SKALITICIANS WAS CREATED IN 2007 BY STEVE SANDERS AND JOSE VALENCIA. AFTER THEY LEFT THE MEXICAN SKA BAND SAYANI, THE TWO BEGAN EXPERIMENTING WITH A SOUND THAT COMBINED LATIN RHYTHMS, DRIVING ROCK, AND UPBEAT THIRD WAVE SKA AND REGGAE.
THE GROUP WAS ROUNDED OUT BY DRUMMER JEFF BOWBACK, TRUMPET PLAYER ROB KASZUBOWSKI, SAX PLAYER SCOTT ZIMPEL (ALSO FROM SAYANI).
WHEN JOSE MOVED TO MEXICO, HE WAS REPLACED BY BASSIST MATT INKALA. THE BAND ALSO RECRUITED SAXOPHONIST XORGE ASTORGA, TROMBONIST BRETT BALSAM AND BUTTON BOX/BONGO PLAYER CHRISTIAN RODRUIGUEZ.
DURING A LIVE SHOW A MAN JUMPED ONSTAGE WITH US AND BEGAN SINGING ALONG. HE TURNED OUT TO BE ERIC MALAGON AND HE JOINED THE BAND AS LEAD GUITARIST AND SINGER. HIS INCREDIBLE SONGWRITING ABILITIES TRANSFORMED THE BAND INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY.
AT THE BAND'S PEAK, THEY OPENED UP FOR PANTEON ROCOCO, AND HAD A CHANCE TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST.
DUE TO THE BAND MEMBERS HAVING KIDS AND WORKING ON OTHER MUSIC PROJECTS, THE MINNESOTA SKALITICIANS DISSOLVED IN 2012, BUT THEIR LEGACY WILL ALWAYS LIVE ON.
