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K-Man & The 45s
MJ PRESENTS: Faintest Idea / K-Man & The 45s on 16.10.25 at Chelsea Vienna
Chelsea
U-Bahnbögen 29-30
Oct 16, 2025
7:00 PM GMT+2
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FAINTEST IDEA
https://www.facebook.com/Faintestidea
(Ska-Punk / UK)
„Faintest Idea“ sind eine Ska-Punk-Band mit den tiefen, kräftigen Stimmen zweier Vokalisten und fesselndem
BrassSound. Wegen ihrer energiegeladenen Live-Performance ist es keine Überraschung, dass sie eine ständig wachsende
„Armee“ loyaler Fans haben. Indem sie Elemente ihrer einflussreichen Bands wie The Filaments, Rancid, Inner
Terrestrials, The Specials, Toots & the Maytals, etc. mixen, entwickeln „Faintest Idea“ einen eigenen, speziellen SonicBlast-Punk-Sound, der für sich allein unbegreiflich ist.
Faintest Idea are a ska-punk band with deep, hard hitting dual vocals and addictive brass. From there energetic live performance, its no suprise they have an ever growing army of loyal fans. Mixing an exciting concoction of their influences - The Filaments, Rancid, Inner terrestrials,The specials,Toots and the Maytales etc; this band has its ownsonic blast punk injected sound that is to rare to comprehend on its own!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Faintestidea
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faintest_idea
Bandcamp: https://faintestidea.bandcamp.comn
Video: https://youtu.be/gWK_qLDIW3Y
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K-MAN & THE 45S
https://www.facebook.com/kman45
(Montreal / Canada)
K-Man & The 45s, eine von Kanadas bekanntesten und beliebtesten Ska-Bands, vermischt Ska mit Rock’n’Roll. Ihr pausenloses Touren und die hyperaktiven Konzerte erregen stets Aufmerksamkeit. Ihr erstes, SelfTitled album erschien 2016, erntete begeisterte Kritiken, und seitdem hat die Band nur noch weiter Gas gegeben - abgesehen von einem kurzen Ausstand während der Pandemie. Von den Fans gefeierte Songs wie „I Don’t Mind“ und „Space Thriller“ untermauerten ihren Ruf in der Szene, während Festivalauftritte und Tourneen sie an alle Ecken des Globus führten. Durch gemeinsame Auftritte zusammen mit Genre-Größen wie The Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Planet Smashers, The Original Wailers, Big D and The Kids Table und The Slackers vergrößerte sich ihre Anhängerschaft weiter. Die Veröffentlichung des Albums „Stand With the Youth“ untermauerten ihren Ruf in der nationalen und nun auch internationalen Ska- und Punk-Szene. Alles lief großartig – jetzt spielten sie nicht nur in Kanada, sondern auch in den USA und Europa!
Doch dann kam Covid und mit dem Virus alles zum Stillstand. Sowohl von der Pandemie als auch seiner Scheidung
zerstört, verbrachte Sänger K-Man seine Zeit in einem abgelegenen Haus an einem See neben einem Berghang. Hier
schrieb er die Songs für „Primed To Go“. Selbstreflektion führte zu der Erkenntnis, dass das Leben auf Tour einfach besser ist – eines der Hauptthemen des neuen Albums. Aber es gab auch spaßige und leichte Momente während dieser Zeit, was sich in Songs wie „The Girl Likes Heavy Metal“, „Daytime Drinking“ und „Regroup on Planet X“ widerspiegelt. Im letzteren Song wirkt Efrem Shultz von den Voodoo Glow Skulls, Death By Stereo und Manic Hispanic mit. Es gibt auch einen Ansatz von Soul-Searching, was in dem persönlicheren, lyrischen Stil einiger Songs resultiert, eine neue Richtung für die Band. „K-Man Style Way“ schildert die Einsamkeit, die während einer langen Zeit
auf Tour entstehen kann. Der Song „Silhouette“ ist eine langsamere, stimmungsvolle Ballade in einem ganz neuen Stil,
mit der liebreizenden Lea Keeley im Duett mit K-Man bei den Vocals, die den Worten über obsessive Liebe Gestalt geben.
Damit fühlt sich „Primed To Go“ mehr wie ein komplettes Album an als vergangene Veröffentlichungen und zeigt so das Wachstum der Band. Stets energetisch und erfrischend zieht das Album den Hut vor dem ursprünglichen Ska-Genre, mit der typischen Rock’n’Roll-Attitüde der Band als Grundlage. Festivals sowie Tourneen in Kanada, den USA und Europa sind gebucht - K-Man & The 45s sind wieder in Bewegung!
