AKA The Syndicate are a collective of musicians from a variety of ska, reggae & punk bands – who all have a common goal - to create new and exciting original music!
The project was founded by multi-instrumentalist Gary Knight in 2019 - but gathered pace during the 2020 global pandemic. What started out as ‘one song’ turned into another song – 'Hands Up (Who’s Coming With Me?) featuring Roddy Radiation Byers' from The Specials / Skabilly Rebels. As the various lockdowns took hold, and everyone was sat at home, more people started to join the Syndicate to write and record together - largely remotely – most of the band have still never met one another!
The band is currently finalising a debut album to be released in Summer 2021, featuring a variety of guests and crossing the borders of ska, reggae, punk, lovers rock, 2-Tone and everything in between.