#4: Rx Bandits

Because you can't see your cage doesn't mean that you are free

At number four are the Rx Bandits. Are you ready for some football?

Wiki Says: Rx Bandits is a four-piece band based in Seal Beach, California. The band formed in 1995 in Orange County, California. They have appeared on the Vans Warped Tour, at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and at The Bamboozle.

Discovery: Those Damn Bandits (1997)

Halfway Between Here and There (1999)

Progress (2001) - Favorite album all time #5

The Resignation (2003)

...And the Battle Begun (2006) - Favorite album all time #8

Mandala

Other Releases: Demo(nstration) 1996

Ska Sucks (1998)

Punk Goes Metal (2000)

Rock Against Bush Vol. 1 (2004)

Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo (2005)

Listen To Bob Dylan: A Tribute (2005)

Live From Bannaroo (2007)

Favorite Songs: 20. Taking Chase As the Serpent Slithers

19. Anyone But You

18. Never Slept So Soundly

17. Newstand Rock (Exposition)

16. My Lonesome Only Friend

15. All The Time

14. Sell You Beautiful

13. Who Would've Thought

12. Overcome (The Recapitulation)

11. Consequential Apathy

10. Only For the Night

9. Status

8. VCG3

7/6. 1980/One Million Miles an Hour, Fast Asleep - Favorite songs all time #96/95

5. Decrescendo - Favorite song all time #70

4. Analog Boy - #60

3. To Our Unborn Daughters - #33

2. In Her Drawer - #14

1. And The Battle Begun -#2

Years Active: 1995-Present

Seen Live: Twice

April 2007-Montclair State University

November 2007-Baltimore, MD

Several ska bands that came out of the 90's played less ska as time went along and became pretty bad. Rx Bandits are the complete opposite. Their first albums is a very local sounding small ska band album. Their next one is more serious and still very ska. Their next one, Progress, is very ska and very serious and mature. The Resignation has much less ska, as does ...And the Battle Begun. Despite that, those albums are excellent on their own way. Songs about as important topics as possible and just keep getting better. While Mandala was a big disappointment (one ska song with horns being a factor), it's still really good and better than the average band's performance. I don't think I've ever seen a band put on as good of a show as Rx Bandits. Hopefully the live video I choose will capture this. The second live one is from 1997 and shows how much they changed in 10 years.

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