''The Crucial Conspiracy'' is the third full-length album by

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The Dingees The Dingees is a Christian music, Christian ska punk band formed in the summer of 1996, from Orange County, California. Other projects *All members record together in the ska band, Peg & The Rejected *Pegleg & DC record together as Staflos *Pe ...

. The album shows a reggae and roots music influence, although its style constantly shifts and includes what was described as only "a fading memory" of

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Track listing

# "Spray Paint" – 3:03 # "Middle Man" – 2:14 # "Summer" – 3:41 # "Dear Sister, Dear Brother" – 4:21 # "Christina Fight Back" – 1:41 # "Ronnie Raygun" – 1:15 # "We Rot the Voodoo" – 2:52 # "General Information" – 2:17 # "Latch Key Kids" – 3:44 # "Moving Underground" – 4:10 # "Whole Scene" – 3:43 # "The World's Last Night" – 4:37 # "Declaration" – 1:39

Personnel

*Pegleg – vocals, guitar, sax *Dave Chevalier – throat, tenor sax, organ, piano *Aaron Landers – guitar, organ, backups *Bean – M-bass *Scott Rodgers – drums, backups

Guest musicians

*J Bonner – Hammond organ, Rhodes, clavinet, Melodica, Produb *

Angelo Moore Angelo Christopher Moore (born November 5, 1965) is an American musician, best known for his work as lead singer and saxophonist for the Los Angeles ska and funk metal band Fishbone. Moore also performs and records under the stage name Dr. MadV ...

– bari sax, alto sax, Theremin, vocals * Ronnie Martin – synth *Travis Larsen – trombone *Mike Sullivan – trumpet *

Frank Lenz Frank Lenz (born 18 June 1967 in San Leandro, California) is a drummer from Southern California who has done work for many bands and artists, including Richard Swift, The Weepies, Everest, Pedro The Lion, Starflyer 59, Lassie Foundation, Dural ...

– drums, percussion, organ, piano *Chris Colbert – sampling

Vinyl release

''The Crucial Conspiracy'' was re-released on vinyl by Open Water Records in 2009.

References

The Dingees albums 2001 albums Tooth & Nail Records albums {{ska-album-stub