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Mar 7, 2024 · Ska has had several international waves. The first began in the early 1960s and is remembered for “ My Boy Lollipop ” by Millie Small, a Jamaican singer based in London, and for hits by Prince Buster and by Desmond Dekker and the Aces. In the 1970s ska was a significant influence on British pop culture, and so-called groups (whose name ...
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.
- Late 1950s, Jamaica
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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. It is closely tied to third wave ska which reached its zenith in ...
- Late 1970s, United Kingdom
Feb 25, 2022 · The band Rancid, and their predecessor, Operation Ivy, is commonly acknowledged for the revival of punk in the US, as well as being the first, by some musical historians’ definition, mainstream ska band. Third wave ska had more elements from rock and punk than 2 tone ska, as well as the addition of classic 90s pop-punk style vocals. Generally ...
Apr 16, 2018 · The Interrupters, a ska punk band formed in LA in 2011, continues the Cold War spy theme in their song, “Can’t Be Trusted,” set in the post-Bush/Cheney era of America.
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May 28, 2020 · Reggae, a genre that branched off from ska in the 1960’s, was appropriated by white artists during ska’s second wave. English bands like The Police, Culture Club and Madness were influenced by ska and reggae tempos and eventually became the ‘white face’ of reggae in the UK: The Police’s 1979 album “Reggata de Blanc” roughly ...
Feb 22, 2023 · Ska has had three separate phases. It started in Jamaica in the late 1950s, mixing elements of Caribbean and American music together. Exported to the UK by Caribbean emigrés, by the late 70s it morphed into 2 Tone, taking on elements of punk and directly addressing the politics of the time – racial inequality, civil unrest and general downtroddenness.
