APPLETON, WIS. — The five original members of Madison’s I Voted for Kodos will play their final concert together Saturday, May 19 as one of the headliners of Skappleton 2007, Lawrence University’s annual salute to ska.
I Voted for Kodos and Bomb the Music Industry! will close a 12-hour “skavaganza” featuring 15 bands on two stages in Lawrence’s Buchanan Kiewit Recreation Center. Doors open at 11 a.m. and music begins at 12 noon. Tickets for Skappleton, at $15 each, can be purchased at the door the day of the event.
Winners of the 2005 purevolume.com Bamboozle on-line voting competition, I Voted for Kodos has earned a national following with its catchy hooks and tight harmonies. The band has completed five national tours and shared the stage with such notables as Fall Out Boy, Reel Big Fish, Bowling For Soup and Mustard Plug. But following Saturday’s concert, the band mates will go their separate ways.
Under the direction of producer and lead songwriter Jeff Rosenstock, Bomb the Music Industry! has counted more than 15 different musicians as band members since its founding. BtMI is known to offer fans a chance to perform on stage if they learn a song and bring their instrument to the show.
Their discography includes four albums and their first CD, “Get Warmer,” will be released on Asian Man Records this summer.
Other bands on the 2007 Skappleton line-up include: Reaching Scarlet, Catch of the Day, Chicken Poodle Soup, Hired Geeks, T.U.G.G., Car Full of Midgets, Offend Your Friends, 4th and Michigan, The Skamikazes, The Invaders, Piper Club, Small Kitchen Appliances and Sajak.
