THE AGGROLITES

There are singers, guitarists and even entire bands who will say that if not for so and so if not for the music and classic albums of this artist or that artistthey wouldnt exist. In the case of the Aggrolites, thats not just hyperbole. If not for the great Jamaica ska singer Derrick Morgan, the Aggrolites would quite honestly not exist. The band was borne out of a small collective of Southern Californian reggae and ska artists who, after backing the singer in a local concert, came together about four years ago to record music for a new Derrick Morgan disc. While that project never ended up seeing daylight, the various recording sessions gave rise to the Aggrolites, an amalgamation of two area bands, the Vessels and the Rhythm Doctors, a band that originally came together purely by accident, says lead guitarist/vocalist Jesse Wagner. We were having fun in the studio, so we just said, Hey, why dont we book some shows and do our own thing... more...