Hey man... Just figured I'd show you a scene that's really starting to get some traction in Northern Mexico and the south western US... The king's of this scene are Fayuca They have at least one record out... I remember doing lights for them at a few festivals whilst I was working for Independent Events (event company out of AZ)... Very ska-punk influenced Mexican rock music... Doesn't really have a name... But the common label these bands tend to give them selves is Hispanic Punk... Vv stoner rock in the image... But not the sound... Vv cool and creative stuff. Not exactly ska... But deffo keeping the sound alive
Definitely purchase the 3rd Wave Ska Documentary. Very well produced. If you can find a physical copy, grab that one because it has even more interviews than just the doc itself.
Literally was the loner metal head kid that played trombone and then some kids asked me to be in their ska band...best day of my life! 20 years later, we just wrote a new album!
Heck ya Blake! Shameless promo. *Check us out, The Scuba Kids at bandcamp*. 20 years later voted as one of the top three ska bands from Los Angeles. One of the more infrequent appearing ska acts, known for their wild long shows and diy ethics. Submitted for legendary status in the 818 San Fernando valley music scene. Played with bands Suburban Legends, Dan Potthast, The Huxtables, Rx bandits, Bomb the music industry, Left Alone, Forces of Evil and many others. There’s one historic Voodoo Glow Skulls show at the cobalt were TSK out sold VGS, putting the promoter into a position he had to steal the TSK show earning$ to pay his voodoo debt. TSK left the show with no money but months later promoter asks TSK to play a “save the cobalt show”.TSK declines and makes a troll post on the Fakebook event page calling out promoter, leading him to be blacklisted and put out of business shortly after. Many members of TSK are members of other bands or work as a touring member for a band or straight up their bass player is Wang Chungs drummer. Yeahhh that’s right, TSK’s bass player is straight up Wang Chungs drummer for their US casino tour circa 2011. The Scuba kids are dope, super underrated ska band and now their your new favorite ska band.... “TSK” the movie... copy paste that into your utubes search bar for a good ole’ ska laugh and some more ska history
Glad to head that, many people seem to bash on that genre, especially in hardcore scenes, personally, I always loved it, I also heard a few French bands who made songs in French, English and Spanish, like Les Skalopes (unfortunately they only made two albums, the second, Ya vendra mi turno, is one of my favourites of all time)
I used to live in Chile and Ska was one of the most popular forms of music. you would see local ska bands performing every weekend across Santiago bars. Spanish band Ska-P would sell out big soccer stadiums.
Gwen Stefanie is a beast. I had free tickets to a No Doubt show.. so I went and was super impressed. She danced for 2 hours straight and then started doing 1 arm push ups while singing. She can't be human. She really deserves the crown she wears
I am surprised you went through this whole video without mentioning Superman by Goldfinger in Tony Hawks Pro Skater. That song being in that game had a MASSIVE influence on my music taste growing up.
@@gustavo_oviedo not upset. Just surprised. That was a big deal to a lot of people in my generation. I liked the video was just surprised it wasn’t mentioned
@@gustavo_oviedo He has a good point, how are you gonna talk about Goldfinger in a video about ska and not bring up the monster of a song Superman that was a gateway for many like myself into the genre. Millions of kids played tony hawk and that game forced you to hear that song on repeat. It's a bonafide classic
I was a huge Ska Punk fan and played in various aka punk bands since the mid 90’s and absolutely love your viewpoints in this video. I think you’re pretty spot on with your 3 reasons why it died. I’ll also add that the swing music craze (which kicked off with the help of Swingers movie and that Gap khakis commercial) helped bring even more fans into the ska punk genre. My band got booked a lot of gigs by people who wanted a swing band but didn’t know the difference haha.
I think when a big fad pops up, and then disappears after it runs its course, people forget about one thing. The fans grow up. I think Finn touched on it with college, but even beyond that. People get married, people have kids, so they stop, or at least significantly reduce, the music they buy and the concerts they attend. Divorces are expensive, and kids are expensive. Plus, not only do kids cost a lot of money, but they require a significant amount of time. This has always been my argument against the NiRvAna kIlLeD gLaM opinion. It wasn't Nirvana, it was the fans growing up and no longer just living for themselves and their indulgences. This also explains the resurgence in glam metal. The fans' kids grew up, so now they have more money (naturally over the years income increases) and they have more time. Now we are seeing reunions and cover bands, and I can tell you first hand, I've made more money in my glam metal cover band than I ever did in any of my original hardcore or metal bands. I think the same is happening to ska. We are starting to see ska reunions, and once this pandemic has run its course, I'm betting we'll see more. The fans' kids have grown up, so now they will have more time and more money to go to shows.
I think if Streetlight Manifesto came in earlier they would have definitely been up there as far as influential ska bands but since they started in 2002 they don’t get as much credit as I personally think they deserve.
A few bands were about towards the end of the genres heyday that pushed the boundaries a bit like that but we're too late to the game. RX Bandits are another.
As a young kid in the 90s Gwen Stefani was god tier when it came punk rockers of the 90s. She was easily one of if not the most recognizable voices of my child hood in music, and even when she left no doubt she continued to pump out huge hits whether you like her music or not. Being in grade 7 when holla back girl came out was something else, thats song was literally everywhere when it came to grade school events and dances. She is a legit pop culture icon
At least where I live, Operation Ivy's fanbase seems to overlap almost entirely with people who spell "punks" like "punx". It's a very specific strain of punk fans who also love Subhumans and GBH.
Streetlight Manifesto had some of the best most epic songs I've ever heard in my life. I miss ska being more popular. The new goldfinger album was dope though.
