Interrupters

The Interrupters have a long list of projects their members have worked on, from being the touring rhythm section of Sugar Ray to playing with Tim Armstrong's Tim Timebomb and Friends, but the quartet's true love is punky ska, à la 2 Tone. Their Armstrong-produced self-titled debut album is an energetic love letter to the ska-punk era and a political letter bomb that rails against the evils of modern life. The three Bivona brothers lay down the tunes, vocalist Aimee Interrupter barks out the words in her best Joan Jett, and Armstrong keeps things very simple throughout. ~ Tim Sendra