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The second wave was in the 70s and is known as Two-tone. It obviously borrowed a lot from punk rock which was also emerging at the time, but it was still more traditional ska than rock, albeit at a faster tempo.
Within the history of ska, 2 Tone is classified as its second wave, the product of an early 1980s nostalgia for vintage music. It is the precursor of the third wave ska scene of the 1990s. The 2 Tone sound was developed by young musicians (mostly in Coventry , West Midlands ) who grew up hearing 1960s Jamaican music . [2]
Nov 30, 2020 · Duff Guide To Ska Publishing | 254 pp. | 2020. Stephen Shafer has devoted all of his adult life to ska music. Having been exposed to the “Second Wave Ska” of the late 70s 2-Tone movement via its inclusion on the New Wave in of the time, playback of bands like The Beat [The English Beat for us Yanks] and The Specials on forward moving radio ...
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Feb 17, 2024 · Videos by American Songwriter. When punk took off in the mid-’70s, Coventry keyboardist Jerry Dammers started The Specials and founded 2 Tone Records as ska’s answer to Motown, single-handedly...
Remembering the Real Lessons of 2 Tone Ska. Critic Kenneth Partridge looks at 2 Tone’s legacy, how it united black and white British youth, what it meant for U.S. punk scene. By Kenneth ...
Mar 16, 2021 · First Wave: https://youtu.be/4RYaMH9wB84. Second Wave: https://youtu.be/lgCZN1rU5co. Third Wave: https://youtu.be/AEKbFMvkLIc . Fourth Wave: https://youtu.be/FxJ4sp7nMQY
Sep 18, 2018 · Orange County ska punk band Reel Big Fish, performing live in 2013. Jester Jay Goldman/ (CC BY-SA 2.0) “Skankin’ to the beat is an alright feelin’ / Skankin’ to the beat got my toe jams ...