@@jsnel9185 been to 3 Streetlight shows, all were so epic, best circle pits and skankin ive ever been and done. Everything i was wearing was drenched in sweat after each show. 10 out of 10 would do everyday if i could.
They’re far and away the best ska band. They’re just on another level than basically all the 90s acts like Less Than Jake or Reel Big Fish. People who think ska shouldn’t be taken seriously, go listen to Streetlightz
@@nickkaiser7166 I excitedly went to a streetlight manifesto show in Austin in 2019. Had to leave early because the stench was unbearable. The smell preceded any dancing or lights or even music. I walked in and it was like a locker room from the get go. Really ruined the night.
@@baxoutthebox5682 You didn't think a super energetic ska band with strong folk-punk influences was gonna smell nice did you? In Texas? Even if every kid showed up right after a shower it'd get smelly. And you know folk-punks can't afford soap.
@@ActionNerdGo Tbh I don’t have time to maintain expectations for hyper specific archetypes like “super energetic ska band with strong punk folk influence”
Reel Big Fish - still a favorite of mine. Aaron is a VERY talented guitar player with great vocal range. They put on great shows, always do a great cover song, don't take them selves to seriously, and just a fun band to listen to. I feel like they are really underrated. Lyrically they have some good stuff as well as some goofy stuff that is still very enjoyable. I'd love to see a resurgence of ska. Thought Streetlight Manifesto would be that way, but I guess they went a bit to punk rock with their record label deal.
I was an absolute snob about ska (mostly cuz my brother was) and disliked a lot of 3rd wave ska music that was popular for 2 seconds in the late 90s. Then in college my new best friend made me go see Reel Big Fish for her birthday which I was not thrilled about. They won me over in about 5 minutes. It was so much fun and I'm pretty sure I've seen them four times since. My theory is it's really hard to capture that sound in the studio. Live it sounds really rich and multi-layered but in the studio it comes off really flat and plastic like. One of my favorite times ever was going to the international ska festival in 2006. RBF was one of the headliners, the lineup was stacked (Fishbone!), and the arena was packed.
Here in the heart of L.A. ska still lives. It's not mainstream these days, like you said, but there's definitely still a big following. There's these organizers, Evokore, that promote and throw big ska bashes every year
Tbh I’d say that stuff is more reggae than ska. It’s gotta me that fast strum to be ska. Is it just me or does it make you think of a wind up toy being cranked when you hear that music.
@@hover_roller_balance_boards The aforementioned tracks are reggae, true but Sublime do ska as well like Saw Red & Same In The End. Besides- ska, reggae, dub, dancehall all come from a common ancestor.
I played in Save Ferris for 9 months in 2003 when I was a session guitarist in LA….Evan spoke of his hardcore band but I never remembered what they were called….hey, now I know!! I haven’t spoken to any of them in 20 years. It was a fun band to play with though. I knew Charlie from Goldfinger and nearly replaced him when he quit for a while too. (I think they ended up hiring their guitar tech or something) Thanks for the memory lane!! I watch your channel a lot lately. Cheers.
Finn was right. Even though Sublime was huge they are still underrated. Bradley is up there w/ the best front men of any genre and any time. Being older and listening to Sublime now I can really appreciate the lyrics so much more.
@@SoftDrinksOfChoice not only the words but the pure flow and joy in their music. Bradley really knew how to ride a beat and play with it. And they call him a bad guitar player -_-
How could Fishbone not get an honorable mention? While they're music wasn't focused on ska per se, the ska they did was sick. They are one of those bands that got more props from other bands than with the public, which was sad.
Not typically a RUclips commenter, but since you seem to read the comments, hope you will appreciate a sincere response. As someone who was in ska, punk ,AND hardcore bands in the mid thru late 90s (and DIY show promoter), I think you threaded the relationship of the 90s scene well. This is a thoughtful assessment, including of the legacy of that scene in the US (other ska booms, such as 2tone in the 70s had a much longer-lasting and deeper impact both politically and musically here), but the legacy of ska-punk worldwide is a different thing. It reshaped popular music in a lot of Latin America, especially Mexico, and today ska-influenced bands sell out stadiums from Mexico City to Brazil. Maldita Vecindad is a great example. Many other places had ska-punk booms later than the US did, and so are still in earlier phases of their unfolding like in Indonesia, parts of Scandanavia, Japan (Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra is EXCELLENT and also sells out stadiums), etc. Totally unrelated, but since I'm leaving a long comment anyway: I would love to see you do a video on crust punk. Spanning the range from the early Anarcho stuff, to UK82 type bands, to D-Beat, to Tragedy and now groups like SECT. I appreciate your focus on commercial viability and your business-lens, and while that subgenre certainly never got that popular, it was hugely influential culturally and politically in and out of the punk scene. It's responsible for the entire ethic of DIY being associated with punk (and then hardcore), it infused activism into punk in a foundational way (prior to CRASS, punk was oppositional, but not activist, and then when bigger punk groups like The Clash moved in that direction it altered the DNA and trajectory of a lot of the genre). Interestingly, both ska, and crust set me personally on a foundation where I have spent my life building social movements and am a prominent activist, author, run a racial justice nonprofit, and I know other people of my cohort (I'm 37) for whom these genres were an entry point into building your career as a change-maker either in politics or social movements.
excellent response, excellent video. i was very young during this period but was fully aware of celebrated ska music and this information was very entertaining. my only remark is that i wish there was a mention of Bomb The Music Industry!
TSPO is an amazing band! :) I would also add that the Ska-Jazz wave of early 2000's is probably a child (or maybe sibling) of the Ska-Punk scene. I recommend The Interrupters if anyone is looking for a new Ska-Punk band.
