Spring Heeled Jack is bringing its “fast and furious brass injected” ska sound to the Maintenance Shop tomorrow night.

The group, who hails from Connecticut, has quickly become one of the forerunners in the ska scene with their new release, Static World View.

Spring Heeled Jack formed four years ago and released Connecticut Ska, a cassette only release of their originally record industry solicited demo tape, which is currently in its fifth pressing.

They have also been featured on several Moon Ska compilations including Skanarchy Volume 1 and 2, Skarmageddon and Oi/Skampilation Volume 1.

It was the band’s contribution to the Skarmageddon compilation (which ultimately went gold) that earned their world-wide reputation.

The group features Mike Pellegrino (guitar), Ron Ragona (vocals), Rick Omente (bass), Dave Karcich (drums), Chris Rhodes (trombone), Tyler Jones (trumpet) and Pete Wasilewski (saxophone). Vocals are mainly provided by Pellegrino, but all of the members pitch in.

To understand where the band is coming from, it is necessary to take a look at ska’s roots. The ska scene has changed rather drastically since its inception in Jamaica during the early sixties.

A mixture of Jamaican and Caribbean created the unique blend that is currently known as ska. The music then mutated into such varieties as rocksteady, reggae, mento, ska-core and swing-ska, according to a press release.

Ska then went on to somewhat die off in the United States until a ska revival occurred in England during the late seventies.

English artists, such as Bad Manners, sped up the sound and added a punkish feel to the music. But ska didn’t catch on in the U.S. until the early eighties.

Spring Heeled Jack is a direct result of this musical lineage. They play a brand of ska that is closer to swing-ska because of its broad use of horns and its infusion of rhythm-and-blues and early rock.

The sound is also fairly tempestuous, yet catchy. It is their infectious groove that has led to some of their career highlights.

Among these highlights are two dates on the Lollapalooza ’95 tour, being the opening band for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones on their northeast tour and being signed to Moon Ska records, a label founded by Rob Hingley of The Toasters, an influential ska band.

Ska fans and music buffs can catch the group’s hybrid sound at the Maintenance Shop tomorrow at 9 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students with a fee card and $6 for general admission.