Voodoo Glow Skulls are an underground third-wave ska band. Their music is a mixture of old-style ska, punk and metal. The band formed in 1988 in Riverside, California by brothers Frank, Eddie and Jorge Casillas and their longtime friend Jerry O'Neill. The Voodoo Glow Skulls practiced for two years in a sweaty back bedroom/practice space until they forged a taut unit that performed with demonic intensity and a demented sense of humor. Backyard parties spread the gospel of Voodoo Glow Skulls; when Spanky's Cafe' opened they played now-legendary shows with the Angry Samoans, Mighty Mighty Bosstones and The Dickies.
In 1991, the Voodoo Glow Skulls' devotion to ska and the Latin music they grew up on inspired them to add a horn section, just in time to play on the band's first national tour. Voodoo Glow Skulls became wildly popular on the indie scene, performing as headliners and as a support act for The Offspring, No Doubt and 311.
Voodoo Glow Skulls recorded their debut effort, Who Is, This Is? for Dr. Strange Records in 1992, which ultimately sold 200,000 copies worldwide. The band quickly signed to Epitaph Records and released four cds that collectively sold over 750,000 copies worldwide. Voodoo Glow Skulls soon began receiving raving critical reviews and the mainstream support of commercial alternative radio and MTV. A prominent main stage spot on the 1998 Warped Tour cemented the Voodoo Glow Skulls esthetic into the minds of impressionable youth across the United States. Their two most recent albums have been released on Victory Records.