Maldita Vencidad was playing in the barrios of Mexico City during the mid to early 80's and didn't get signed until the around 1988 which made them become mainstream in Mexico. Their influence to ska was much sooner than the 90's ska we saw here in the US. Ska bands like Panteon Rococo, Tijuana No!, Maldita Vencidad, Inspector will definitely bring in huge crowds during el Vive Latino in Mexico City or when they have a big anniversary concerts, lookup Panteon Rococo's XX Anniversary. The 90's ska wave did however left their print in the backyards of LA. There's bands like Viernes 13, La Resistencia, Matamoksa who still play in various venues big or small and at times can be doing a show a for free. Some of these local South LA bands still have a big following from people such as myself that are in our mid 30's. And we also have Ska Wars in Los Angeles every year, except for 2020.
Talking about ska legacy is almost about reggae legacy. We are talking about underground music from Jamaica which has a social impact more than commercial impact. ✌🏽
Sublime left a legacy that I will never forget. Living in the Seattle area we have very long and depressing winters and every spring on the first 60+ degree sunny day you can be sure that 40oz to freedom will be playing in my car cover to cover while I sing along! Sublime got me through my teenage years in the 90’s and I’m still here all these years later because of them! RIP Bradly
Technically speaking, their legacy is: One hit video on MTV, and three top 40 singles in 1997. That’s it. Glad they left as quick as they came. Also, you might want to look up the lyrics of what you’re singing along to, bub, it’s disgusting shit.
I live around the sumner area and we just had our first warm weekend. I was blasting sublime self titled, robbing the hood and 40oz to freedom. I’m glad that we finally left winter behind.
I feel like Skatune Network is doing big things for the genre, not just ska punk. I've started following a bunch of new bands because of them. Their passion and love towards the genre is so genuine and refreshing.
I have been summoned, and here comes my dissertation for anyone who’s interested. Let’s do this. But before we do this, thank you for the shout out in the video! 👀✨ So I had no idea how I’d feel about this video, but I think you hit a lot of major points, but I have 3 main criticisms with this! Gonna work backwards and start out with the legacy. Ska has gotten such a bad wrap, people constantly say “there’s no bands doing anything notable now”, meanwhile bad time records has announced 3 LPs in a row and sold out nearly 1000 records and had to do 2nd pressings before the LPs even drop. That’s an accomplishment emo can’t even say they’ve made, yet diy emo is getting praise for sounding like American football and snowing for the 3rd time this decade??? (I fucking LOVE emo btw I’m just saying lol) the new scene of bands like Bad Operation, kill Lincoln, Catbite, are creating their own sound and bringing so much character to the scene, rather than trying to be a reel big fish or goldfinger knock off, and that shits being hella overlooked 2. The 2nd wave of American ska punk bands all came from the punk scene. Bands like reel big fish, goldfinger, the aquabats all were playing music in the late 80s and involved in punk. They all were directly influenced by operation ivy and the 2-tone movement bands, and fishbone. (Fishbone was also a huge influence to no doubt and most Orange County bands. It really sucks how an all black ska band gets no recognition for kickstarting ska but op ivy gets it all) but yeah, those bands def were down with punk and the culture revolving around shows The big kicker for ska really didn’t have much to do with the bands. Honestly the labels marketing it as a joke and fad is what killed it. When you have millions of young folk watching SKAturday on MTV with Carson Daly butchering what ska is about, millions start associating a caricature of the genre with what the genre truly is. And millions got into it and got out of it, but those who got into it through the culture of shows and ya know... how many people get into regular scenes.. they stayed in after the boom just the same. And lastly, it’s really hard to talk about what happened with ska without talking about the 2-tone movement. The entire second wave of ska was built around this idea of racial unity. Solidarity between black Jamaican immigrants and white working class through music. This idea of unity carried its way through the third wave. Noisey did in an incredible documentary on it that’s available on RUclips, but yeah the spirit of the 2-tone movement was present through the bands and carried its way through to present day. Whether it’s directly in the music, or indirectly with how the bands operate. It’s just important to note that bands like reel big fish or the aquabats didn’t just hear no doubt and randomly form lol it really sucks how there is a history of those kinds of bands carrying the torch from the 2-tone movement, and because record labels and the music industry pushed the genre as a huge joke to be marketable, it just lost its credibility and became over saturated (even with non-ska bands being marketed as ska bands cause they have a trumpet over alternative rock or some shit lol) Anyway, yes pick it up ska in the 90s and the noisey 2-tone movement documentary both go a bit deeper into both of these!
I’m stoked to see your input on this video, keep up the work man, you put out quality content. (Much love to you too Finn, your videos are the soundtrack to me getting ready for work).
That Noisey 2-tone documentary was interesting as hell. Great, now I'll have "Mirror in the Bathroom" by E.B. and the Specials' "Ghost Town" stuck in my head all day. 😉
I'm a metal head and sublime was such a great band. Ahead of their time.. I really wish you woulda mentioned Choking Victim, they were a huge influence on the kids around me..
Dang, I was hoping you were going to get into Streetlight Manifesto, you mentioned Catch 22. Mr. Kalnoky is a great musician and song writer. I saw them live a couple years ago during their Theives in the night tour. Very energetic show.
Man I didn’t think you’d ever do a video on ska-punk. I never stopped listening to ska. I love punk and hardcore but the reality is I’m not pissed off all the time and ska kind of makes me feel good. I think what killed it was it became extremely uncool and the people who hate ska in the punk scene really fucking hate it. Thanks for adding your .02.
