Seka

Seka is a name used by more than one band. One is a punk rock group from Turrialba, Costa Rica, formed in 1995 and influenced by folk, reggae and ska. Its line-up includes Alejandro Imbach on bass, El Kako on guitar, Esteban Rodriguez on vocals and guitar, Vílmer Lopez on guitar, Moritz on drums, and Miguel Imbach on accordion. This group is signed to La Golondrina Records.

Another Seka is a Boston, Massachusetts thrash metal band formed in 1988. That line-up includes Stu Shoaps on vocals and guitar, Tim Catz on bass, Billy O'Malley on guitar, and Tim Jordan on drums. In 1991 the band wins the Boston WBCN Rock and Roll Rumble, a local amateur band competition, and this leads to the release of its debut album, Love Shim, on Taang Records. After legal action from an adult film performer of the same name, the band changes its name to Stripmind in 1992.

As Stripmind, the group includes Sully Erna on drums during the post-Seka period before he later becomes known for Godsmack. Stripmind releases What’s In Your Mouth on Sire/Reprise in 1993. The band goes through further line-up changes over the next few years, and a later incarnation called Roadsaw moves toward a more modern metal style before the Seka/Stripmind project breaks up in 1994.

Style and classification

The name Seka is associated with punk rock, crossover, thrash metal, punk and crossover thrash.