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Alright, let’s talk biographies... The Waffle Stompers does not mean Anti-Pancake. The Waffle Stompers was created from the minds of 8th grade skateboarder’s and punks and posEURS, and it became a revolution. The Waffle Stompers stands for an undying love of upping punx and downing 40’s. In this sick, sad, world where fun is not hip and Skurock is looked down upon, The Waffle Stompers stands for change. The Waffle Stompers stands for love, hate, war, peace, embracing enemies, and fighting friends. Anti-Flag means...i mean...The Waffle Stompers means unity. Love us and we’ll continue to love you back, it’s what...

The Stompers story begins in the fall of 1977 when friends Sal Baglio and Mark Cuccinello decided to start a band. Stephen Gilligan and Dave Friedman, the only people to respond to an index card posted on a music store bulletin board seeking musicians, arrived a short time later. On November 7, 1977, the musical neophytes played their first gig in Beverly, Mass. EARLY GIGS The act started out in area hang-outs like Cantone's, Inn Square Men's Bar (ladies invited), Jonathan Swift's and The Rathskeller, where each gig was a rock and roll slugfest. It didn't matter where the band...

Hub City Stompers hail from the "hub city" of New Brunswick, NJ. Formed in the summer of 2002 in the wasteland of the seemingly "dead" ska scene. These necromaniacs romanced ska's rotted corpse, playing for the love of the music rather than the popularity of it, and formed a force to be reckoned with in the New Jersey music scene. Embracing various styles and eras from the 60's through the 80's, and adding reggae, jazz, punk and even classical influences, they manage to avoid a typical, formulaic ska sound and steer clear of cliche poppy ska lyrics. Hub City Stompers'...