Buck-O-Nine

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

Twenty-Eight Teeth
Pop New - LP 5760 TVT
Hard To Find 1997 Original From The San Diego Based Third Wave Ska Band. “Imagine That Joe Jackson Had A Younger Brother Who Grew Up Listening To The Punk And Ska Music Of The Late '70s (I.E., The Clash, The Specials), Moved To California During The Skate Punk Scene, And Formed A Band With Six Of His Slacker Friends, And You've Got A Good Mental Picture Of The Music On Twenty-Eight Teeth. Buck-O-Nine Has The Three-Minute, Get-In-Get-Out Punk/Pop Aesthetic Down To A Science, Which Makes You Wonder Why They Haven't Hit It Big By Now. Surely One Well-Placed "Buzzworthy" Clip Could Have Put These Guys On The Map, Except That Ska-Punk Has Always Been Treated As A Novelty In This Country, And The Door Was Opened Just Wide Enough To Let Acts Like No Doubt And Rancid Slip Through. Although It's Likely Little Consolation To The Band, The Lack Of Commercial Success Has Allowed Buck-O-Nine To Stave Off Maturity, Which Is A Major Label's Way Of Sucking The Last Bit Of Marrow From A Band's Vitality. True, Twenty-Eight Teeth Is A Slight Step Toward More Commercial Music For The Septet, But The Songs Move So Quickly That You Hardly Have Time To Think About It.” – Dave Connolly, AMG... more details