@@kostiatretyak yeah I have to agree with you on this! It kinda limited them to how they could evolve/change their sound. The problem is they really couldn't cuz then it wouldn't be "ska".
I think the last point you made is the most important- star power. With Brad Nowell's (Sublime) death in 1996 and then No Doubt's massive shift away from Ska after "Tragic Kingdom" the genre lost their two biggest starts basically the same year. From 97-99 it Ska Punk was able to carry on without them a little bit, but Brad and Gwen were the star powers the genre needed.
I think generalizing ska-punk as ska doesn’t do the true ska bands of that era justice. The Pietasters, Hepcat, Stubborn Allstars, The Checkered Cabs, The Toasters, Lets Go Bowling, etc. All bands that were a huge part of the scene and some are still kicking around today. Where are the nods to the Rude Boys/Girls and the Skins who were there supporting the scene all along? I get mentioning skinheads isn’t easy but you can’t talk ska without non-racist traditional skinheads coming up.
I still listen to Ska music. I got into it in the early 80s as the remnants of the two tone movement reached Southern California. I did the whole “learn the roots” thing backwards to the Skatalites & all the early Jamaican singers & record labels. Even though I like old punk, I just never felt the 3 wave / ska punk thing. It just felt goofy & contrived. There are still good ska bands out there releasing soulful & jazzy tracks. I’ll just name drop The Prizefighters & Traveling All Stars and walk away.....
Less Than Jake is one of the most influential bands in my life along with anything Tim Armstrong has been a part of. Thank you for the great video on this! I was in high school when the boom happened and it's when I fell in love with music. I still listen to a lot of it and it opened so many musical doors for me once I got into that scene. LTJ still making new music and touring ... you're so right, they've aged the best. And I think it's because instead of corny they present as very genuine
They put on such a great show. They shot confettis out in the audience as a hometown appreciation for everyone. I remember before hearing their music for the first time I used to see their logo stickers everywhere in town. I just moved down to Florida from up north back then.
for sure. But best songwriter in punk? That's just ridiculous. Armstrong himself would say he comes light years after Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Weller etc.
@@croulantroulant3082 nowhere near the best songwriter, Fat Mike, Graffin & Guerwitz, Biafra, strummer... the list goes on, but he does know his way around a chorus.
My first introduction to the concept of Ska and punk being mixed genres was when I got Less Than Jake's "Hello Rockview", and I announced that they were a punk band, and my sister corrected me in front of everyone at the party to tell me that LTJ was Ska. That's when I realized I was a Ska-Punk fan. Still one of my favorite bands and still releasing new material now and then!
@@jonchowe They are continuing that Hello Rockview tour this spring but all the shows are on the other side of the country from me ☹️. Someday I'll get to see them!
I just saw that same show myself with VIP in March during the second tour. It was really an incredible experience and all the members are really cool, down to earth guys @@jonchowe
@@diceb0mb I believe it! My brother was friendly with Chris Rhodes from a ton of bands and Vinny from the Pilfers and his takeaway was that most ska bands that lasted did so because they were both talented AND good people.
Sublime hands down one of the best bands ever based on the incorporation of reggae, dancehall, ska, hip hop, rap, reggae-tronic, punk, rock almost every thing which makes sublime so diverse and well thought out R.I.P Brad it was his birthday 3 days ago
Dude for real. I kept going to Warped Tour every year, in part, to see Less than Jake and Reel Big Fish bang it out again. Two of the most fun shows ever. If you've never seen Reel Big Fish live, do yourself a favor and do it!!! If it ever happens again...
@@altoid8450 I saw Jake back in 2004 at some warehouse in an industrial area in San Diego. I was 24 at the time and knew something was up when there were people in their 30's/40's standing around the front of the building as I walked in. It was further confirmed when they introduced their special guest on trombone for the night: Scott Ian. I was the only one who seemed to go apeshit over a guitarist from Anthrax being on stage. Yeah...it was a bunch of high school kids and those people at the front were chaperones. I still had a good time though.
@@altoid8450 I was lucky enough to see Reel Big Fish last March just a week before they shut everything down due to COVID. It was one of the most fun shows I have ever been to. It was my first time seeing them since Warped Tour '97 (I'm old) :-)
While I appreciate your well deserved spotlight on Operation Ivy I believe that not mentioning Fishbone leaves a big hole in legends of ska punk.Not giving a nod to the Specials, who were the earliest bridges between ska and punk, is an even bigger oversight.
I was thinking this exactly. Fishbone and the Specials are the foundation that all of the 90's OC ska bands stand on. Saw Mighty Mighty Bosstones open for Fishbone in '95 in a club in San Antonio. And let's not forget that Travis Barker started off as the drummer for The Aquabats (as the Baron von Tito).
This is a very US centric view of ska anyway. Ska is originally a jamaican genre which got also popular in the 60s in the UK because of the immigration of jamaicans there and there it was taken by the mod subculture and rudeboy fashion also influenced both the mod and the early skinhead look. It came back in the late 70s within the new wave/post punk wave of bands also in the UK with the Two Tone label bands. But from there ska really went global since in the 80s you had a lot of ska bands inspired by Two Tone all ovew the world. In Latin America for example an argentinian ska band like Fabulosos Cadillacs is considered one of the biggest latin american rock bands ever. You also had a lot of ska bands in Europe in the 80s. There was also a lot of ska bands all over the world in the 90s but the US recording industry having such a large influence globally did promote the US ska bands and the idea of a "third wave of ska" but in reality perhaps that is more of a US centric view of things. But even from a strictly US point of view this should have mentioned the earliest US ska bands from the early 80s such as the Toasters from NYC which was started by a guy from England or also the Uptones and the Untouchables both from Cali. This video almost seems to suggest Operation Ivy was the first US ska band or something like that.
