Rebelution

Reggae in the spring isn't a new concept. Spring breaks meant Marley. I mean how could it not when your drinking a Foxy's Lager while watching a Caribbean sunset. But this year I wasn't on vacation somewhere south of Cuba. It wasn't even spring break. It didn't even feel like spring. The seasons never changed but the soundtrack certainly did.
Wait this just in: Those Aren't Muskets, the comedy group from So Cal, has a really funny video that my buddy just sent me- http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1806202

Any whoooo, I went to a Reggae show on Saturday with Rebelution headlining. I missed the first band, Ihzzhi, which knows how to rock Isle Vista better than most, who killed it. Second came a band I could have cared less about after the show but they had a sound and it went well with my beers. They called themselves One Drop. But whatever...

REBELUTION df. united in Santa Barbara, California, built from a wide array of musical backgrounds. With Reggae as the focus, the group set out to create a fresh and vibrant sound which they dub California Reggae. The band released their highly anticipated full-length album in June of 2007 and just weeks after its release, “Courage to Grow” became one of the most downloaded Reggae albums on iTunes. By the end of the year, it had been awarded the iTunes Editors Choice: Best Reggae Album 2007.

"Apparently, California Reggae is hot. Stemming from a foundation of local support, Rebelution soared into iTunes Reggae Top 10 (album downloads), amongst some lofty company. Lofty like Bob, Stephen, and Damian Marley."
-- Santa Barbara News-Press

YO, whatever. It's not so much about the band- it's about the people who support them. Santa Barbara. SANTA BARBARA, oh my god I am in love with you. It is so amazing here, but really, SB is an entirely different animal. Though it is a So Cal apocalyptic paradise, it considers itself central coast cool. Most music isn't timeless, some scenes are and therefor their anthems live on to eternity. IV, or rather Isle Vista, is a place where people(UCSB Students) brag about the community consuming 1% of the nations booze, where the biggest Halloween costume party draws in every youth in the surrounding 100 miles. These trippers and ragers live for Reb. Rebelution was born there and noone will let it die there.

So with some background and what-have-yous here is what I have to say to wrap this whole Rebelution thing up. These dudes blew up, toured the world, and then came home and I was there for their homecoming. I mean they come around once every two months or so but it was St. Patty's Day, they were Rebelution, and weed is green. The venue was packed and the stoney Santa Barbarians were full of anticipation. The kids came on and you could tell that their shows outside of SB were BS because of how tense and excited they were. Finally a crowd with more energy then they themselves could possibly have for their own music. Everyone was more stoked about their music then they were and it made a great show.

So I hope you put a little Reb in your springtime happenings, its not a bad idea.

Well it’s about that time for us to look around and meet somebody new
Let’s all welcome in familiar faces, perhaps somebody who,
Has got a conflict in their life

http://www.myspace.com/rebelutionmusic