The Slackers

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The Slackers
L to R: Vic Ruggiero, Ara Babajian, Marcus Geard, Dave Hillyard, Jay Nugent, Glen Pine
Background information
Also known as	The Nods
Origin	Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres	Ska
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Hellcat, Moon Ska, Whatevski Records, Indication Records, Pirate’s Press Records, Special Potato Records, Paper + Plastick
Members	Vic Ruggiero Jay Nugent Dave Hillyard Glen Pine Marcus Geard Ara Babajian
Past members	Marc Lyn T.J. Scanlon Luis Zuluaga Jeremy Mushlin Allen Teboul Dunia Best Tobias Fields Eric "Erok" Singer Dave Hahn King Django
Website	Official Site

The Slackers are an American ska band, formed in Manhattan, New York in 1991. The band's sound is a mix of ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, soul, garage rock, and jazz. The Slackers' notability is credited to their prolific career, tours of North and South America, Europe, and elsewhere, and signing to notable punk label Hellcat Records.

The members of the Slackers have also been known to perform in other bands and musical projects, including Reggae Workers of the World, David Hillyard & The Rocksteady Seven, Crazy Baldhead Sound System, Da Whole Thing, The Hall Trees, Stubborn All-Stars, and the SKAndalous All Stars. Vic Ruggiero performs as a solo act performing both original compositions as well as reworked Slackers songs, and has also played keyboards and piano on several Rancid albums.