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Spring Heeled Jack | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | Spring Heeled Jack USA |
Origin | New Haven, Connecticut, United States |
Genres | third wave ska, ska |
Years active | 1991 | –2000 , 2015 –present
Labels | Ignition Records Moon Ska Records |
Members | Ron Ragona Mike Pellegrino Chris Rhodes Corky Evans Peet Golan Luke Gosselin |
Past members | Dave Karcich Chris Bath John Powers Justin Frazier Joseph Busch Rick Omonte Pat Gingras James Riley Pete Wasilewski Tyler Jones Seager Tennis Mike DeMatteo Vinny Nobile Nick Di Maria Tom Quartulli Nick Bacon |
Spring Heeled Jack (known alternatively for a time as Spring Heeled Jack U.S.A.) is a third wave ska band based out of New Haven, Connecticut. The band was formed by guitarist/vocalist Ron Ragona and drummer Dave Karcich in 1991. After a short breakup, Ragona and Karcich reformed the band with a new lineup. This lineup went on to record two albums before announcing a hiatus in 2000. While the band members moved on to perform in several new bands, their intention was to play the occasional reunion show. This plan would never come to fruition as a cerebral aneurysm would be cause for Karcich's death in 2002. In 2015, several band members returned to reform the band full-time. A third studio album, Sound Salvation, followed in 2017.