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Anarkinda began in the college town of Houghton, Michigan as a response to the lack of ska in the area. Randy Enk, vocals, and Nathan Wiley, saxophone, began the search for the people that would eventually form Anarkinda. They enlisted members from a former local ska band Todd Bonham on trombone and Austen Smith on bass guitar. Kurt Bonham, an accomplished drummer, was recommended by his brother Todd. To find a guitarist, the almost completed group relied on responses to flyers that were posted around the MTU campus. After several responses and a few auditions, Bret Self was set on guitar. With a complete group assembled, Anarkinda, who had already gone through several names, began to just have fun playing music in the dorm basement. The group would just jam together and this led to the creation of many songs. After several weeks of getting started, they were invited to play as the opening act for a show at a new local venue. Dressed in a hodgepodge of odd dress shirts, suit c...