Good On Toast is a high-energy band playing ska and rocksteady music in the Greater Seattle area. Our infectious rhythms and on-stage antics get an audience moving. Be prepared to dance!
We are a 9-piece with vocals, drums, bass, guitar, keyboards, tenor sax, baritone sax, trumpet, and trombone. Most musicians are 100% wireless, allowing us to move around the stage and into the audience as we wish. Our repertoire includes originals, unexpected ska arrangements of non-ska songs, and covers of popular ska tunes.
Good On Toast was formed in the summer of 2023 when lead vocalist Chris Rimple began recruiting a group of experienced musicians with a love of ska. We built up our repertoire and had our first public performances in early 2024. In addition to opening for The Toasters on the Seattle stop of their national tour, we’ve shared the stage with local ska, reggae, and punk powerhouses including The Georgetown Orbits, Dub Lounge International, The Kings, Mister Blank, Operation Ivy League, Checkered Record, Wet City Rockers, and others on shows throughout the Greater Seattle area. We’ve developed a strong local following, which was instrumental in our successful 6-band fundraiser show for Seattle JazzED, and we’ve hosted Portland bands including The Israelites, Friday Night Saints, StarSixNine, and others to bring their music to Seattle.
2025 looks to be an even bigger year. We’ll be releasing two EPs (both in-work now) with availability across all streaming platforms, a number of full-song music videos, and a range of new merchandise. We’re contributing songs to fundraising compilation albums in the USA and Europe, and we’ll be making our first performances at music festivals. We’ll be opening for a number of national touring bands and helping them to book their Seattle-area stops, as well as bringing in more bands from Oregon and California. To cap it all off, we’ve been booked to play a wedding in the spring.
Good On Toast is:
- Chris Rimple – lead vocals and management
- Brendan Milburn – keyboards, backing vocals, and arrangements
- Bob Gale – bass and backing vocals
- Danny Malo- tenor saxophone and backing vocals
- David Landy – baritone saxophone and backing vocals
- Dusty James – trombone and backing vocals
- Steve Magennis – guitar
- Stevo McElhenney – drums
- TBD – trumpet and backing vocals
We can be reached via email and the social media channels below.