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After two years of intense studying, concentration, and bodhittsava-esque meditation, fate would once again ignite the social threat that is Spaztikolon.  Dante' and Michael soon shared a dilapidated and physically unsafe apartment in the college town of New Brunswick, which served as a catalyst for the two to resume their musical calling.  Dan was on the scene as well, living only blocks away in the luxury of a contemporary hippie commune.  Chris, on the other hand, had gone off to pursue a career in acting.  Or so it seemed.

In early 1996, the trio befriended two fellow students that reminded them strangely of themselves...brilliant, energetic, musically inclined and morally challenged.  One was a funky jazz musician from Delaware, looking a bit like a photo-negative portrait of John Coltrane, complete with sax in his hand and sex on his mind.  The other was a native New Yorker with a certain groove in his step, known throughout campus as a True Man of Rutgers with a lefty bass guitar strung over his shoulder like a surface-to-air missile launcher.  Todd and Ravi had arrived, bringing with them an arsenal of musical influence and talent that were sure to change Spaztikolon forever.

By 1998, Chris had returned with a degree in acting and a license to kill.  The Spaztikolon six-piece soon invaded a local recording studio and after several months of solitary, soundproof confinement, the band surfaced with the premier album db.  Following its release, the SK Players commenced years of live performances, rehearsals, songwriting, natural and chemical evolution, and exposure to an otherwise unsuspecting and unprepared public audience.  In 1999, Dan parted ways with Spaztikolon to pursue a career in theatre, leaving behind a legacy of original songs including the live classic, Doing Being (The Ralph Macchio Song).

The remaining five-piece, the Spaztikolon of today, returned to the studio in 2003 to record the eye-opening Hypocriticket, and three years later catapulted their listeners into the future of the Spaztikolon sound with their 2006 release, SK, Inc.  Both albums masterfully retain the insanity, comedy and unpredictability of classic Spaztikolon while demonstrating a musical discipline and talent that even their disowning mothers would be proud of. Today the history continues.  SK is in full force, writing and performing on a regular basis, exploring new methods to shake booties with an ever-morphing repertoire, and fulfilling a mission that first spawned from the irritable bowels of a certain high school history teacher.  < Previous