The Traditionals: "Steel Town Anthems"

A couple of days ago, I checked my "snail mail" mailbox, and stuffed right in there, like a well-packed sausage, was the latest Traditionals album, Steel Town Anthems!

NEWS | The Traditionals in Youngstown, OH on March 12th, 2011!

GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE! I recently started working on a little side project since leaving DCD. I am now, in my free time, a novice live show promoter. My first event will be in Youngstown, OH at University Pizzeria, a.k.a. The U-Pie, on March 12, 2011. The lineup is The Traditionals (Pittsburgh), Mala Sangre (Erie), and Tighten Up! Pittsburgh's deejay Jeffrey The Boss, who will be spinning the best in ska, rocksteady, reggae, punk, and Oi! between sets and after the show.

The Traditionals

Interview with (then) guitarist (now vocalist/guitarist) Dave Harris. Originally conducted via email for Artless Nonculture Webzine, January, 2008.

For those who don't know, give a brief little history of the band. 

We started playing in the late summer of 1997. The original lineup was Dave and Joe Harris, Donovan, Craig and Matt. That lineup produced an unreleased demo, then in 1998 Matt left the band and was replaced by Rick. This line up released the “No Choice” LP on an independent label in Pittsburgh that folded shortly after our release.

We were in dealings with GMM Records and played the Beer Olympics in 1999 and 2000. Rob Faulkner replaced Donovan on vocals in 2001. We played the Holidays in the Sun Festival in 2002, in New Jersey. This lineup released the "Dead Society" LP in 2004 on Impact Records in Germany.