HOME Six years ago, Elyse Rogers, a bright young high school senior from Orange County, was busy trying to decide where to attend college. She ultimately chose Berkeley, but not for the good Poli-Sci program there. No, Elyse moved up to the Bay Area so she could catch Operation Ivy shows.
Every cloud has a silver lining, however.
She noticed a couple of guys who looked like they might be into the ska scene, and struck up a conversation with them. So, they said they needed a singer, and asked if I could sing. The new ska band, Dance Hall Crashers, began by playing a few area shows while Elyse continued her political science studies at Berkeley. The lineup, however, kept briskly changing until the introduction of Karina Denike six months later, in 1990. But she was amazing.