@@EclecticoIconoclasta You make good points, but let's not switch the topic from ska punk to ska more broadly. I don't think this video is attempting to cover ska, nor does it have to. That's not to say that it gets everything right, and genres are hard to define, but I don't think anyone would say that Two Tone is part of ska punk.
I mean without 2 tone and bands like the specials, the selector, the beat, bad manners etc it's pretty safe to say that this whole American Ska punk thing would most likely not exist.
You couldn’t have described me better. I graduated high school in ‘98, grew up in central coast CA, played trumpet in the school jazz band, I was a band nerd that grew up in a conservative household. Ska was the only music my parents were ok with. But even apart from that, it was the only music I felt I belonged to. I played in a ska band with 4 other dudes from my school, we played RBF and Skankin Pickle covers at our high school grad party. Everyone danced, even the jocks. It was truly one of the best times of my life, I wouldn’t have changed a thing. Long live ska.
I had a lot of friends back in the 80s and early 90s who were into ska - Madness was my introduction. But their catalogue is so much deeper than pure ska. They capitalized on the early English fascination with ska and reggae. But while I liked the edgier sound of the Bosstones, SkaVoovie and the Epitones’ album Ripe was just more awesome - if you dig ska, that is.
Gwen Stefani with No Doubt, he was amazing, a rock star, strong, crazy, kicking, jumping, climbing to the top of the stage and his voice remained the same and powerful, No Doubt helped give status and dignity to ska punk.
Ska's dead but im still skanking. I just love going to a show where everyone is happy and having fun. Im in a crap 9 peice ska band and its fucking awesome.
There's just NOTHING like it, when you actually get a group together at a live Ska show that's actually into Skanking. One of the things that actually injects a bit of sweetness in an otherwise largely difficult life.
@@TacticalGhost939 The lady met Christian at comic con for Yo Gabba Gabba many years ago. She had no idea who the Aquabats were. I was pretty jealous. Ha.
@@calliew311 both really, Travis is an amazing drummer and really adds a lot to "Fury of the Aquabats", but that's also their last ska album. Everything else they did was new wave Devo-esque stuff.
Before I start this vid: if Choking Victim isn't mentioned in this vid I'll just say, Choking Victim is the ultimate ska band. Because they're dark, and they mixed Ska with Crust Punk
I love that album! I wouldn't consider that ska though. After Op Ivy, the closest thing to ska that Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman (two original members of Op Ivy, for those that didn't know), did was the Rancid album Life Won't Wait. Even with that they were trying to go for more of a first wave ska feel more than the third wave sound that Op Ivy was a part of.
Definitely, and he is still constantly imitated now, decades later. The worst part is all his lyrics from day one were warning us what would happen. "one day I'm gunna lose the war"
@@bobbymagoo5136 My pleasure. It's Ska-P, a band from Spain that certainly knew how to stay on top after all this years, still filling stadiums around the world. Well, at least until the pandemic arrived and took our nice things away.
@@bobbymagoo5136 You should! Ska-P is the shit, they are the most popular ska band in europe... They sound like happy-music, but the lyrics are very political and have strong messages.
I was in HS in the middle of the 90's, this video is so on point on all of the Ska/Punk scene during those years. It was hard to keep up with the number of bands releasing albums, and in those days the only option to hear any of that music was to "buy" the CD's. Good times, great video.
Travis Barker played in the Aquabats for a while. Derek from Alkaline Trio drummed for Suicide Machines, his work on Destruction by Definition is incredible.
Less Than Jake is still putting out some great music to this day, my favorite ska-punk band for sure! 🤟Great video as well, can't believe I missed watching this for almost 2 years!
I loved them when I was younger and they’re super cool people too! When I was about 15, I climbed over a fence to get into their show because I had no money 😂 One leg over the top of the fence, I realized there were people sitting in the darkness on the other side of the fence that had now focused their attention on me. I panicked not knowing who it could be catching me sneaking in so I said, “sorry, we just really wanna see Big D and the Kids Table!” as there were about 4 kids following me to do the same thing because they were copying my plan haha. Well it turned out it WAS Big D and the Kids Table and they said in such a welcoming way, “That’s us! Come on in!” One of my favorite memories lol. I saw them again about 3 years ago and I’m 30 now so hell yeah I never stopped enjoying their music 😜 and now I’m realizing that was 15 years ago ☠️
The part where he says, “maybe you played trombone in high school band but not guitar and you really wanted to be in a punk band ...” describes high school me exactly.
I remember in elementary when I was assigned trombone but really wanted to be trumpet. I didn't show for practice at all but I should've learned looking back now
Gwen cited in an interview with Australian music TV show 'Rage' that one her biggest influences is the two-tone British ska band 'The Specials'. Just thought that was cool, and relevant to the video. Love your work Finn and the team at PRMBA.
Suicide Machines should have been bigger. I got nervous when LTJ put out Overrated and Rest of my Life but they rebounded nicely. Good songs...but way more radio friendly than their other stuff.
im 36 and i still love ska like I was still in high school. I started listening to ska in 1996 and I downloaded my very first song on napster in 1999. It was "MY very own flag" by less than jake. Been hooked ever since. But I did go follow the punk scene and loved emo and screamo as the years progressed.
Lets talk about how John Feldmann from Goldfinger has worked on albums grossing over 30 Million sold worldwide. Dude is a super producer. Who would have thought...
