Yes Sir Boss! is an English,

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-based

ska punk Ska punk (also spelled ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska music and punk rock music. Ska punk tends to feature brass instruments, especially Horn (instrument), horns such as trumpets, trombones and woodwind instruments like saxophones ...

band, founded in 2007 at

Falmouth University Falmouth University is a specialist public university for the creative industries based in Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth and Penryn, Cornwall, Penryn, Cornwall, England. Founded as Falmouth School of Art in 1902, it was later known as Falmouth C ...

. The band were signed under

Stone'd Records Stone'd Records is a British independent record label founded by Grammy winning soul singer Joss Stone after her split from longtime label EMI. Stone has stated that the label is to be "a safe haven where great artists are free to do what they ...

and released an EP with the label, ''Desperation State'', before self-releasing ''King in a Rocking Chair'' in 2014.

Biography

The band was founded by Matt Sellors, Luke potter, Tom First, Jehan Abdel-Malak, and Josh Stopford in 2007 while they were studying for their degrees. Their music has been described as

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...

with teeth, energetic, and upbeat. An opening show featuring Joss Stone was cancelled in 2007 after discovery of back ticket sales. In 2012, Yes Sir Boss signed with

, an independent record label founded by Grammy winning soul singer

Joss Stone Joscelyn Eve Stoker (born 11 April 1987), known professionally as Joss Stone, is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to prominence in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, ''The Soul Sessions'', which made the 2004 Merc ...

and, later that year, released their first label titled ''Desperation State''. FMV Magazine gave the album 3 stars citing confidence and flair while criticising the album for being formulaic at times. Helen Earnshaw of ''Female First'' gave the album a 4 out of 5 rating in a review that describes the music as a successful blend of ''Balkan Blues'' and

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. In 2013, the band released a collaborated single featuring Stone titled Mrs #1. Yes Sir Boss toured music festivals in Europe and is scheduled to tour Germany, Netherlands, France, Austria, Switzerland and Scandinavia. A second album was released in April 2014 titled King in a Rocking Chair. Yes Sir Boss made a television appearance in 2013 on critically acclaimed live magazine entertainment show T.B.A. hosted by Chris Lloyd and Caroline De Moraes. To an entranced studio audience reception, the band performed their hit singles Not Guilty and Till You Get Yours from the seminal album Desperation State. The line "Yes, Sir Boss" comes from the novel ''

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''.

Discography

*''Desperation State'' (2012) *''King in a Rocking Chair'' (2014) *''Yes Sir Boss'' (2015)

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* {{Authority control Alumni of Falmouth University English punk rock groups Rock music groups from Bristol Musical groups established in 2007

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