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K-Man & The 45s Biography
K-Man & The 45s, where Ska meets Rock and Roll. This Canadian 5 piece band from downtown Montreal is as heavily influenced by old school ska as it is with classic rock n roll. With a fantastic horn section playing catchy melodic lines and blazing solos over an energetic rhythm section, they switch naturally from ska to rock and punk, with surf sounds often not far behind. They draw influences as much from 2 tone bands such as The Specials and The Beat as they do from The Ramones and The Cramps.
K-Man & The 45s has always felt more comfortable on the road than at home. They have toured the country countless times playing coast to coast. They've also shared the stage with a million bands including: The Slackers, Big D and The Kids Table, The Satellites, The Original Wailers , The Planet Smashers, The Brains and I could easily fall in to simple name dropping here and go on and on. No stranger to the festival scene they have headlined The Ottawa Ska festival, The Montreal Skafest, Music For The Masses and headlined a bunch of others including NXNE, KOI music fest, Festival de la Gibelotte… you get the idea.
Since the release of the 2016 self-titled debut on Stomp Records, K-Man & The 45s have played countless shows across Europe and North America, headlined a ton of international festivals and shared the stage with labelmates The Planet Smashers, The Brains and Voodoo Glow Skulls just to name a few. Their ultra-upbeat blend of ska, punk and rock n’ roll has packed venues, dives and jukejoints in over a dozen countries and has made them an absolute fixture in the Montreal scene.
Stand With The Youth features 12 tracks of high energy steady-rocking Ska punk gems. The title track was inspired by the students and youth movements rising up against gun violence and finding their voice. K-Man felt that, on most issues, he had a lot more in common with the youth of today than the old goats in power and needed to show some support. While the album at first appears to tackle many of the important subjects of the day, the band chose to follow in the path of ska pioneers to present a positive, hopeful, rebellious, uplifting and sometimes humorous point of view…not an easy thing to do at all. The song “Don’t Touch It” deals with drug addiction and homelessness in an all out punk rocking blitz. “Free To Go”, with its infectious dancehall groove, speaks to domestic violence and the feelings of being trapped while still somehow remaining optimistic.
There was no direct intention to write an album that covers so many issues such as mental health, addiction, homelessness, violence, spousal abuse, and gentrification. It just happened to turn out that way. Of course it can’t all be serious as the band firmly displays their unique sense of humor in the “Space Thriller” (250K+ views on YT) sequel “Hero With A Death Ray” and singing about the pure pleasure of a cook-out in Jamaica. They also threw in a Ska cover of Chuck Berry’s “You Never Can Tell” for good measure.
For fans of: The Specials, The English Beat, Mad Caddies, The Planet Smashers, Sublime
BOOKING contact:
alex@stomprecords.com
Read MoreK-Man & The 45s has always felt more comfortable on the road than at home. They have toured the country countless times playing coast to coast. They've also shared the stage with a million bands including: The Slackers, Big D and The Kids Table, The Satellites, The Original Wailers , The Planet Smashers, The Brains and I could easily fall in to simple name dropping here and go on and on. No stranger to the festival scene they have headlined The Ottawa Ska festival, The Montreal Skafest, Music For The Masses and headlined a bunch of others including NXNE, KOI music fest, Festival de la Gibelotte… you get the idea.
Since the release of the 2016 self-titled debut on Stomp Records, K-Man & The 45s have played countless shows across Europe and North America, headlined a ton of international festivals and shared the stage with labelmates The Planet Smashers, The Brains and Voodoo Glow Skulls just to name a few. Their ultra-upbeat blend of ska, punk and rock n’ roll has packed venues, dives and jukejoints in over a dozen countries and has made them an absolute fixture in the Montreal scene.
Stand With The Youth features 12 tracks of high energy steady-rocking Ska punk gems. The title track was inspired by the students and youth movements rising up against gun violence and finding their voice. K-Man felt that, on most issues, he had a lot more in common with the youth of today than the old goats in power and needed to show some support. While the album at first appears to tackle many of the important subjects of the day, the band chose to follow in the path of ska pioneers to present a positive, hopeful, rebellious, uplifting and sometimes humorous point of view…not an easy thing to do at all. The song “Don’t Touch It” deals with drug addiction and homelessness in an all out punk rocking blitz. “Free To Go”, with its infectious dancehall groove, speaks to domestic violence and the feelings of being trapped while still somehow remaining optimistic.
There was no direct intention to write an album that covers so many issues such as mental health, addiction, homelessness, violence, spousal abuse, and gentrification. It just happened to turn out that way. Of course it can’t all be serious as the band firmly displays their unique sense of humor in the “Space Thriller” (250K+ views on YT) sequel “Hero With A Death Ray” and singing about the pure pleasure of a cook-out in Jamaica. They also threw in a Ska cover of Chuck Berry’s “You Never Can Tell” for good measure.
For fans of: The Specials, The English Beat, Mad Caddies, The Planet Smashers, Sublime
BOOKING contact:
alex@stomprecords.com
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