Plus Reel Big Fish is still around. I just saw them play in 2019 right before the whole Covid thing shut down all the shows. They still kick ass and have one of the funnest shows I've ever been to!
In my experience, most people who listen to ska or punk at the very least know the song Sound System. Even younger people familiar with the genre, though they are few and far between. I graduated HS in 2016 and most people who liked ska or punk heard of Operation Ivy. Though the Ska and Punk genres weren't very popular. Most everyone was listening to Kayne West, other rappers, and pop stars. Post-metal Hardcore was under rap and radio pop in terms of popularity and was like the pop-alt scene, ska and punk was under that and seemed to be really niche genres for my generation.
I almost want to unsubscribe because the way he's talking about ska and ska punk bands is very infantilizing and pretty rich from him considering how he champions pop punk as underrated art.
I’m a ska-lifer. Still see Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish anytime they come through Chicago (which is like constantly actually... I think RBF played near me 8 times in 2018, lol). LTJ still puts on one of the most fun shows ever and no matter what I end up losing an earring or something every time I see them. Glad you finally decided to do a ska video. Would love to see a video on Fueled By Ramen.
Just saw this video. Old school metal head here - I was made aware of SKA and Oi around the 1980s as well, never paid too much attention to scene until the SKA explosion of the 1990s. You couldn’t turn on the radio without hearing some form of SKA playing. The one band that almost made me delve a bit into the scene was Rancid, and really because one dude in there reminded of me Wattie from Exploited. I completely respect the talent but never got into the sound.
I graduated HS in 1995, for me the 90s was the best decade ever. I had so much freakin fun growing up, partying day and night, going to shows etc. My 12 Yo daughter is big into 90s Ska and punk! She rolls her Docta Martens like a boss (due to my influence of course!). I still listen to 90s punk and ska to this day. NOFX, Face to face, Rancid, Bad religion, etc. is great 90s punk and some Ska. Ska wise, the Specials, Hepcat, Skankin Pickle (who i saw in 1993? fucking awesome!) and FISHBONE! Those were the true Ska\Punk visionaries of the 90s. You have to remember that Punk was always supposed to be an "underground" music scene. Bands like Goldfinger or freakin (uuuggggh) no doubt were the utter crap mainstream attempt at... i dunno what, but we new it was terrible way back then. So now as a 43 yo man, im perfectly ok with the fact it never continued on and became fully mainstream. That music was for us, by us. nuff said.
Lol i was about to say the same thing although i got into it mid 2000s maybe around 2006-2007 and believe me it was alive and well. South central to compton to watts inglewood to hawthorne to east l.a and all around
My first time seeing No Doubt was around 1986/87. They opened for the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Cal State Long Beach. Ska was always a part of the punk scene in the 80s. Ska influenced many early punk bands and ska began far before punk. The two genres were connected. No Doubt was definitely a ska band in their early years long before they released their first album. I miss all the shows back then. Every weekend in LA there were bands playing. Saw Gwen join Sublime once at The Lab in Costa Mesa. She was hanging out and joined in. Great times. No black in ska/punk? Bad Brains? Hugely influential punk band.
Here in Venezuela probably the biggest band is a ska band (desorden publico) and then we have a couple of other ska bands thar good like doctor no and ska jazz messenger
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Hey man... Just figured I'd show you a scene that's really starting to get some traction in Northern Mexico and the south western US...
The king's of this scene are Fayuca
They have at least one record out... I remember doing lights for them at a few festivals whilst I was working for Independent Events (event company out of AZ)...
Very ska-punk influenced Mexican rock music...
Doesn't really have a name... But the common label these bands tend to give them selves is Hispanic Punk...
Vv stoner rock in the image... But not the sound...
Vv cool and creative stuff.
Not exactly ska... But deffo keeping the sound alive
Staaaahhhhhppppp
Peddle anything at us but Raid please
I'd legit be less bothered by you trying to sell us Christianity
Definitely purchase the 3rd Wave Ska Documentary. Very well produced. If you can find a physical copy, grab that one because it has even more interviews than just the doc itself.
Literally was the loner metal head kid that played trombone and then some kids asked me to be in their ska band...best day of my life! 20 years later, we just wrote a new album!
Fucking awesome!
Heck ya Blake! Shameless promo. *Check us out, The Scuba Kids at bandcamp*. 20 years later voted as one of the top three ska bands from Los Angeles. One of the more infrequent appearing ska acts, known for their wild long shows and diy ethics. Submitted for legendary status in the 818 San Fernando valley music scene. Played with bands Suburban Legends, Dan Potthast, The Huxtables, Rx bandits, Bomb the music industry, Left Alone, Forces of Evil and many others. There’s one historic Voodoo Glow Skulls show at the cobalt were TSK out sold VGS, putting the promoter into a position he had to steal the TSK show earning$ to pay his voodoo debt. TSK left the show with no money but months later promoter asks TSK to play a “save the cobalt show”.TSK declines and makes a troll post on the Fakebook event page calling out promoter, leading him to be blacklisted and put out of business shortly after. Many members of TSK are members of other bands or work as a touring member for a band or straight up their bass player is Wang Chungs drummer. Yeahhh that’s right, TSK’s bass player is straight up Wang Chungs drummer for their US casino tour circa 2011. The Scuba kids are dope, super underrated ska band and now their your new favorite ska band.... “TSK” the movie... copy paste that into your utubes search bar for a good ole’ ska laugh and some more ska history
Nice!
What’s your band name? I’m interested in some merch if you have it.
