Public Serpents are a six piece ska-core band from New Jersey, USA, fronted by Skwert Gunn, the drummer in New York seminal squat punk band Choking Victim.
Since Public Serpents first entered the scene in 2008 with their debut album “The Feeding Of The Fortune 5000,” they’ve appeared on splits with bands UpperDowner and recent Fat Wreck Chords signee Escape From The Zoo, receiving critical acclaim in the worldwide crack-rock-steady scene.
Public Serpents has toured and shared stages with incredible acts like Escape From The Zoo, Days and Daze, The Suicide Machines, Catbite, Rancid, Voodoo Glow Skills, Hot Water Music, The Menzingers, and so many more, and has played renowned festival stages across the globe including Podparou Festival (Czech Republic), SBÄM Festival (Austria), Brakrock Festival (Belgium), Rebellion Festival and Boomtown Fair (England).
Following their second upcoming release on SBÄM Records (Austria), the band has plans to return to the studio in September 2024 to write and release a third full length album on an undetermined record label.
Big Mosquito is a local Missoula ska outfit bringing a mix of authentic ska and high energy, with renditions and covers of such classics as The Skatalites, The Specials, laurel Aitkens, Phyllis Dillon/Freddy McKay, ect. Plus originals and more lively tunes like Murphy’s law’s 1%. Big Mosquito’s goal is to bring authentic ska and love for roots music to the forefront of our rising youth movement in Missoula and beyond. Big Mosquito is made up of Zane Lambert, Maxum and Cameron Doucette, Evan Wright, Spencer Nelson, Nick Morgensen, Jacob Tirado, and Danny Boatwright.
Pay No Mind is a skate punk band with hardcore and thrash influences consisting of former members of Stoned to Death and Super Sport (Great Falls). They have taken Missoula by storm opening for touring bands and supporting the local music scene. Two of their members are students at the U of M and have played shows on campus and supported headliner acts throughout town.