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Some music groups from the late 1970s and early 1980s, such as the Clash, the Deadbeats, the Specials, the Beat, and Madness fused characteristics of punk rock and ska, but many of these were punk bands playing an occasional ska-flavored song.
The 2 tone genre, which began in the late 1970s in the Coventry area of UK, was a fusion of Jamaican ska rhythms and melodies with punk rock's more aggressive guitar chords and lyrics. Compared to 1960s ska, 2 Tone music had faster tempos, fuller instrumentation, and a harder edge.
- 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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- “Mirror In The Bathroom” by The Beat. The only way to start this list is by mentioning a classic ska song from one of the greatest ska bands. “Mirror In The Bathroom” was a single from The Beat’s 1980 debut album, I Just Can’t Stop It.
- “Time Bomb” by Rancid. Ska music is deeply encoded in Rancid’s DNA. During their prime, the American rock band ate, slept, and breathed punk rock. And if this hit is anything to go by, we can safely say they are one of the greatest punk bands in history.
- “On My Radio” by The Selecter. The Selecter had attracted plenty of attention with their first single, “The Selecter,” laying the groundwork for their illustrious musical career.
- “Badfish” by Sublime. Sublime’s ska song was loved in California because the lyrics resonated with the locals. It also became one of the band’s best songs.
- The Aquabats! – Super Rad! (1997) These days The Aquabats! – a band who never missed a chance to place an exclamation mark anywhere – are better known for their other projects.
- Capdown – Ska Wars (2000) Beloved Buckinghamshire boys Capdown kick-started something of a movement here in the UK, a short-lived but raucous few years at the beginning of this century that wasn’t the same as the third-wave ska of the 90s but didn’t quite get big enough to be its own thing.
- Dance Hall Crashers – Lost Again (1997) Originally formed by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman after Operation Ivy but before Rancid, Dance Hall Crashers ended up very different, fronted by the pop-perfect harmonies of dual vocalists Elyse Rogers and Karina Deniké.
- King Prawn – Survive (1998) Genre-colliders King Prawn – who call their particular blend of ska, punk and hip-hop ‘wildstyle’ – combined the political messaging of more underground bands with the big-ass tunes of more commercial ska punk, but decided to call it a day in 2003, arguably at the peak of their popularity.
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Nov 23, 2022 · 1. Operation Ivy – Energy (1989) (Image credit: Lookout) Filtering their love of 70s punk through the 2-Tone movement, UK pals Culture Shock, and 80s hardcore, Operation Ivy’s two-year existence was brief, but the urgent and chaotic yet uplifting Energy established a ska punk template for decades to come.
