The Hippos is tagged as: ska, ska punk, 3rd wave ska, punk, ska-punk There is more than one artist called The Hippos 1) The Hippos, a third wave ska-punk band from Southern California. 2) The Hippos, a blues band from Sydney, Australia. The Hippos’ first full album release was Forget the World, released in 1996. Interestingly, many of the songs on Forget The World were written when Ariel Rechstaid, the band’s primary songwriter, was only 15 years old. Unlike other typical bands of the genre, The Hippos employed heavy use of a Moog synthesizer. This album employed traditional ska-punk songwriting, including upbeat tempos and heavy brass instrumentation. Additionally, various percussion instruments were used, such as bongos and wood blocks. The next album was Heads Are Gonna Roll, released in 1999. A transitional album, a balance of horns and synthesizers is found on this album. Commercially, this album was the band’s most successful; it is the only album to be fully produced by a large record label and thus is assumedly the most circulated and heard of the three albums.|The Hippos, a self titled final release, was released in 2003 after the band’s break-up. This album completed the gradual transition from traditional ska-punk to the unique, orginal synthpop sound exhibited here. Ties to the ska-punk scene from whi... Read More About The Hippos Biography...  Send The Hippos ringtones to your cell
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