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The Ernies

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The Ernies, who hail from Richmond, VA, started their musical journey as a straight-ahead ska band in January, 1994 when guitarist/lead vocalist Will Hummel and drummer Matt Goves decided they were tired of playing covers and began trying to do something a little more creative. They were soon joined by baritone sax player Hayes Smith and bassist David Warren. The band played together for a year before issuing their self-titled debut album on Bob Records. Their debut would be the only ska album that they would ever make and even it showed the beginnings of the cross-style noodling that the band would be known for later. Two more members expanded the Ernies' lineup; in 1996 Mike Hughes switched from playing the guitar to bass to join the band and in 1997 turntablist Chris Bondi (a childhood friend of Smith) hooked up with the band and helped radically change their sound. 1997's Dropping Science, also issued on Bob Records, shows evidence of this evolut ...read more