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Feb 22, 2023 · When Operation Ivy’s Tim Armstrong formed Rancid in 1991, one of their founding principles was: “We don’t play ska.”. They stuck to it on 1992’s self-titled, straight-up-punk debut, but ska was very much present on 1994 follow-up Let’s Go.
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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Jun 2, 2021 · While most American iterations of ska and the more commonly-heard ska-punk have tended to be dominated by white musicians and bear a permanent association with the '90s, the genre was actually invented in Jamaica by Black artists in the mid-1960s.
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Mar 16, 2021 · Two Tone Ska became popular to the point where it started to influence bands across the pond in the United States. Bands of third wave-Ska largely pulled their influences from the Ska-Punk scene during the Two Tone era and would, ultimately, go on to expand the genre in both popularity and style .
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Jan 24, 2021 · I interviewed author Aaron Carnes to learn more about the relationship between punk and ska and about ska in the 1990s. I especially like that Aaron corrects some of my own faulty assumptions in this interview, including the problem with the term “Third Wave Ska.”
Feb 25, 2022 · Culture. One of music’s most political, unique and fun genres: A guide to ska. by Emily Duncan. February 25, 2022. Ollie Lamkin | KCPR. Read Next. When I first discovered that ska was — in fact — its own genre, I was shocked.
Mar 12, 2024 · Throughout the ’80s, many punk bands experimented with ska music, but it wasn’t until the end of the decade and throughout the ’90s that ska-punk hit the mainstream. Several ska-punk releases even managed to rank on the music charts. Here, we have 13 of the most famous ska punk bands worth checking out. Let’s get started.
