Go Ballistic
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Go Ballistic is the first CD release by Ipswich
ska
band, The Ballistics
.
. The live tracks are both covers. One More Time was originally recorded by The Clash
. Easy Way Out was originally recorded by fellow Ipswich band, The Adicts
.
Ipswich
Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...
ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
band, The Ballistics
The Ballistics
The Ballistics were a ska band from Ipswich, England. Formed in 2002, they have built up a healthy following across the UK and have garnered airplay in the U.S., Germany, Argentina and Brazil. The band's first album, Go Ballistic, was released in 2003 in a limited run and sold out quickly. A first...
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Track listing
- This Is The UK
- Too Scared To Dance
- Burning Out
- F++k The Vote
- What Does It Take?
- All My Neighbours
- Go Ballistic
- One More Time (live)
- Easy Way Out (live)
Band members
- Glenn McCarthy - vocals
- Daz Hewitt - keyboards / vocals
- Rich Garner - guitar
- Mike Claydon - bass
- Steve Pipe - drums
- Martyn Peck ('Roki') - guitar
More information
The seven tracks that constitute the studio recordings were all written by The BallisticsThe Ballistics
The Ballistics were a ska band from Ipswich, England. Formed in 2002, they have built up a healthy following across the UK and have garnered airplay in the U.S., Germany, Argentina and Brazil. The band's first album, Go Ballistic, was released in 2003 in a limited run and sold out quickly. A first...
. The live tracks are both covers. One More Time was originally recorded by The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
. Easy Way Out was originally recorded by fellow Ipswich band, The Adicts
The Adicts
The Adicts are an English punk band from Ipswich, Suffolk, England. One of the more popular punk rock bands in the 1980s, they were often in the indie charts at that time. Their song "Viva La Revolution" was featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Underground. It was also featured in a commercial...
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