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Right in step with their California ska-pop brothers Sugar Ray and Sublime comes San Diego's Buck-O-Nine. After more than five years of playing clubs, Buck-O-Nine attracted a loyal following with their raucous combination of ska, reggae and a touch of The Clash. While others in their genre, such as the aforementioned California bands, as well as Boston's Mighty Mighty Bosstones, have gone on to major success, Buck-O-Nine remains something of an insider phenomenon with a strong, cult following.
However, LIBIDO, packed with crunching, over-driven guitars and stabbing horn lines, makes a strong case for Buck-O-Nine deserving a little more attention. From the energetic, radio-ready opening track, "Tell It Like It Was" to the acoustic guitar-driven "Swimming in Sand," and the Specials homage "All Along," Buck-O-Nine is at the top of the '90s ska/punk/pop pack.
2nd Rel For Tvt;Prod.By Stiff Johnson & Howard Bensen
Personnel: Jonas Kleiner (guitar); Chuck Treece (drums).
Audio Mixers: Chris Lord-Alge; Kevin Shirley.
Recording information: Big Fish Studio, San Diego, CA; Big Fish Studios, San Diego, CA.
Photographer: Sean Murphy.
Buck-O-Nine: Jon (vocals); Jonas (guitar); Craig (saxophone); Anthony (trumpet); Dan (trombone); Scott (bass).
Additional personnel: Chuck Treece (drums).
CMJ (3/29/99, p.22) - "....LIBIDO certainly doesn't reinevent ska or punk, but it further proves the value of the two combined forms as worthy energy sources for lightheared pop..." Libido Review
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$13.99 Imagine that Joe Jackson had a younger brother who grew up listening to the punk and ska music of the late '70s (i.e., the Clash, the Specials), moved to California during the skate punk scene, and formed a band with six of his slacker friends, and you've got a good mental picture of the music on Twenty-Eight Teeth. Buck-O-Nine has the three-minute, get-in-get-out punk/pop aesthetic down to a science, which makes you wonder why they haven't hit it big by now. Surely one well-placed "buzzworthy" clip could have put these guys on the map, except that ska-punk has always been treated as a novelty in this country, and the door was opened just wide enough to let acts like No Doubt and Rancid slip through. Although it's likely little consolation to the band, the lack of commercial success has allowed Buck-O-Nine to stave off maturity, which is a major label's way of sucking the last bit of marrow from a band's vitality. True, Twenty-Eight ...
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