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Tomas Kalnoky
Tomas Kalnoky
Czech-born American musician
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Streetlight Manifesto
Streetlight Manifesto
American ska band
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Catch 22
Catch 22
American ska punk band
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Lionize
Lionize
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Rx Bandits
Rx Bandits
band
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Tora Tora
Tora Tora
American glam metal band
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Less Than Jake
Less Than Jake
ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida
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Sister Hazel
Sister Hazel
American band
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Godsmack
Godsmack
American rock band
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Iron & Wine
Iron & Wine
American musician
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Saosin
Saosin
American rock band
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Our Last Night
Our Last Night
American post-hardcore band
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The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
American Pop Punk Band
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The Postal Service
The Postal Service
American indie rock band
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Incubus
Incubus
American band
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Dispatch
Dispatch
American band
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Swans
Swans
American band
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The Early November
The Early November
band
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Chronic Future
Chronic Future
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Anthony Green
Anthony Green
musician from Doylestown, Pennsylvania
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Emery
Emery
American post-hardcore band
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Joshua Radin
Joshua Radin
American musician
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Whole Wheat Bread
Whole Wheat Bread
band
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Keane
Keane
English alternative rock band
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Jars of Clay
Jars of Clay
American Christian rock band
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VAST
VAST
American alternative rock band
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Bowling for Soup
Bowling for Soup
American pop-punk/rock band formed in 1994
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Echo Movement
Echo Movement
American reggae band
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Andrew Jackson Jihad
Andrew Jackson Jihad
American folk punk band
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The Rifles
The Rifles
band
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I See Stars
I See Stars
American electronicore band
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The Red Shore
The Red Shore
Australian deathcore band
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Senses Fail
Senses Fail
American post-hardcore band
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Meat Beat Manifesto
Meat Beat Manifesto
band
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No Motiv
No Motiv
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Mustard Plug
Mustard Plug
Ska punk band
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A Loss for Words
A Loss for Words
American pop punk band
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Bad Religion
Bad Religion
American punk rock band
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Woe, Is Me
Woe, Is Me
American metalcore band
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The Subways
The Subways
English rock band
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Hawthorne Heights
Hawthorne Heights
American post-hardcore band
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Hawk Nelson
Hawk Nelson
Canadian band
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Clean Bandit
Clean Bandit
British band
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Diffuser
Diffuser
American rock bank
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The Violet Burning
The Violet Burning
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Hinder
Hinder
American rock band
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Raine Maida
Raine Maida
Canadian musician
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The Getaway Plan
The Getaway Plan
Australian band
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Royal Republic
Royal Republic
Swedish rock band
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Animal Collective
Animal Collective
American musical group
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Turin Brakes
Turin Brakes
English band
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Funeral for a Friend
Funeral for a Friend
Welsh band
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Broadway Calls
Broadway Calls
band
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House of Heroes
House of Heroes
band
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Authority Zero
Authority Zero
band
Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution
band

Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution

Intro
band
Members, past and present

Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution, or BOTAR, is a musical collective including influences from ska, punk, classical, and eastern European music, entirely in an acoustic format including classically trained musicians. It is composed of former Catch 22 members Tomas Kalnoky and Jamie Egan, in addition to Nick Afflitto, Marcy Ciuffreda, Matt Dannenberg, Rachel Goldstein, Layton Hayes, John Paul Jones, Achilles Kalnoky, Paul Lowndes, Chris Paszik, Mark Rendeiro, Dan Ross, Pete Sibilia, Shane Thomson, and Natalia Ushak.