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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
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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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 ...
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.
Jun 2, 2021 · The ska style known as 2 tone developed in the late 1970s and early '80s in England. According to SF Gate, while reggae was exploding in Jamaica, the popularity of new wave in the U.K. made nostalgia for '60s ska fashionable, and British bands picked it up (pun intended). So while Jamaicans were exploring the possibilities of reggae and Bob ...
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Dec 29, 2022 · Ska dominated the Jamaican airwaves throughout the 60s. By the 70s, ska had made its way across the pond to Britain, where the punk rock scene was raging. Bands like The Specials and Madness started incorporating elements of each into their music, and others followed suit. By the late 80s, ska punk had codified into the distinct fusion genre we ...
Punk's many sub-genres, from cowpunk to ska punk, all have their own unique style, but these are the punk trends that changed everything, from the New York Dolls and CBGB to Blink-182.
