The Slackers

The Slackers
L to R: Vic Ruggiero, Ara Babajian, Marcus Geard, Dave Hillyard, Jay Nugent, Glen Pine
Background information
Also known as	Sundy The Nods
Origin	New York City, New York, United States
Genres	Ska
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Hellcat, Moon Ska, Whatevski Records
Associated acts	SKAndalous All-Stars Dave Hillyard Rocksteady 7 Da Whole Thing
Website	Official Site
Members	Vic Ruggiero Jay Nugent Dave Hillyard Glen Pine Marcus Geard Ara Babajian Cristian Nunez
Past members	Marc Lyn T.J. Scanlon Luis Zuluaga Jeremy Mushlin Allen Teboul Dunia Best Tobias Fields Eric Singer Dave Hahn King Django

The Slackers are a New York City band, formed in Manhattan in 1991. The band's sound is a mix of ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, soul, garage rock, and jazz. The Slackers' notability is credited to their prolific career, tours of North America, Europe, and elsewhere, and signing to notable punk label Hellcat Records.

There are several side projects of The Slackers, including David Hillyard & The Rocksteady Seven, Crazy Baldhead Sound System, Da Whole Thing, the SKAndalous All Stars, as well as an acoustic solo project by Vic Ruggiero.

The band's second album, Redlight, released on September 23, 1997, was ranked number seven in Billboard editor Carrie Bell's "The Year in Music (1997)" list. The album's track with the same name charted at number 116 on the week of November 10, 1997—the song's third week—in CMJ Radio Top 200.