The Hostiles <hostileska>
""upbeat, effervescent, bouncy and danceable" - punktastic.com"


The Hostiles are a ska-punk band from Ayr/Glasgow who formed in 2001. After going through almost their entire school brass band in a bid to find passionate members with whom to make music with, they now find themselves as a settled six piece.

The Hostiles’ first love is performing live. Over the last few years they've shared stages with Neville Staple, Beat Union, The King Blues, Random Hand, The JB Conspiracy, Leftover Crack, The Toasters, Sonic Boom Six, Zebrahead, Fandangle, Failsafe, Strike Anywhere, The Beat, Zox & Mouthwash. “You guys are exactly what most ska bands need to be.... good, creative, and catchy.”- garageband.com

Their debut album, Always Looking Forward was released in April 2009, and their plan for the rest of 2009 is to expand their fanbase by playing as many gigs as possible all over the UK.

“These boys kick the ass out of the Blink 182 brigade. If you get a chance go and see them, a definite recommendation”- livemusic.direct.co.uk

The Hostiles says:

"WE'RE SUPPORTING MAD CADDIES IN AUGUST!!!! AAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!" (1 day ago) me too! | Reply
Genre
Ska
Punk
Reggae

Label
Self Published

Hometown
Ayr - or alternatively www.myspace.com/hostileska
UK

URL
http://www.bebo.com/hostileska

Profile Created
December 2007

Profile Views
875 times

Share the Luv
17

Influences
Reel Big Fish, Deftones, Sublime, Beastie Boys, Big D and the Kids Table, Less Than Jake, Guttermouth, Bouncing Souls, Catch 22, Weezer, Skindred, Mxpx, Rancid, NOFX, Bob Marley, Voodoo Glow Skulls, the Vandals, Pennywise, the Descendents, AFI, Goldfinger, Operation Ivy, Hi-Standard, Mad Caddies, the Specials, Madness, Sonic Boom Six, Random Hand, The King Blues. We love music! :)

close Upcoming Shows

3 July 2009 at 8:00 PM
Where
Paladium, New Mills
Details
With Stand Out Riot and Kickback
3 July 2009 at 11:30 PM
Where
The York, Bolton
Details
Midnight Show
4 July 2009 at 8:00 PM
Where
The New York, Swansea
Details
Our First Welsh Gig!! :)

close Video Box

help

Steve loves the hostiles this much

close Widgets


Check out my Slide Show!
View  | Create


close Blog

  • First Album Review

    Well life's been pretty quiet on The Hostiles front, just busy writing some new material and promoting the album. Our show with Sonic Boom Six and Random Hand was an amazing night, and ended with Laila K from SB6 saying we were "The best band in Scotland right now", awesome! If you haven't heard either of those bands, check them out, we love them both!

    Had our first album review, woohoo! check it out here:

    http://www.punktastic.com/reviews/3289

    If you'd like to buy the album, or any of our other merch, visit our merchandise store here:

    http://hostileska.bigcartel.com/

    Oh we had some good news today, we got confirmed for the Wickerman Festival in Dumfriesshire! Well excited! :)

    0 Comments 26 days

  • Hostiles Update 25/3/09

    Well the album is almost finished, should be getting sent to the printers tomorrow hopefully, exciting times all round! Album launch weekend is April 22nd til April 26th, its gonna be great fun, pop along to one of the shows! :)

    Got 2 awesome pieces of news over the last couple of days, we're supporting Catch 22 at Ivory Blacks on April 22nd and Sonic Boom Six/Random Hand at Ivory Blacks on May 18th. Thats 3 of our favourite bands that we get to play with, and therefore see for free. Loving it! Also got one more support slot pencilled in for June...more to follow once its confirmed, but its another exciting one!!

    1 Comment 100 days

close Music Store


close Lifestream

The Hostiles says "WE'RE SUPPORTING MAD CADDIES IN AUGUST!!!! AAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!"
  1 day ago
me too!
The Hostiles has an upcoming show.
  1 day ago
The Cathouse, Glasgow on 27 August

close Photos

close Songs

  • Album Sampler Add to Playlist

close The Wall

close Comments

  • Caroline
    luv Caroline

    WOOOO! am i a top friend yet? xx

    1 day ago
  • Andrew Campbell
    Andrew Campbell

    ska nite , fri 12th june pivo pivo waterloo st glasgow 8pm till 3am contact me for more details , all welcome, cheap beer and free pizza

    3 weeks ago
  • Andrew Campbell
    Andrew Campbell

    wer doing ska nites in pivo pivo waterloo st glasgow once a month first one fri 12th, djstewart from ska sundays in nice and sleazys gona be the dj,esperanza playing the july 10th one, we want to have diff bands each month, hope to get you on board, good ska 2 tone crowd, meanies gona do one and bombskare getting involved , get hold of me on the specials forum too as r13 ska, , get back to me asap andy

    3 weeks ago
  • THROAT WRENCH
    THROAT WRENCH

    come to the darkside

    8 weeks ago
  • KTid-Tenaciousdave-Ktid
    KTid-Tenaciousdave-Ktid

    bebo's a dick, hense i replied twice with the same info, it wasnt showing up :@

    13 weeks ago
  • KTid-Tenaciousdave-Ktid
    luv KTid-Tenaciousdave-Ktid

    divisions whats that...
    ko
    tbh if they came up, i wouldnt mind some violence at rugby park
    am sure we'll be fine

    yea a will do, think i'm at 3 atm, al let you know
    do you want a hand with that street team thing you had going, get some of the tickets sold etc...
    wb

    13 weeks ago
  • KTid-Tenaciousdave-Ktid
    KTid-Tenaciousdave-Ktid

    cant believe they get to play with you :P
    nah am looking forward to it
    wee cd
    wee tee
    I'll have a wee drink with ye at D martinies
    xx

    13 weeks ago
  • KTid-Tenaciousdave-Ktid
    KTid-Tenaciousdave-Ktid

    cant believe they get to play with you :P
    nah but they are awesome
    really looking forward to my wee album and tee
    i'll have a drink with you at martinies
    really looking forward to it
    KTID ( to steve :D )

    14 weeks ago
  • Lisa
    Lisa

    hey guys!! well lookin forward to the new album but iv got to say im dissapointed, no gigs up in the deen?! whats that about?
    xxx

    14 weeks ago
  • Darren Deans
    Darren Deans

    how you doin guys how would you like to play the new Irvine festival Homecoming, I'm organising a BOTB the winner plays Homcoming festival slots are going fast so let me know asap.

    15 weeks ago
  • Catherine Smith
    luv Catherine Smith

    hey mofos saw you guys last night and think you're amazing!!! as local talent goes you outclass the mcdonald bros and could take the biff on - good luck with the UK tour and hope to see you soon :-)

    16 weeks ago
  • KTid-Tenaciousdave-Ktid
    luv KTid-Tenaciousdave-Ktid

    buzzin for their album

    18 weeks ago
  • Gav Borland
    Gav Borland

    orite lads, whens your next gigs? need to get to one again. happy new year!

    25 weeks ago
  • Kandyland
    Kandyland

    Epic Gig :]

    26 weeks ago
  • Kelt
    Kelt

    Gonna see you guys at Z1 :D

    29 weeks ago
  • Girl Friday
    Girl Friday

    Hey!

    Im the youth worker that emailed you today on myspace about playing at Z1 in Girvan on 19th.

    Hope everything is still ok with it!

    Looking forward to meeting use then

    :D

    30 weeks ago
  • Ethan
    Ethan

    WOOOOO
    HOSTILES
    U guys rule

    32 weeks ago