What is ska?

Ska is a form of Jamaican music. It is a predessesor to Reggae. Ska is
fast-paced danceble music with a good rythm and a down beat. It can either
contaain normal rock instruments or horns but its usually a combination of
the two. In the late Fifties/early Sixties people in Jamaica began listening
to American rock, jazz, and blues. They started to use many of the same
instruments and eventually formed their own sound. Ska was pioneered by such
acts as the Skatelites and Bob Marley and the Wailers. Ska has already com
to America on many different trips and is currently on it's third wave.
Although many bands such as the Specials have kept on playing origional ska
,other bands such as the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Rancid have laced their
music with a punk edge.


A Few General Links

  •  Attempted Ska Page
  • Ground Zero
  • Pick It Up
  • Rudenet
  • Ska Brewing Company
  • Ska Net
  • Skahoo
  • Ultimate Ska Page
  • Just Add Water Tabs

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    Ska Bands

    Aquabats

    Laurel Aitken

    Animal Chin

    Attaboy Skip?:  Does anyone know one...this one doesn't work anymore...

    Bad Manners

    Bim Skala Bim

    Bruce Lee Band

    Catch 22

    Cherry Poppin Daddies

    Chinkees

    Dance Hall Crashers

    Dow Jones & the Industrials

    Edna's Goldfish

    Fishbone

    Five Iron Frenzy

    Gadjits

    Hanks

    Hepcat

    Hippos

    Insatiable

    I Voted For Kodos

    Janitors Against Apartheid

    Jeffries Fan Club

    Jimmy Two Times

    Less Than Jake

    Let's Go Bowling

    Longshot

    Los Hooligans

    Madness

    Mephiskapheles

    Mealticket

    Mock Turtle Soup

    Monkey

    Mu330

    Mustard Plug

    Pietasters

    Pilfers

    Planet Smashers

    Prince Buster

    REEL Big Fish

    Rx Bandits

    78Rpms

    Skankin Pickle

    Skatalites

    Slackers

    Slow Gherkin

    Spring Heeled Jack

    Special Guest

    Specials

    Toasters

    Toots and the Maytals

    Undercover SKA
     

    All Bands hand picked by yours truly! In other words not just every ska band on the net!  Although I know I left a bunch of good ones out...send links if you can think of any...


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