Suspect Bill Discography of CDs

Suspect Bill albums BILL ME LATER... is an Enhanced CD containing both a full audio program as well as multimedia computer files. The Midwest has long been synonymous with ska-core, but like most musical stereotypes, although there's a whiff of truth to that generalization, it ignores the larger picture. Minnesota's Suspect Bill is a perfect case in point. In fact, if their debut album, Bill Me Later..., is anything to go by, this octet never heard a rock album, never mind a metal one. But what really sets Suspect Bill apart from their third wave compatriots who begin with ska and cross it with another genre is that the Suspects work the other way around, using jazz as the core of their sound and melding Jamaican elements around it. This is not merely semantics, as the band's version of the Israeli folk song "Hava Nagila" makes clear. It's presented in jazz style with a Latin flair, with only a slight syncopation to the rhythm, emphasized by the rhythm guitar. In fact, the bulk of Bill Me Later... is built around versions of big-band and jazz standards from such legends as Count Basie, Louis Prima, Benny Goodman, and Billie Holiday, all retaining much of their original jazz styling ...