The View是一只校园乐队，主唱Kyle Falconer，吉他手Peter Reilly，贝斯手Kieren Webster，来自于St John's RC高中，鼓手Steven Morrison均来自Harris学院，他们的表演开始于一些校园的才艺比赛，后来，他们便组建了The View，并开始各地各酒吧的巡回演出，后来得到BBC的大加赞赏。从2006年成团，到2008年末（2009年）发布全新大碟，对于这么一群学生来说，成绩是惊人的，他们的音乐健全，有些许Squeeze 和 the Sex Pistols的味道，张弛有力，风格多样化，趣味十足，绝对值得一听。The View -- bassist Kieran Webster, lead guitarist Pete Reilly, lead singer Kyle Falconer, and drummer Steve Morrison -- got together in their native Dundee, near Scotland's east coast, in 2005, when none of them had yet reached 20. Prior to storming the U.K. with their energetic, scruffy ska-punk and throwback rock, they were a cover band. But as of 2007, when they made their U.S. debut at a concert in New York City, those days were far behind them: in 2006, with only two shows for tastemakers back in Europe under their belt, they signed to 1965 Records, distributed by Columbia and run by James Endeacott, who has worked with similarly red-hot acts the Strokes and the Libertines. Hats Off to the Buskers, the debut album that spawned the U.K. hits "Superstar Tradesman" and "Wasted Little DJ's," was released in Britain in January 2007; the American version landed in record shops in March. Influences on the View are easy for a listener to pick up, and include the Clash, Oasis, and the Libertines. What is not so easy for American listeners to pick up, though, are the View's lyrics, which Falconer studs with Scottishisms. Those who don't know what a "gadgie" is but find themselves succumbing to the hype, then, will want to study up on their brogue.