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This is a list of notable bands and musicians who performed primarily ska or ska-influenced music for a significant portion of their careers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Ska (/ s k ɑː /; Jamaican Creole: skia, ) 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.
Ska is the sole music genre that's incorporated into the Ska Against Racism Tour. Ska Against Racism is an eight-band throw down of multiple, mix-and-mash styles—including punk, rap, rock and r&b-- all anchored by ska. [2] Each and every one of the bands that participated in the 1998 tour play music that spans one or more sub-genres of ska music.
His piano playing helped to define the sound and feel of ska music, as distinct from Jamaican rhythm & blues in the late 1950s. [1] He had a huge hit in 1959 with "Easy Snappin", recorded in 1956 and played at dances by producer Coxsone Dodd before he released it three years later on his Worldisc label. [ 1 ]
Ska Boo-Da-Ba: Top Sounds from Top Deck, Volume 3 (Westside UK, 1998) Ska-Ta-Shot: Top Sounds from Top Deck, Volume 4 (Westside UK, 1998) Ska-Tola: Top Sounds from Top Deck, Volume 5 (Westside UK, 1998) Heroes of Reggae in Dub: The Skatalites Meet King Tubby (Guava Jelly, 1999) Nucleus of Ska (Music Club, 2001) The Legendary Skatalites in Dub ...
In the late 1970s, he recorded a song called "Offshore Banking Business" with the Members and with the arrival of the 2 tone genre, he played with ska revival bands such as the Specials including their single "A Message to You, Rudy". [2] Rodriguez is mentioned in the Ian Dury and the Blockheads song "Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3". The song ...
Guitarist Clyde Grimes took on more vocal leads, and in 1984 the band recorded "Free Yourself", [4] which became very popular, especially in the United Kingdom where it was a number 26 hit in April 1985. [5] The band has gone through many lineup changes since then and in 2006 only vocalist Jerry Miller remained from the original lineup. [3]
Suburban Legends are an American ska punk band [1] that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998 and later based themselves in nearby Santa Ana.After building a fanbase in the Orange County ska scene through their numerous regular performances at the Disneyland Resort, a series of lineup changes in 2005 introduced elements of funk and disco into the group's style.