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Chawalaleng is the Pilfers
Pilfers
Pilfers are an American ska band formed in 1997, when former Toasters vocalist, Coolie Ranx, at the urging of Pietaster's vocalist Steve Jackson, joined with former Bim Skala Bim trombonist, Vinny Nobile...

 second full length album, yet their first on a major label. It was released on September 21, 1999 through Mojo Records
Mojo Records
Mojo Records was a California-based record label founded in 1995 by producer Jay Rifkin. It became a joint venture with Universal Music Group in 1996 and then sold to the Zomba Group in 2001, who placed it under their subsidiary Jive Records...

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Chawalaleng is a record that blends pop, metal, reggae, dub, hardcore, ska, and soul to create a musical genre that the band calls raggacore. The song "Legal Shot Pam Pam" was written by Coolie Ranx and originally recorded on The Toasters
The Toasters
The Toasters was one of the first American bands in the third wave of ska, and is one of the longest active third wave ska bands.They have released nine studio albums, most of them on Moon Ska Records. The Toasters experienced a small degree of commercial success in the late 1990s due to the...

 album Dub 56
Dub 56
Dub 56 is the fifth album released by the ska group The Toasters. It was released during the period in which ska punk was most popular and looked set to break through into the mainstream.- Track listing - Original :#"Direction" – 2:43#"Freedom" – 4:07...

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The song 'Climbing' was featured in MTV Sports: Skateboarding Featuring Andy MacDonald, released on the Sega Dreamcast.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Coolie Ranx & Vinnie Nobile.
  1. "Agua" – 3:22
  2. "Lay" – 3:16
  3. "Climbing" – 3:18
  4. "Mr. Exploita" – 2:51
  5. "Choose Life" – 2:59
  6. "What's New (Here We Go Again) – 3:09
  7. "Why" – 3:39
  8. "Hypnotized" – 3:33
  9. "Chawalaleng" – 4:11
  10. "Skungle" – 2:33
  11. "Saga" – 3:56
  12. "Legal Shot Pam Pam" – 6:55
  13. "P.C." – 4:36
  14. "My Time Now" – 5:07

Personnel

  • Coolie Ranx
    Coolie Ranx
    Coolie Ranx is a New York City based musician best known for his membership in the third wave ska bands The Toasters and Pilfers....

     - Lead Vocals
  • Vinny Nobile - Trombone
    Trombone
    The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...

    , Vocals
  • Anna Milat-Meyer - Bass Guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • James Blanck - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

  • Nick Bacon - Guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

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