Ska Band Releases New Album; Launches Contest to Find the Most Hilarious Skank Mrs. Skannotto’s New CD to be Released at Concert on Oct. 15

Rochester, NY, October 14, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Mrs. Skannotto—a long-standing Rochester, NY ska band—today announced that it will release its fifth album, “The Long Dark Road,” at a launch party held at the Club at Water Street on Oct. 15. Event attendees will be able to see the band perform the new songs live, and will receive a copy of the CD free.

With the release, the band is urging fans to use their favorite song from The Long Dark Road to participate in an online skanking contest to find the funniest variation of the dance. Mrs. Skannatto hopes to ingrain the skank dance style—which originated in the 1950s or 1960s in Jamaican dance halls where ska was played—and was last popular through the mid 1990s. Participants can download a song free from the band’s MySpace page and video tape their dance moves to the music, or take video of their dancing at the Water Street concert. Videos posted to the Mrs. Skannotto Facebook page will be judged by the band, and winners announced on Nov. 20, 2010. The contestant with the best skanking will receive a free Apple® iPod Touch, and two runners up will receive Mrs. Skannotto merchandise packs.

“Mrs. Skannotto band members represent the second generation of artists to be participating in the third wave of the ska music genre,” said Justin Lloyd, band manager and lead horn player. “Our music is continuing to move the genre forward by leveraging the best of the past—the ska music from the last 50 years, as well as the combination of sound assets from rock, punk and reggae that initially defined this format.”

By honoring traditional ska and emphasizing slightly darker and heavier sounds, the CD plays tribute to the band’s favorite ska artists, such as The Toasters; Mighty Mighty Bosstones; Big D and the Kids Table; The Slackers, and Hepcat.

Available through CD Baby, Amazon.com and iTunes, the CD offers twelve original tracks:
1. The Other Man
2. Girlfriend
3. Long Dark Road
4. Smashed Against the Wall
5. Ordinary Girl
6. Girl Come Back
7. Self-Appointed King
8. Get Off the Fence
9. Time to Play
10. Mainstream
11. Finally Happy
12. The 86th floor

Mrs. Skannotto will play at the Water Street Music Hall at 204 North Water Street, Rochester, NY, on Oct. 15 beginning at 6:30PM. Tickets are available at the door, all Ticketmaster locations or through Ticketmaster.com.

For more information on Mrs. Skannotto, ska music, or the CD, connect with the band on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/mrs-skannotto/44308786091 or MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/skannotto. Contest participants can post videos until midnight Nov. 15, 2010 at the Mrs. Skannotto Facebook page.

About Mrs. Skannotto
Mrs. Skannotto has been on the ska scene since 1998, appealing to music enthusiasts of all ages and backgrounds. The band draws influences from many genres including traditional and punk ska, rock, and reggae. To date, the band has released four albums and one full-length concert DVD, and has appeared at concert venues all across the Northeast, such as "Three Floors of Ska" festivals at the Knitting factory in New York City, "The Golden Harvest Festival" in Syracuse, NY, and "Ten Bands at Bates" at Bates College in Maine. During their travels, they have shared the stage with notable acts including The Toasters, The Pietasters, The Slackers, The RX Bandits, Bim Skala Bim, The Know How, The Phenomenauts, The Agents, The Allstonians and The Tossers, just to name a few.

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