@@abiyoyo9831 heyy thanks for wanting to support! You can stream and and contact us for merch on our bandcamp! Thescubakids.bandcamp.com
As a Hispanic who loves ska and ska punk, the genre is live and well in Latin America
Glad to head that, many people seem to bash on that genre, especially in hardcore scenes, personally, I always loved it, I also heard a few French bands who made songs in French, English and Spanish, like Les Skalopes (unfortunately they only made two albums, the second, Ya vendra mi turno, is one of my favourites of all time)
I used to live in Chile and Ska was one of the most popular forms of music. you would see local ska bands performing every weekend across Santiago bars. Spanish band Ska-P would sell out big soccer stadiums.
Voodoo Glow Skulls were the best
Ska thrrrivessss in México! 🇲🇽
Los Skarnales are fucking legends in H-town.
Real OGs remember “STRAIGHT TO YOUR FACE!!!”
Wiff tha troof!!
Widda TOOTH
B L E G H
Real ones hear it on the podcast
WITH THE TRUUUUUTH!!!
Gwen Stefanie is a beast. I had free tickets to a No Doubt show.. so I went and was super impressed. She danced for 2 hours straight and then started doing 1 arm push ups while singing. She can't be human. She really deserves the crown she wears
Did you just say...one arm pushups?
That's insane!
They show that in the Don’t Speak video
Hahaha, not hard to do one arm pushups when you weigh 90 lbs, if Lizzo did it, then I'd be impressed.
I wont deny all that... but at this point is it even accurate to asociate her with Ska?
@@mrsleep0000 while singing?
im fully behind a video about sublime
Absofcknlutely.....
Yeeees
Please
And 311
Agreed. Only problem with this video, not enough Sublime.
Ska music is the most fun music ever. I can't listen to Ska without smiling
Calypso is fun too
anyone who disagree is a psychopath
It’s like an old friend, that’s always there for you when you need to smile. Or dance.
@@gandalfthegrey8046 and to smoke weed with
No one can
I am surprised you went through this whole video without mentioning Superman by Goldfinger in Tony Hawks Pro Skater. That song being in that game had a MASSIVE influence on my music taste growing up.
Best video game album ever.
You're surprised because he didn't mention something that was important to you? I guess there's always gotta be the "well, you didn't mention X" guy.
@@gustavo_oviedo not upset. Just surprised. That was a big deal to a lot of people in my generation. I liked the video was just surprised it wasn’t mentioned
@@gustavo_oviedo He has a good point, how are you gonna talk about Goldfinger in a video about ska and not bring up the monster of a song Superman that was a gateway for many like myself into the genre. Millions of kids played tony hawk and that game forced you to hear that song on repeat. It's a bonafide classic
left out the Digimon movie too
When Bradley died, something dark swept over and seemed to sweep away the genre with it in my eyes. RIP Brad, Sublime for life 🤍
I was a huge Ska Punk fan and played in various aka punk bands since the mid 90’s and absolutely love your viewpoints in this video. I think you’re pretty spot on with your 3 reasons why it died. I’ll also add that the swing music craze (which kicked off with the help of Swingers movie and that Gap khakis commercial) helped bring even more fans into the ska punk genre. My band got booked a lot of gigs by people who wanted a swing band but didn’t know the difference haha.
What do you listen to now? Did you move on to heavier stuff or stick with bubble gum happier stuff?
That weird rockabilly swing thing DEFINITELY lead to the death of ska. WAY too corny 😂
check out the interuppters. fantastic newer shit.
I think when a big fad pops up, and then disappears after it runs its course, people forget about one thing. The fans grow up. I think Finn touched on it with college, but even beyond that. People get married, people have kids, so they stop, or at least significantly reduce, the music they buy and the concerts they attend. Divorces are expensive, and kids are expensive. Plus, not only do kids cost a lot of money, but they require a significant amount of time. This has always been my argument against the NiRvAna kIlLeD gLaM opinion. It wasn't Nirvana, it was the fans growing up and no longer just living for themselves and their indulgences. This also explains the resurgence in glam metal. The fans' kids grew up, so now they have more money (naturally over the years income increases) and they have more time. Now we are seeing reunions and cover bands, and I can tell you first hand, I've made more money in my glam metal cover band than I ever did in any of my original hardcore or metal bands. I think the same is happening to ska. We are starting to see ska reunions, and once this pandemic has run its course, I'm betting we'll see more. The fans' kids have grown up, so now they will have more time and more money to go to shows.
You are the last person i expected to see on a video about ska punk
Damn, I still listen to RBF, Goldfinger, Sublime, VGS and Less Than Jake.
Me too. I will always love that stuff.
sublime could NOT put out a song like "wrong way" in this day an age..... ..... ..... but I still love that song even if it is super problematic!
Hell yea bröther
Same
Listen to them all everyday and I’m just sad he didn’t mention bands like streetlight manifesto
I think if Streetlight Manifesto came in earlier they would have definitely been up there as far as influential ska bands but since they started in 2002 they don’t get as much credit as I personally think they deserve.
He put a slient clip of their Fearless Music set in the video. If you havent seen it, you should check it out.
Yeah I listened to them and Catch 22 a lot back in the day
Well Streetlight is just rebranded Catch 22 so they were around during the boom.
A few bands were about towards the end of the genres heyday that pushed the boundaries a bit like that but we're too late to the game. RX Bandits are another.
They will never get the credit they deserve. They are incredible musicians.
As a young kid in the 90s Gwen Stefani was god tier when it came punk rockers of the 90s. She was easily one of if not the most recognizable voices of my child hood in music, and even when she left no doubt she continued to pump out huge hits whether you like her music or not. Being in grade 7 when holla back girl came out was something else, thats song was literally everywhere when it came to grade school events and dances. She is a legit pop culture icon
She still holds up to this day and I think she will never fall off
I’m surprised you don’t hear people talk about Operation Ivy more. Everyone I know who likes punk loves them and knows all their songs by heart.
