Secondhand Ska Kings

Bob and Bryce started the Secondhand Ska Kings in September of 2004 after watching the greatest travelling and hardest working ska band the world has ever seen perform at what is now an empty space next to the Fine Line. Not only did Warsaw inspire the creation of the Secondhand Ska Kings, it continued to drive us all to become hard working musicians and never give up. Except for Scott. He gave up. Bryce’s wife Robyn is credited with coming up with the band name. Robyn is also responsible for us getting our song “No More Guitars” played on the now syndicated “Veronica Mars”. We sold songs to people in Europe after this. In this band we have; Eric Johnson. He sings, writes songs, writes hornlines to songs, writes lyrics to songs, and plays incredible solos on the trombone. He’s also the one having the most fun at rehearsals and loves it when everyone is playing Street Fighter II. Bob Strootman. We practice at Bob’s house in his basement. Apparently we don’t sound halfbad as his neighbors just came to one of our shows. Bob writes lyrics, songs and sings. In addition to typically achieving the “zing of the day” award, he plays trombone. Matt “Mad Dog” Betrand. Matt’s the workhorse of the band, who volunteers to do things AND gets them done. We would really have no idea who’s next on beer without him, and that’s one of the hundreds of things he does for the band, never complaining or asking someone else to help. He plays guitar(really well actually) even though his main instrument is Bassoon which he plays for many different orchestras all throughout the world with a focus on Eastern Europe. Almost every rehearsal he gets a phone call from Maestro so-and-so and Madame whats-her-face to come perform. Dan “Flanders” Arlig. Loddy gave Dan this nickname after he joined the band due to Dans unwavering jolliness and enthusiasm. Dan plays bass and writes songs. Dan refuses to sing, even background vocals. Dan has a big dog and builds violins and cellos for a living. Ryan “Sargent Private” Lodgaard. Ryan is the rockinest ska drummer around. He coined the term “Marge” for when someone needs a new beer at practice and is a devout Ron Paul fan. Bryce Blilie. I play trumpet and sing songs when Eric wants a “secret weapon”. The band even made a t-shirt with my face on it that said “secret weapon”. This is the second band I play in that has two trombones. Secondhand Ska Kings is a 6 person group involved in the manufacture and distribution of ska, punk, new orleans style brass band music, rock and reggae.