The Planet Smashers

Collide The Specials with singing of Paul Weller and you get a beautiful mixture of punk and scar to create The Planet Smashers. And they look to be smashing up this planet on tour.

Taking on Canada very soon, The Planet Smashers exceed everything you desire from a modern day scar act. There live shows echo what The Specials and The Madness use to create. Everyones arms are pumping, milking the cow as it were, feet moving to the beat and this is best exampled in 'Fabricated.' Watch on youtube their Super orgy porno party where members of the crowd join the band on stage performing and everyone is loving it to the max!

It would be absolutely brilliant if the band can breakthrough and smash One Directions planet up, throw Miley Cyrus to the side and put scar music back where it belongs- number one in our hearts and charts. They are touring so hopefully this spirals into a larger tour and the comeback of scar music.

My friend actually took me along to a Mustard Plug gig some time ago before I knew any of the ska punk band’s tracks, and I was immediately won over by their organic and individual use of eclectic instruments in their punk sound. The trumpet and saxophone build up the sound incredibly, and when juxtaposed with the guitar and drums, they create a super exciting sound. After seeing their first show live, I knew I had to buy their music, and after listening to it time and time again, I was lucky enough to catch them in concert once again.

Usually, I’d say a band with seven members was a little too big, but the bigband sound that they create is incredible and instantly creates an electric atmosphere. Seeing the band six years on from my first experience with them, I’d say if anything, they’ve just got better and better over the years. They played through their album Can’t Contain It, which was actually funded using a KickStarter campaign, and as no one in the crowd had heard any of the tracks form the album live before, everyone was going crazy, and dancing full out.

From start to finish, the band were totally dedicated to their performance, and Colin and Dave were shouting out to us in the crowd to get involved with the dancing and singing. The way that you could tell that every single band member was there to please the audience made the whole event seem even more special and exhilarating.