Rob Hyman's guest appearances

Rob Hyman

David Uosikkinen's In the Pocket

In Defense of Ska

Michael McDermott

Jon Wurster

Jeff Simon

Brian McTear

Richard Bush

Mike Edison

William Wittman

Eric Bazilian

Adam Weiner

Erik Johnson

Jay Davidson

Fred Berman

Paul Hammond

Robert Gordon

Rick DeJesus

OwlTail

The Hooters were most known for their handful of rock singles in the 80s: "And We Danced," "Day By Day," "All You Zombies," to name a few. There is a reggae-tinged to "All You Zombies." Earlier versions of the song were more overt because when they formed, The Hooters were one of the US's first ska bands. Today we sit down with Hooters' members Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian to talk about their ska years in Philadelphia. The group got a lot of local radio play with their cover of The Skatalites' "Man on the Street." We also discuss their first rendition of "All You Zombies," which was another crowd-pleaser during these years. Their history with ska is expansive. Rob tells us about visiting Jamaica in the 60s as a teen and hearing Eric Monty Morris' "Sammy Dead" on the radio and immediately deciding he needed to track that record down. We also dive deep into a very unusual and interesting time for the band in the 80s when they collaborated with Cyndi Lauper on her "She's So Unusual" album. We discuss such favorites as "Time After Time" and "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and hear about all the ska and reggae elements that started out on this record in the demo phase (Some of those elements remained!) The band confirms for us that Cyndi loves ska. And of course, it wouldn't be a proper episode of In Defense of Ska if we didn't ask a fellow Philly band about Catbite. And no surprise, they are besties!  Support the show

The Hooters were most known for their handful of rock singles in the 80s: "And We Danced," "Day By Day," "All You Zombies," to name a few. There is a reggae-tinged to "All You Zombies." Earlier versions of the song were more overt because when they formed, The Hooters were one of the US's first ska bands. Today we sit down with Hooters' members Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian to talk about their ska years in Philadelphia. The group got a lot of local radio play with their cover of The Skatalites' "Man on the Street." We also discuss their first rendition of "All You Zombies," which was another crowd-pleaser during these years. Their history with ska is expansive. Rob tells us about visiting Jamaica in the 60s as a teen and hearing Eric Monty Morris' "Sammy Dead" on the radio and immediately deciding he needed to track that record down. We also dive deep into a very unusual and interesting time for the band in the 80s when they collaborated with Cyndi Lauper on her "She's So Unusual" album. We discuss such favorites as "Time After Time" and "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and hear about all the ska and reggae elements that started out on this record in the demo phase (Some of those elements remained!) The band confirms for us that Cyndi loves ska. And of course, it wouldn't be a proper episode of In Defense of Ska if we didn't ask a fellow Philly band about <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1910307/9804583" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Catbite</a>. And no surprise, they are besties!  <a href="https://www.patreon.com/indefenseofska" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

In Defense of Ska Ep 115: The Hooters (Rob Hyman & Eric Bazilian)

Hooters co-leader Rob Hyman shares the stories behind songs such as "All You Zombies" and "Blood From a Stone," talks about co-writing "Time After Time" with Cyndi Lauper and playing drums on Joan Osborne's "One of Us," and recalls his earliest  impressions of Dave.

Episode 82 - Rob Hyman