New York City’s pioneering SKA band The Toasters are going strong 45 years later, with a series of tours spanning North America to Europe in 2026. They are set to bring their sound to various cities as part of their 45 Years in SKA Tour, delivering the high-energy, brass-driven sound that has made them legends of the genre.
“When the world gets turned upside down, when loyalties realign, when everyone expects conformity: Don’t let the bastards grind you down. The Toasters, New York City’s seminal ska band, have lived by this maxim since their founding in 1981 by sole constant Robert “Bucket” Hingley – even if those words waited until 1997 to appear (in the classic bastardized Latin) on a Toasters album of the same name.