The Conspiracy formed in 1992 when founding members and friends Dave Young, Josh Staples, and Madrone Candea were just out of High School. Their first public performance was at their hometown of Petaluma's Phoenix Theatre with The Selecter from the UK. From then until 1998, through 37 members, numerous tours & many releases, they became one of Northern California's best and most popular ska bands. REVIEWS: "They sound like they've practiced their asses off. Get this one, you'll like it." - Fortune Taco "A tight, professional document by one of the West Coast's biggest purveyors of ska this 16 track disc conveys a delirious musical mayhem fashioned from a prodigious patchwork of instruments, styles and ethnic roots ...for those who take their music with simultaneous seriousness and playfulness." - Press Democrat (NY Times Publication)