with its own roots in

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. They released their debut ''Open Season'' in September 1995, featuring guest appearances by Roland Alphonso of the Skatalites, Chris Dowd (ex- Fishbone), and Robert "Bucket" Hingley of the Toasters. Their second album, ''Back With a New Batch'', was released in 1997. The video for the single ''Pick Yourself Up'' went into heavy rotation on

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, and '' Alternative Press'' reviewed it as "the best reggae album of 1997". Their third album, ''Nex Music'', was released in 1999. The band also collaborated with famous punk band Rancid on the song ' I Wanna Riot' for the Beavis and Butt-Head Do America soundtrack.

Line up

* King Django ( Skinnerbox) - Vocals, Trombone * Jay Nugent (Agent 99, The Slackers) - Guitar * Noah Shachtman (No Shadow Kick) - Bass Guitar *Rolf Langsjoen (Skinnerbox) - Trumpet *Phil Wartell (

The Radiation Kings ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

) - Drums *Scott Palmer (The Radiation Kings) - Keys *David Hahn ( Dub Is a Weapon, Skinnerbox, The Slackers) - Guitar * Dave Hillyard (The Slackers, Dave Hillyard & the Rocksteady Seven) - Sax * Vic Ruggiero (The Slackers) - Organ * Victor Rice (

, New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble) - Bass Guitar *

Eddie Ocampo Eddie Ocampo is a drummer of the Third Wave Ska movement. He performed in several bands, such as The Insteps, Stubborn All-Stars, Dave Hillyard Rocksteady 7, the Jammyland#Jammyland All Stars, Jammyland All Stars, the Fandanglers, and many mo ...

(

, Dave Hillyard & the Rocksteady 7, Crazy Baldhead) - Drums *Sheldon Gregg (The Insteps, New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble, Bluebeaters) - Bass *Erkin Husey (Skinnerbox,

The Rudie Crew ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

) - Sax *Danny Dulin ( The Boilers, Skinnerbox, Rudie Crew) - Trumpet *Dave Nelson (The Insteps) - Trombone *Paul Ackerman ( The Pietasters, Skinnerbox) - Keys *Regina Bellantese (The Insteps, The Scofflaws) - Sax *Jason Glazer (Skinnerbox) - Trumpet *Eric Singer (The Slackers) - Sax

External links

''Stubborn Records''
{{Authority control American ska musical groups Musical groups from New York City Third-wave ska groups