SONIC BOOM SIX: JUMP-UP SKA SOUNDCLASH

"Sharp of mind and socially-conscious, there's nothing about Sonic Boom Six that doesn't come from the heart. Their shiny punk reggae hip-hop sound addresses real issues with a more productive vibe than these riot-strewn streets have seen recently, and tonight, they're on fire.", this was Steve Beebee’s description in Kerrang! Magazine about this superb Ska-Punk british band. Born in the hearth of Manchester City, UK, SB6 have carved their way up in the Ska and Punk world with brilliant achievements so far.

Mixing different musical styles, such as Punk, Ska, Hip-Hop and Reggae, and all blended perfectly with a spectacular band energy and sound deepness that can take the listener into upper levels of enjoyment. The band’s lyrics carry a sharp social message with roots in the culture revolutionary movements and the clash activism which produces brilliant messages expressed with their brilliant soundtracks.

The band is formed by Laila K, vocal energy, Barney Room, bass sound deepness and rap lyrical messages, The Blade, Ska skanking trombone and guitar, Madfish, Punkly dynamic drums, and Jimmy T boom, reggae roots rhythm guitar. Edited by their own label, Rebel Alliance, SB6 have produced 3 full length albums since 2006. The first musical artcraft was named Ruff Guide to Gender Terrorism. In 2007 they have released Arcade Perfect, an album that took them into great projection upon the Ska world touring with some big names such as Streetlight Manifesto and Reel Big Fish. Lastly but by no means least SB6 released City of Thieves, a highly acclaimed piece of musical production which led them to a recent Ska stardom.

The recent singles activity at SB6 home page has put pen to paper in predicting a new record. Should a new album is released it is surely worth checking it out. Be sharp eyed for this guys.

Check the band's website here: http://sonicboomsix.co.uk/home.cfm

ANARCHY EVOLUTION: FAITH, SCIENCE AND BAD RELIGION

Here is to be presented one of the best modern Punk books written. An essay about the development of a social culture in the mid 80’s with scientific evidence of species evolutionary anarchy and all connected with the necessity of belief or religion.

Greg Graffin, the author, is best known for leading one of the best punk bands ever, Bad Religion, and few know about his relation with Cornell University where he got a PhD in Zoology and is a professor of Life Science and Paleontology. Starting by defying authority on his early years, Greg started to develop a line of thought where he was made the owner of his own behavior. He could challenge a culture or idea just because it didn’t had an unbreakable and undisputable law, which led him to initiate an evolution on that specific ideology. This could challenge almost all the worlds’ ideologies. However, he always did so in the interest of advancement and not just purely nihilism.

This concept of bringing the thought freely upon ones belief, idea or social behavior brought many advances in human evolution. Greg showed that this evolution is supported by naturalistic facts, scientific evidence of species evolution, which could corroborate the concept of evolution by thinking freely. He even got one step further, just by demonstrating that in all species, no exception, this evolution is beneficial and anarchic in all ways, and it cannot be guided and obliged to bend towards any direction. This comes in the same line of Charles Darwin work about Evolution of Species, where he postulated about the human evolution based on the species he studied. He mentioned that where there is learning, there is more to it, because learning has no boundaries.

This boat rocking piece of literature ends in the discussion about the human belief in a superior being, religion. Greg is of thought that it is dangerous for human beings to believe so intensely on any superior being as it can blur their vision on the global development and differentiate people from the general good. There is no destiny or design, there is just life and death and the human goal should be to try living rather than figure out the holistic plan the Creator has stored for us. Human beings, prepare for the 21^st century.