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Bibliography. Ska punk (also spelled ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska music and punk rock music. Ska punk tends to feature brass instruments, especially horns such as trumpets, trombones and woodwind instruments like saxophones, making the genre distinct from other forms of punk rock.
- Late 1970s, United Kingdom
- Reel Big Fish. Coming together in a California high school as a cover band, Reel Big Fish changed their style to ska in 1992 and enjoyed an underground cult following.
- Less Than Jake. Ska punk has been represented in the state of Florida since the early ’90s by Less Than Jake. The band released two studio albums in the late ’90s on Capitol Records, garnering some national exposure.
- Goldfinger. Next, we have one of the contributors to the third-wave ska movement, Goldfinger. The group was created by John Feldmann, Simon Williams, Darrin Pfeiffer, and Charlie Paulson in 1994.
- Sublime. Our next band, Sublime emerged on the music scene in the late ’80s out of Long Beach, California. Childhood friends Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson were playing punk rock when they joined up with Bradley Nowell, who introduced them to ska and reggae.
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Feb 22, 2023 · Dicky Barrett, frontman with ska punk linchpins The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, has a theory that ska pops up in troubled times. “I think ska is some sort of a musical super hero,” he told Punk News. “When people need to feel good, it seems to show up at just the right time.
- Vinnie Fiorello
- THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES – The Impression That I Get (1997) “The Bosstones were monsters live, devastatingly tight and with the right amount of anger and aggression.
- THE SUICIDE MACHINES – Break The Glass (1996) “Friends and brothers. The Machines were happening at the same time as LTJ and when we found them on our second tour, we bonded.
- SKANKIN’ PICKLE – Song #3 (1997) “The blueprint for LTJ’s touring ethic, and also releasing some early music from us, Skankin’ Pickle’s studio records rarely did anything for me, but watching and listening to those songs live made a lightbulb go off.
- REEL BIG FISH – Sell Out (1996) “Speaking of fun… Reel Big Fish’s lyrics took satire and dry wit to new levels: quirky, but with a dark side. After touring with RBF, I can say the lyrics and music perfectly match singer/guitar player Aaron Barrett.
May 27, 2021 · Brian Rasic/Getty Images. According to Pop Matters, Heather Augustyn, the author of several books about ska, said ska-punk worked because it had "a tempo more akin to punk, a similar energy, a similar message." Ska-punk in the late 1970s and early 1980s was largely ushered in by the record label 2 Tone.
- Amy Beeman
Apr 23, 2024 · Voting Rules. Ska punk bands and artists only. Latest additions: King Prawn, Ska-P, Tip the Van. Most divisive: Edna's Goldfish. Over 6.9K Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of Ska Punk Bands. Combining elements of ska music and hardcore punk rock, ska punk first became popular in the late 1970s in the UK.
Nov 23, 2022 · Ska punk: it's the Marmite genre that just won’t die. Whatever your opinion though, the infectious combination of ska and punk is probably as responsible for recruiting successive generations to punk rock as the more mainstream commercial acts, from the Sex Pistols to Green Day.
