3/9/2023 0 Comments Jet set go musical![]() OMC: IJS had good timing in Milwaukee, didn't it, in the sense that as Wild Kingdom – which had a dedicated following – had helped create a solid base of fans with a renewed interest in ska and rocksteady, as well as soul and funk. (Bassist Jeff Vilwock had been in H.M.S.S., too, and played in A Movement, too.) Rick, Kevin and Ed had played with The Blowtorch, among other bands, and they and most of the other guys had been in H.M.S.S. I played bass and sang with the Jim OTTers – new wave cover band named after a Milwaukee weatherman – and did the same in Mood Groove, a reggae band which also featured Jeff Carpenter on drums. OMC: Most of you guys had been in other bands before, too, right?ĭF: Yes. We didn't have a name at the time, but we started making a lot of noise in the Fernandez family basement, and it all began. – approached me and others about starting a ska/reggae group playing original music, it was an easy sell. So when Kevin – who played sax in H.M.S.S. We had also expanded our knowledge and music collections of Jamaican ska and reggae as well. In the following years, many of us were playing in various bands, but Rick and many others had fond memories of H.M.S.S., that music and that era. Several members of IJS were in that group, which had as its lead singer Paul Finger – later of Wild Kingdom. But the main precursor to IJS was Her Majesty's Secret Service, or H.M.S.S., which was a popular ska cover band which played in the summer and fall of 1984. So we were well-versed in the high energy of the ska scene, as well as punk and new wave. : For those who weren't there – or are getting too old to remember, give us a quick history of IJS.ĭan Fernandez: My brother Rick (keyboards) and I grew up listening to a lot of Two-Tone Era ska groups like the Specials, the English Beat, Madness, the Selecter, Bad Manners, etc., and our annual tradition was going to see the ska concert movie "Dance Craze" at the Oriental Theater with all our friends. and Nate Gubin – have been up over the the past, oh, quarter-century or so. We caught up with frontman Dan Fernandez, who went on to sing with Kings Go Forth, and drummer Jeff Carpenter for a walk down memory lane and to catch up on what they – and bassist Jeff Villwock, keyboard player Rick Fernandez, guitarist Tim Pierce and hornsmen Ed Spangenberg, Kevin R. Tickets for the show are $10 in advance and two bucks more on the day of the show. Oakland Ave., as part of the Revenge Scooter Club Rally. 22, the original lineup of International Jet Set reunites for the band’s first gig in 25, playing at the Miramar Theater, 2844 N. In 2004 she was awarded the Wax Chandler's Prize for Composition at the Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama.For a brief period at the close of the 1980s, Milwaukee’s East Side was swaying like Kingston in two decades earlier, with bands like Wild Kingdom and International Jet Set packing clubs with their forays into ska and rock steady and, in Kingdom’s case, funk. Her song 'Christmas Without You' (from SOMeONe TO LOVe Me) was shortlisted for the Notes for the Stage competition in 2008. This year Pippa received an MTM Judges Discretionary award for Compositional Development for JeT SeT GO! and the GReaT BRITISH SOaP OPeRA. This will be the third musical they will have worked on together the first two being JeT SeT GO! and the GReaT BRITISH SOaP OPeRa which were produced by Take Note Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 20 respectively and then at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London in 2009. to compose an original score for a new musical adaptation of enid Blyton's MaLORY TOWeRS which she is working on with Jake Brunger. ![]() She is currently under commission to David Pugh Ltd. Pippa Cleary is a Composer, Songwriter, Musical Director and Singer. Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here ![]()
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