The PieTasters Bio
The Pietasters have been together since 1990. They came together in college and originally called themselves The Slugs but changed their name to The Pietasters. I believe there might have been another band that had trade marked the name forcing them to change theirs'. They have preserved their original name however with the Slug Tone Record label that they organize and have released two full length albums and a 7" called Soul Sammich as well as T-shirts and other fun stuff.
The band signed on to the Moon Ska Record Label in 1995 and released Oolooloo followed by Strapped in 1996. Comply came out on Slug Tone but was made in association with Moon Ska. The Pie Pack, which contained Comply, could only be purchased through Slug Tone. The Pietasters signed on with Hellcat Records (a division of Epitaph) in early 1997 and released Willis in October 1997.
The band has gone through some member changes through the years. They lost their original trumpet player, Carlos Linares, when he went to law school and has been replaced by Toby Hanson. Carol continues to play with the band on occasion and still writes songs for the band. Chris Watt has been replaced by Todd Eckhardt as the bassist and Eric Raecke was replaced by Alan Makranzy as the band's sax player. Paul Ackerman left the band to play with Skinnerbox.
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