Since their formation in 1983, the BossToneS have been credited as one of the forefathers of ska punk and the creators of its subgenre, ska-core. With a career spanning over 30-years Boston’s best dressed band has built and continued to build a devoted following with their unique brass-infused brand of punk rock.
Here with their 11th studio album , When God Was Great , their first for Hellcat Records, produced by Tim Armstrong (of Rancid) and Ted Hutt (of Flogging Molly), and featuring guest artists from the many punk and ska bands that they have influenced.
The Mighty Mighty BossToneS are vocalist Dicky Barrett, bassist Joe Gittleman, saxophonists Tim “Johnny Vegas” Burton and Leon Silva, Bosstone Ben Carr, drummer Joe Sirois, guitarists Nate Albert and Lawrence Katz, keyboardist John Goetchius, and trombonist Chris Rhodes.
TRACKS
1. Decide
2. M O V E
3. I Don’t Believe In Anything
4. Certain Things
5. Bruised
6. Lonely Boy
7. The Killing Of Georgie (Part III)
8. You Had To Be There
9. When God Was Great
10. What It Takes
11. Long As I Can See The Light
12. The Truth Hurts
13. It Went Well
14. I Don’t Want To Be You
15. The Final Parade
