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 Warsaw Poland Bros LINKS: MySpace BIO: Founded in 1990 by Chris Poland, The Warsaw Poland Brothers are more of an institution than a band. For years they have tirelessly toured North America and Hawaii, independently selling over 100,000 CDs, and logging over 580,000 miles on their latest tour van. Their brutal tour schedule and zealous commitment to the live performance have inspired a generation of ska/punk musicians including Slightly Stoopid and Authority Zero (both of whom used to open for the Poland Brothers before making it big) but also burnt through musicians like brake pads. With a rotating cast of players the Brothers struggled to maintain the band, touring with as many as six musicians to as few as three. By 2007 the Warsaw Poland Bros, now led by younger brother and lead guitarist, Aaron Poland, had assembled a top notch rhythm section (cousin Vladimir Poland on drums, and NW latin-jazz ringer Dallas Huber on bass) but lacked the dual trombone sound that made Warsaw legendary in the late 90s. Then in March 2008, as if by some celestial conspiracy, both of the Poland Brothers' original trombone players (the legendary Monkeybone and Drago) called Aaron out of the blue. "These guys are true trombone virtuosos" Says Aaron, "Individually, either is amazing, but together they are truly unbelievable! To have them both come out of retirement and back on the road at the same time was like a sign - I knew I had to keep the tour going" That tour, which started in the mid 90's and shows no sign of letting up, heads through Montana Oct 14th-19th 2008. Warsaw Press clippings: "I watched the Poland Brothers win over a hard rock crowd in seconds. There's something about their energy and the quality of their playing that makes believers out of the harshest skeptics. Everyone had a great time. These guys are destined for something big!" James Riordan (former writer for Rolling Stone and author of Break on Through: The Life & Death of Jim Morrison and 20 other books – jamesriordan.com - via email MAY 30th 2008 "With somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 shows a year over the last eight years, Warsaw has perfected the art of performance" - Boise Weekly MARCH 29, 2006 "[Warsaw]rumbles through the genre's various subcategories with loving reverence, tackling Ska (nodding to each "wave"), Dub, Roots Reggae and Dancehall with great success" CityBeat 8-18-2004 Cinninatti Weekly "[Warsaw has] figured out how to turn a rigorous gigging schedule, a chameleon's ability to morph musically, and a trained capacity for networking into an indie music lifestyle" Fast Forward e-Newsletter Warsaw Poland Bros Get Their Sponsors to Pick Up the Tab "When they said "Let's make a ska album" and Battle Ska Galactica came out, you better believe it was some of the most right-on-target ska (in all its forms) coming out of the nineties" http://www.ruderoots.com/reviews/warsaw/ "If this band were an animal it'd be a chamelion with dreadlocks..." Review by Brian "Blenderboy" Gillespie http://www.shitenonions.com/reviews_dec03.html |