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Not for the Crowd
12+ albums
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Not For The Crowd Ska band established 1995 in Montclair, California. The Lineup Jason Farman-lead singer and rhythm guitar Adrian Romo-Bass Jason Bowen-drums Mike Eddy-Percussion Alex Espinoza-Keyboards Ken Kamena-Trumpet Colin Johnson-Saxophone Javier Obregon-Trumpet and lead guitar Band History The band was formed in the summer of 1995 as a 3-piece band, with no real knowledge of music or of writing music. Jason Farman was the only one who had received any kind of formal musical training, but had no idea how to write anything close to a Ska song. In fact, the group focused primarily on Funk, jazz, and very little Ska music. In the coming months, Not For The Crowd added a couple of horn players, a trumpet and trombone. With two coffee shop shows finished, the band lost its trombone player. Another 2 months passed, NFTC found another horn player, and continued adding members over time to become an 8-piece band. Two-Tone and Traditional Ska were the styles they fell in love with incorporating other modern sounds with Surf guitar and they continued until 2001 when they formally went on hiatus. Albums and Compilations Their first CD entitled "Morningstar Radio Hour," (which was actually supposed to be a demo only) was self-released as an 8-song E.P. independently sold 3500 units which garnered the attention of many Major and Independent music labels. The band was featured on "Skantified,"(Eclectica-NSoulRecords) "Freedom Sounds vol.1"(With the Israelites, Big Dog Sma
