The Mighty Bosstones started out in 1985. One day, Tim Burton (Johnny Vegas) was relaxing on his boat in sunny Florida. He got a call from Tim Bridewell and Dicky Barrett, in Boston, about starting up a band. They needed Tim Burton to play the saxophone. He decided to join the band. They had to find a name for themselves. It was either The Cashmeres or The Bosstones. They decided to go with The Bosstones because they were from Boston. Later, the band found out that there was an accapela group from Harvard called The Bosstones so, they changed it to The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. The band first appeared on a compilation album called "Mashing Up the Nation". Dicky wore plaid to a show on one occasion to amuse the other band members; they liked the plaid idea, and wore plaid to all shows ever since. They had to break up for a short time so that Nate Albert and Joe Gittleman could finish high school.
When Nate and Joe finished they re-formed. In 1989 they recorded their first album “Devils Nite Out". It was released in 1990 on Taang! Records, a Boston label. They then released a single for “Where’d You Go?” and the “Where’d You Go?” EP. In 1992 “More Noise and Other Disturbances” was released. On this album Josh Dalsimer was replaced by Joe Sirois because he went off to college in California. They also added 2 new horn players, Kevin Lenear and Dennis Brockenbough. During that time they increased touring. Once they toured almost 11 months out of the year. In 1993 they signed with Mercury Records because they weren’t getting paid and they were getting treated badly. That year they released “Ska-core, the Devil, and More” which was mostly covers of bands like Minor Threat and SSD. They also released “Don’t Know How to Party” which has been their greatest success. In 1994 they released “Question the Answers”. In the summer of 1995 they were one of the headlining acts for Lol
lapalooza. They also hosted MTV’s 120 Minutes and performed live. In 1997 they released “Lets Face It” and their their first single was “The Impression That I Get”. I didn't write this, I think it appeared in a Bosstones 737 article
