The sixth edition of Ska Nation returned to the live music scene in
2019 after five years hiatus to much acclaim and returns in 2020 even
bigger and better! In 2019 the Road to Ska Nation featured Mexican ska
punkers Los Kung Fu Monkeys and in 2020 we introduce to Australia for
the first time ever, Grand Rapids, Michigan, pioneers of ska punk
Mustard Plug to lead the road to Ska Nation, culminating in the Ska
Nation Festival over the labour day long week end on March 8 and 9 in
Melbourne. We here at Focus Group Music have been trying to get
Mustard Plug to Australia for the past 15 years and we are excited to
introduce Australia to the rawkus fun and dancing that Mustard Plug
bring to every live performance, with bangers such as Mr Smiley, The
Beer Song, You and many others from their back catalogue. Mustard Plug
started out in the punk clubs, basements and dive bars of the Midwest,
playing punk-influenced ska music before most people in the U.S. had
ever heard of ska. They clung to a DIY work ethic that had been
ingrained in them growing up in the 1980′s hardcore punk scene and
applied it to everything they would ever do together as a band.
Mustard Plug released their first cassette tape themselves (1992′s
Skapocalypse Now!), and played constantly to earn enough money to
record their first album – 1994′s Big Daddy Multitude. Their debut
full length was released on legendary NYC label Moon Records (home of
Toasters, Hepcat, Dance Hall Crashers, and pretty much every other
90′s ska band of note). With their new national distribution and
exposure, the band climbed into their van and performed their music to
new fans across North America. Twenty-one years, 1500 shows and
200,000 album sales later, it cannot be denied that the band has
surpassed all expectations and permanently staked their claim in
contemporary music. Catch Mustard Plug for their first ever visit to
Australia along with Australia’s favorite ska punk brats The
Resignators, Nerdlinger and Operation Ibis on the road to Ska Nation
in Sydney.
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105 Victoria Rd, Marrickville, 2204, NSW, AU