Voodoo Glow Skulls are an underground third-wave ska band. Their music is a mixture of old-style ska, punk and metal. The band formed in 1988 in Riverside, California by brothers Frank, Eddie and Jorge Casillas and their longtime friend Jerry O'Neill. The Voodoo Glow Skulls practiced for two years in a sweaty back bedroom/practice space until they forged a taut unit that performed with demonic intensity and a demented sense of humor. Voodoo Glow Skulls first played out at backyard parties; when Spanky's Café opened they played now-legendary shows with the Angry Samoans, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Firehose, Murphy's Law and The Dickies.
In 1991, Signal Sound Systems Records discovered them and urged them to add a horn section. Luckily for the band, a young saxophonist named Joey Hernandez took an interest in them, stepped in, and invented the horn style that came to define VGS. The band would later add Joe McNally on trumpet and Brodie Johnson on trombone. This would cement their blend...
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on Jan 24, 2008
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