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Chicago-based 666th Wave Ska/Skath band. Grave Danger, have returned with their third festive offering. "Wake The Dead" follows their 2021 single, "Specter Inspector," and 2019 debut, TOMB IT MAY CONCERN EP. Grave Danger told Punk News , who recently premiered "Wake The Dead:" "with "Wake The Dead," we wanted a big, menacing sound, worthy of the Lovecraftian Horror that inspired it, to balance out the fun, bouncy horn parts that we love to write. We had a great time working to get the vibe just right for this monstrous love letter to coffee." Grave Danger is Dave Schwantes providing guitars, bass, keyboards, tenor sax, baritone sax, and backing vocals, drummer Dane Erbach, vocalist Chris Marcanti, trombonist Margaret Miller, trumpet player Andy Miller, and Emily Erbach on theremin/synths. Wake the Dead by Grave Danger "Wake The Dead" was produced by Dave Schwantes with album artwork by David Buist (@david_buist) and mi...

Yes, our favorite band of merry misfits, the gastly ghouls and gals behind Grave Danger have returned once more with a special musical treat for your ear holes just in time for Halloween. 'tis the spooky season for "Skath" (yes, that's Ska + Goth) collective Grave Danger, who have returned from the, uh—grave, with their brand new single, "Specter Inspector." The band's mastermind and multi-instrumentalist David Schwantes says, "I've always enjoyed "Ska spy songs," in the tradition of "Spy Market" by Let's Go Bowling and "Street Sweeper" by Dance Hall Crashers and I thought the phrase "specter inspector" was just funny." Further explaining, "this song was a chance to lean into a driving bassline, a slinky horn part, lots of organ, and build a film noir-style detective world full of ghosts and super-natural intrigue." "Specter Inspector" is just the first of two long-awaited b...

"The world needs more Ska songs about skeletons and ghosts and stuff. 666th Wave Ska," reads the Bandcamp Bio of Berkeley, California-based Ska band, Grave Danger . Technically, Grave Danger have forged an entirely new genre for their releases: "Skath," which combines elements of both Ska & Goth, as well as Punk, Hardcore, and Rock. "The idea of a "Skath" band stems from a strange place: what would a Goth/Ska band sound like, one [that] combined The Misfits' aesthetic with Reel Big Fish's goofball schtick?" explains a Grave Danger press kit. Grave Danger is the brainchild of high school buds, David "Dave" Schwantes & Dane Erbach , who "spent the bulk of their gym class brainstorming fake bands with their friends, in an attempt to avoid whatever physical despair their P.E. teachers had in store for them that day." A selection of these faux groups included a "Death Metal" band called Throbbing Re...