Asian Man
* The B. Lee Band: Gerry Is Strong (3.0 mb) | Mr. Hanelei (3.0 mb) | Going Insane (3.5 mb)
From The B. Lee Band : Asian Man Records : AM-004
Though this may come as a surprise, awhile back, I was pretty into the ska/ska-punk scene. I really appreciated the energy, positivity and DIY-idness that emanated from the scene. One band I really got into was Skankin’ Pickle. The band was interesting to me because it was cool to see an Asian front man (Mike Park) totally rockin’ out.
At any rate, I stopped listening to ska/ska-punk awhile ago, but kept up with the musical career of Mike Park. He’s pretty damn amazing, running a pretty successful record label out of his Mom’s garage, touring by bicycle to raise money for non-profits and just being an all around great guy. In many respects, Asian Man Records can be seen as the California version of Dischord Records.
While surfing their web site awhile ago, I stumbled upon a killer promotional they were running. And a week later I was skankin in my living room to some awesome ska. The B. Lee Band is Mike Park as front man with Less Than Jake as his backing band.
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