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Ska ( / skɑː /; Jamaican: [skjæ]) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. [1] It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off beat.
May 17, 2024 · In the 1970s ska was a significant influence on British pop culture, and so-called groups (whose name derived from both the suits they wore and their often integrated lineups) such as the Specials, Selector, and Madness brought punk and more pop into ska.
Jun 2, 2021 · The same is true of ska's distinct mod fashion aesthetic and its truly indescribable signature dance move (or mosh pit move, if you were the punk mentioned above): skanking. But the genre described in a popular meme as "what plays in a 13-year-old's head when he gets extra mozzarella sticks" has a story even more fascinating than that ...
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Ska punk fans typically dress in a style that mixes typical ska- or 2 Tone-related fashions, with various types of punk fashions, including street punk, pop punk, skate punk or hardcore punk.
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- Glam punk. After the '50s teddy boys in the UK, a proto-punk look came along in the late ’60s and early ’70s courtesy of anti-establishment garage-punk bands such as the MC5 and Iggy Pop and The Stooges, who eschewed flowery psychedelia for a grubbier, darker, more unkempt look that expressed their lifestyle.
- CBGB punk. Perhaps the first official US punk look, however, was worn by the New York City bands based around the iconic venue, CBGB. Bands such as The Ramones, Patti Smith, Blondie, Television and Richard Hell.
- King's Road punk. Inspired by the torn, dissolute threads worn by Richard Hell as well as the provocative androgyny of New York Dolls, Sex Pistols’ impresario Malcolm McLaren and fashion designer Vivienne Westwood introduced a new look for the birth of UK punk in 1976 from their shop on London’s King’s Road, SEX.
- Anarcho punk. Anarcho-punk fashion was an evolution of the King’s Road look but, courtesy of bands such as Crass, Subhumans and Discharge, it shot off in a harder-edged, militaristic direction with lots of black clothing, anarchist symbols, mad, coloured hair styles – including gravity-defying mohawks and liberty spikes – band or political t-shirts, and tight trousers and boots.
Dec 29, 2022 · What is it, exactly? And how did it come to be? Ska punk is the product of a long-standing love affair between ska music and punk rock. Ska, the older of the two genres, originated in Jamaica post World War II.
Mar 16, 2021 · Punk was the new fad in Britain and these rockers were beginning to discover older, first wave-Ska brought over by Jamaican immigrants. Both genres would fuse to create Ska-Punk, and mark a change in the way Ska is traditionally played. The tempo is, therefore, increased to accommodate punk's preference for faster songs.
