Our History and Backgrounds. We're some wild and crazy guys (and girl). Read up, get to know us and freak us out at our next gig with how much you know about us.

Rythym:

Guitar: Tait Lewis

Sometimes Tait locks himself in the bathroom and pretends he's Kim Thayil. Other times we're not sure what his deal is.

Tait plays a guitar and makes faces.

Bass: Corey Golon

*By some people that might not be Corey....

Corey was born in Colorado, and was automatically in 4-5 bands at once. By the time Corey was in elementary school, he had joined and parted with many more, such as Blink 182, Reel Big Fish, and Green Day. He also toured for a stint with Metallica, but he quit because he thought they weren't metal enough. By the time Corey joined up with the Ska Skank Redemption, he was in over 9,000 projects and had an extremely intimate understanding of every single venue in Colorado. He was even playing with the Killers, but quit on account of Mark Kinz being insane. Plus the Killers kinda suck. When Corey is not playing in one of his infinite number of bands, he is holding down a job at King Soopers, or spending time with his fianceé, or going to school for saxophone at Metro State, or longboarding, or pretty much being the most popular person in the state. Corey has perfect hair that can turn common items into gold.  He is easily cooler than you.  Sorry, it's science.

Corey plays: The bass... motherfucker...

Drums: Royal Langer

Royal grew up in Seattle, Washington. In 1997 is family moved to Aurora, Colorado, which was when he started drumming. But up to this point in his life, his parents had sheltered him quit a bit, and he didn't own a single CD. Thankfully, in middle school, he started taking drum lessons with Chad Johnson, the rockiest dinosaur in the western hemisphere. Chad introduced Royal to music, and musical conglomerate of eclectic outbursts ensued. Now Royal attends UNC as a business finance major, and drums whenever he feels like it. He is also the drummer for The Skaskank Redemption, and is fully prepared to be in any other musical vendettas that are trying to take over the world. Unfortunately for you the reader, Royal is not single, and doesn't cheat. Get over it. But if you ever want to jam, Royal would be down, and you should too, because that is as close that you will ever get to him.

     Royal plays Premier drums, Zildjian, Paiste, and Sabian cymbals, and a bunch of other brands of stuff including LP, Mapex, Gibraltar, Tama, and Pearl. He also owns Road Runner, Galaxy, and Gator cases, as well as Pro-mark and Vic Firth sticks. Last not least, he owns Attack, Everplay, Evans, and Remo drumheads.

Horns:

Trombone: Mark Kinz:  

Mark was born in New Jersey.  If there were every a prophetic event to prove that he would one day be in a Ska band, that was it.  Mark started playing trombone one day.  It was bad.  But he thought he was good.  Then he found out he wasn't.  Then he tried the whole "Get better" thing.  He was in That One Band with Kyle from 04-07.  Then he started Legitimate Idiot, which actually didn't even last a year, but it was super fun.  Then Ska Skank Redemption got started, and has been demolishing kittens ever since.  

Mark likes Coffee.  Sometimes Mark forgets to eat due to his dependence on the Internet.  He goes to CSU and studies with Greg Harper on teh Bass trombone.   

Mark Plays: Well, Mark played a Getzen Eterna 700 for a really long time using a 5G or 6.5 AL Bach mouthpiece.  He played this horn for about the first year and a half of Ska Skank Redemption's existence, switching occasionally to a Yamaha he borrowed from his friend, Katy Davies.   Now, however, Mark plays a Getzen Eterna Series Bass 1052FDR on an un-released Dave Taylor prototype stainless steel mouthpiece.

Mark knows HTML! lol!

Alto and Bari Sax: Kyle Etges: 

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Kyle was born. He reveled. He heard Jazz. Saxophone!!! He was inspired. A couple years. That One Band: 04-07. It was great. Mark introduced Kyle to Ska. Magic. Mark recruits- Legitimate Idiot: 07-08. He drums. Bad idea. He switches. Saxophone! Ska Skank Redemption: 08-now.
Music Ed/Jazz- Northern Colorado. Supermodel girlfriend, too much coffee, composing. BEARD!!!

Kyle Plays: A Selmer Mark VI Bari sax with an S.R. Tech mouthpiece and ligature, and a Selmer Balanced Action Alto sax with a Phil Barone mouthpiece and Bay ligature. He uses Rico reeds.

Tenor Sax: Adam Ross

(bio written by Kyle Etges)

Adam's baby-making tenor saxophone sound can impregnate people from over 500 yards away. It's Science.  

Adam Plays: A Cannonball Tenor with a Meyer Mouthpiece. He also uses Vandoren reeds.

Trumpet: Hannah "Tait's sister" "Legs" "Spicy Lips" Lewis

As Written by Mark Kinz
Hannah Lewis is an old name, that Hannah herself has denounced in favor of the name "Tait's Sister", given to her by Mark Kinz. From here out, she will be referred to as Tait's Sister. Tait's Sister's life before High School revolved around keeping Tait's guitar prowess under wraps. As the guardian of the secret of Tait, she secretly loaned him some of her awesome trumpet playing skills. You see, Tait's Sister was actually granted the powers of all great trumpet gods from the past. When Tait finally unveiled his godliness in That One Band, Tait's sister lay in wait until the proper time for her to unload her fury on the trumpet. Pretending to be timid and aloof, she picked up the flute so as not to blow everyone away with her trumpet godliness. But finally, she couldn't take it any more. She grew tired of being treated like a stereotypical "tee hee hee I play the flute" girl. One day, she snapped when band director Kent Jones made a comment comparing her to the other flutes. She promptly summoned a trumpet from the sky, and cranked out the solo on "Would you be Impressed" before the song was even written, and before Matt Stewart had even joined Streetlight.
Tait's Sister took over the Monarch band, running a strict Operation via the trumpet section. She eventually joined her brother in playing in Ska Skank Redemption, and has upset trumpet players from more established Ska bands by being able to play out of an already very loud horn section. In fact, it could be argued that she has volume equal to that of two trumpet players. Tait's Sister is revered as one of the best ska trumpet players in Colorado.

Hannah Plays: A Bundy Trumpet. That's right, bitch.