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Originally Posted by catinthedark

1) http://www.punkas.com/theoffbeats.html

One of the top ska bands in the country, The Offbeats were formed in 1994 in Wellington, and have gone through a number of line-up changes in their history before settling on their present seven-piece roster. The band have forged a reputation as an energetic live act, playing around Wellington and around the North Island on a regular basis, and taking in one-off events like the 1995 and 1996 NZ Ska Festivals, (alongside Skapa, The Managers, The Screaming Orgasms and Looney Tunes), and the 1998 Ska Wars at Auckland's Powerstation. More recently The Offbeats appeared at Sweetwaters '99.

The Offbeats have supported Australian bands The Porkers and Complete Madness in NZ, and have even extended the Aussie connection to their own tour of Australia during 2000. The Offbeats are featured on the New Zealand compilations Ska-otea-roa and A Day In The Life as well as several overseas compilation albums; Planet Ska, Only for Ska Addicts, Ska Spelled Backwards and Skank Down Under. The latter compilation has gone on to sell over 3000 copies. Their own full-length fully self-funded and produced album is in stores now distributed by Global Routes Music.

2) http://www.oberlin.edu/stuorg/offbeats/

3) http://nsclassicrock.8m.com/offbeats.html

4) http://offbeats.tk/

.... to demonstrate but a few

I have never heard of these people - although I know of the record company...