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The Slackers

{{short description|American ska band}}

{{about|the ska band|other uses|Slackers (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = The Slackers

| image = Slackers-skaband.jpg

| caption = L to R: Vic Ruggiero, Ara Babajian, Marcus Geard, Dave Hillyard, Jay Nugent, Glen Pine

| image_size =

| background = group_or_band

| alias = The Nods

| origin = Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.

| genre = Ska

| years_active = 1991–present

| label = Hellcat, Moon Ska, Whatevski Records, Indication Records, Pirate’s Press Records, Special Potato Records, Paper + Plastick

| associated_acts = Stubborn All-Stars
SKAndalous All-Stars
Dave Hillyard Rocksteady 7
Da Whole Thing

| website = [http://www.theslackers.com/ Official Site]

| current_members = *Vic Ruggiero

| past_members = *Marc Lyn

}}

The Slackers are an American ska band, formed in Manhattan, New York in 1991. The band's sound is a mix of ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, soul, garage rock, and jazz. The Slackers' notability is credited to their prolific career, tours of North and South America, Europe, and elsewhere, and signing to notable punk label Hellcat Records.

The members of the Slackers have also been known to perform in other bands and musical projects, including Reggae Workers of the World, David Hillyard & The Rocksteady Seven, Crazy Baldhead Sound System, Da Whole Thing, The Hall Trees, Stubborn All-Stars, and the SKAndalous All Stars. Vic Ruggiero performs as a solo act performing both original compositions as well as reworked Slackers songs, and has also played keyboards and piano on several Rancid albums.

Career

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The band's second album, Redlight, released on September 23, 1997,{{cite book|title=CMJ New Music Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LhGxd6mX1UUC&pg=PA51|date=8 September 1997|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|pages=51–}} was ranked number seven in Billboard editor Carrie Bell's "The Year in Music (1997)" list.{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5AkEAAAAMBAJ|date=December 27, 1997 – January 3, 1998 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5AkEAAAAMBAJ/page/n84 71]–}} The album's track with the same name charted at number 116 on the week of November 10, 1997—the song's third week—in CMJ Radio Top 200.[https://books.google.com/books?id=oVDTEZdWha0C&dq=Redlight+slackers+-wikipedia+cmj&pg=PA7 CMJ Top 200], Page 7, 10 Nov 1997, CMJ New Music Report

Members

=Current lineup=

=Former members and contributors=

=Former producers and collaborators=

  • Victor Rice – producer and bass
  • Zack Levine – producer
  • Eric Sierra – songwriter
  • David Lindome – producer

Discography

=Studio albums=

=EPs=

=Singles=

  • "2-Face" (1996)
  • "International War Criminal" (2004)
  • "Pully Split" (2004)
  • "You Must Be Good" (2006)
  • "Little Joe" (2006)
  • "Minha Menina" (2007)
  • "Dreidel" (2009)
  • "New Years Day" (Urban Pirate Records, 2010)
  • "Xmas Every Day" (2011)
  • "Crazy Baldhead" (2012)
  • "Sarah" (2012)
  • "My Bed Is A Boat" (2013)
  • "By You With You For You" (2013)
  • "Heroes b/w Always On My Mind" (2015)
  • "I Can't Hide" (2016)
  • "The Boss" (2016)
  • "Wrongfull Suspension" (2018)
  • "Peculiar" (2019)
  • "The Way Of A Woman" (2019)
  • "Baba Roots" (2019)
  • "Sleep Outside" (2020)
  • "Nobody Listening" (2020)
  • "Blue" (2020)
  • "Widowland" (2021)
  • "Watch This" (2021)
  • "人にやさしく / Wicked Must Survive" (2021)
  • "Don't Let The Sunlight Fool Ya"(2022)
  • "New York Berlin" (2022)
  • "Kill You". (2023)

=Demo cassettes=

=Live albums=

  • Live at Ernesto's (2000)
  • Upsettin' Ernesto's (2004)
  • Slack in Japan (2005)
  • NYC Boat Cruise 2009 (digital only, 2009)
  • Slackfest NYC 2009 (digital only, 2009)
  • Holiday Party With... (digital only, 2009)
  • Live On the West Side 4/6/10 (digital only, 2010)
  • Live In San Francisco 12/31/10 (digital only, 2011)

=Collections=

=Compilations=

=DVDs=

  • Give 'Em the Boot (2005): "And I Wonder"
  • The Slackers: A Documentary (2007)
  • The Flamingo Cantina Series with The Slackers (2009)
  • The Slacker Live On Video (2014)

References

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External links

  • [http://theslackers.com/ The Slackers official homepage]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090314005617/http://www.grundfunk.net/faulenzen-mit-den-slackers/ Interview with The Slackers on] [http://www.grundfunk.net www.grundfunk.net]
  • [http://www.moanin.de/en/?Releases:Self_Medication:Interview%3A_Vic_Ruggiero Interview with the Slackers' singer Vic Ruggiero about the album Self Medication (2008)]
  • [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1126373 Interview and studio session with The Slackers on National Public Radio (2001)]
  • [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p206598|pure_url=yes}} AMG entry]
  • [https://archive.org/details/TheSlackers The Slackers collection] at the Internet Archive's live music archive
  • [http://www.slackerschords.com/ The Slackers' Chords], a website dedicated to The Slackers' music
  • [http://www.phonocaster.com/ Management (Europe) Tourbooking (GER, AUT, CZ, DK, CH)]

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Category:Third-wave ska groups