Son of Blob - The Hippest Cats in Skaville (2001)

 

I recently received more information about the band Son of Blob from the band's guitarist Maurice Bierhuizen who commented:

"Hi there, I recently read this nice post. I played guitar in the Son of Blob and 2nd hand sneakers back in the days. I've recently remastered the album The Hippest Cats in Skaville (the sound was pretty muddy before), I thought you might be interested.

To give a bit of more info; Skippy was our second male singer in the Son of Blob, and was replaced by female singer Lilian who can be heard on The Hippest Cats in Skaville album.
When the Son of Blob broke up, most of us moved on in the new band 2nd Hand Sneakers, with a new female singer Nina. Great potential, but people went abroad and the band broke up in around 2 years time." 

He shared the link to his YouTube channel and his post for the full "Hippest Cats in Skaville" album. 

CHECK IT OUT. 

Thank you Maurice for the corrections.

2nd Hand Sneakers / Son of Blob

 2nd Hand Sneakers - demo tape (2003)

1 One Night Stand

2 Nica's Dream

3 I'd Rather Stay In

4 Youth 

2nd Hand Sneakers was formed immediately after Son Of Blob broke up in 2003. This is possibly their only recording.

Let's take this back a bit. Son Of Blob was a Dutch ska band that formed in the mid 90s. They played De Melkweg in Amsterdam alongside bands like  Catchup Squad, Venus Hill and De Hardheid and shared the stage with The Slackers, The Toasters and The Selecter.

The known Son Of Blob line-up was:

Skippy - vocals
Michiel Leeuwenburgh - bass
Maurice Bierhuizen - guitar
Kris van der Heyden - drums
Hessel van der Flier - keyboard
Jeroen Mullié - trombone, trumpet
Lodewijk Reijs - alto sax, baritone sax

 

Son Of Blob had a music video for their most well-known song Rode Fiets (Red Bicycle) but the drummer in the video was  called Ron and he was one of the founding members of The Upsessions.

Some of you may remember a post I did in September 2023 about a blank cassette I had and I didn't know who the band was.

 As it turns out it was a demo tape by Son of Blob that they recorded after their new singer Nena joined the band. I thank aboynamedstew for steering me in the right direction which eventually solved this mystery.

I don't know what happened to their iconic lead man Skippy but it seems like people were used to the original lineup with Skippy at the helm and Nina was a hard sell. I don't know for sure that's what the situation was but that's my observations as an American 20 years after the fact.

Nina was the vocalist for the demo tape as well as for their only full-length. 

The band didn't break up after that, they just changed their name to 2nd Hand Sneakers with the intention of changing their sound to incorporate more mellow reggae sounds as well as aiming for a pop sound.

This post includes the 2nd Hand Sneakers demo as well as everything I have by Son Of Blob which is not complete. 

I do not have their full length The Hippest Cats in Skaville (2001)

 

I also don't have their "Venus" 7" 

 

 Here's what I do have:

 

 

 Son Of Blob - S/T cassette (1997)

1 Rode Fiets

2 Lady Marianne

3 Mighty Spliff

4 Tweedle Kans

 

 

 Son Of Blob - Rode Fiets 7" (1998)

1 Rode Fiets

2 Make Me Feel

3 Penetration*

4 Fantast 

Son Of Blob - Skagiddyboogiddy (1999)

1 Britishlessness

2 Er Uit

3 Mr. PC

4 A-Team

 

Also included is a live song called "Het Strand" (The Beach) which was recorded on the same night that the first demo tape was recorded but it was not included on the tape.

 DOWNLOAD the three Son Of Blob recordings and the 2ndHand Sneakers tape

 

 

* The song Penetration is a cover of "Penetration" by the first American skinhead band The Pyramids.

They were skinheads before skinheads were a thing.