River City Rebels A punk and ska-tinged rock band with more lineup changes than the current administration’s war department, RCR began life as The SKAtenders before signing to Victory Records changing members some more, recording with the likes of Jesse Malin, Duane Peters and Sylvain Sylvain, giving themselves nicknames, fighting through a few drug habits, considering a name change, losing more members and, finally, getting dropped. What about the music, you may ask? Fair-to-middlin’, as you might expect from all the turnover. Give ’em credit for hangin’ in there, though. With Southside Punx and Fast Boys. The Milestone (Timothy C. Davis)
This article appears in Aug 13-19, 2008.