At least where I live, Operation Ivy's fanbase seems to overlap almost entirely with people who spell "punks" like "punx". It's a very specific strain of punk fans who also love Subhumans and GBH.
@@HessianHunter you got it exactly. i grew up liking punk but not that specific type of punk
@@HessianHunter lmao how is this so accurate
Sound System is a perfect song; change my mind.
I’ve always considered op ivy to be the originators of ska punk “as we know it”. Also one of my favorite bands
Streetlight Manifesto had some of the best most epic songs I've ever heard in my life. I miss ska being more popular. The new goldfinger album was dope though.
This
@@jsnel9185 been to 3 Streetlight shows, all were so epic, best circle pits and skankin ive ever been and done. Everything i was wearing was drenched in sweat after each show. 10 out of 10 would do everyday if i could.
They’re far and away the best ska band. They’re just on another level than basically all the 90s acts like Less Than Jake or Reel Big Fish. People who think ska shouldn’t be taken seriously, go listen to Streetlightz
They still do
Hands down… I think they’re one of the most talented groups as far as musicianship goes. Great songwriting and lyrics too.
Everything about Ska was fun, such nostalgia. Concerts, festivals, fashion, sound, lyrics, etc.
Not the smell..
@@nickkaiser7166 I excitedly went to a streetlight manifesto show in Austin in 2019. Had to leave early because the stench was unbearable. The smell preceded any dancing or lights or even music. I walked in and it was like a locker room from the get go. Really ruined the night.
@@baxoutthebox5682 You didn't think a super energetic ska band with strong folk-punk influences was gonna smell nice did you? In Texas? Even if every kid showed up right after a shower it'd get smelly. And you know folk-punks can't afford soap.
@@ActionNerdGo Tbh I don’t have time to maintain expectations for hyper specific archetypes like “super energetic ska band with strong punk folk influence”
@@nickkaiser7166 So true
Reel Big Fish - still a favorite of mine. Aaron is a VERY talented guitar player with great vocal range. They put on great shows, always do a great cover song, don't take them selves to seriously, and just a fun band to listen to. I feel like they are really underrated. Lyrically they have some good stuff as well as some goofy stuff that is still very enjoyable. I'd love to see a resurgence of ska. Thought Streetlight Manifesto would be that way, but I guess they went a bit to punk rock with their record label deal.
I was an absolute snob about ska (mostly cuz my brother was) and disliked a lot of 3rd wave ska music that was popular for 2 seconds in the late 90s. Then in college my new best friend made me go see Reel Big Fish for her birthday which I was not thrilled about. They won me over in about 5 minutes. It was so much fun and I'm pretty sure I've seen them four times since. My theory is it's really hard to capture that sound in the studio. Live it sounds really rich and multi-layered but in the studio it comes off really flat and plastic like. One of my favorite times ever was going to the international ska festival in 2006. RBF was one of the headliners, the lineup was stacked (Fishbone!), and the arena was packed.
Here in the heart of L.A. ska still lives. It's not mainstream these days, like you said, but there's definitely still a big following. There's these organizers, Evokore, that promote and throw big ska bashes every year
Another famous and influential person originating from Ska: Travis Barker from the Aquabats 🤟🤟
My favorite piece of unbelievable trivia
In his book he mentioned all the stories in the band. Super interesting stuff.
yeah if folks are new to the Bats, check out the Fury of- That drumming is nothing short of super rad.
And they gave us Yo Gabba Gabba!
@@noelleelizabeth9991 I just don't believe it!
Sublime lyrics aside....
Can we take a moment to acknowledge the killer bass lines Eric came up with in songs like Bad Fish & Santeria?
@wesley wild
You raise another good point!
Eric Wilson is amazing live but bass players are never appreciated
Tbh I’d say that stuff is more reggae than ska. It’s gotta me that fast strum to be ska. Is it just me or does it make you think of a wind up toy being cranked when you hear that music.
@@hover_roller_balance_boards
The aforementioned tracks are reggae, true but Sublime do ska as well like Saw Red & Same In The End.
Besides- ska, reggae, dub, dancehall all come from a common ancestor.
No. They’re very rudimentary bass lines.
I played in Save Ferris for 9 months in 2003 when I was a session guitarist in LA….Evan spoke of his hardcore band but I never remembered what they were called….hey, now I know!!
I haven’t spoken to any of them in 20 years. It was a fun band to play with though.
I knew Charlie from Goldfinger and nearly replaced him when he quit for a while too. (I think they ended up hiring their guitar tech or something)
Thanks for the memory lane!! I watch your channel a lot lately. Cheers.
Bradley Nowell's death is one of music's greatest what ifs. That dude was insanely talented. Sublime is timeless.
Agreed, but I've actually come across more people that hate on Sublime than are fans when I've brought them up to people.
100% still listen to all their albums
@@LuckeGabriel I still listen to sublime!
Finn was right. Even though Sublime was huge they are still underrated. Bradley is up there w/ the best front men of any genre and any time. Being older and listening to Sublime now I can really appreciate the lyrics so much more.
@@SoftDrinksOfChoice not only the words but the pure flow and joy in their music. Bradley really knew how to ride a beat and play with it. And they call him a bad guitar player -_-
All of Operation Ivy’s music is so good.
Fuck yeah!
I got old and I don't think the music aged as well as I did.
such an underrated band
I'll always fuck with Operation Ivy
@@commentingisawasteoftime7195 i disageee. I think their ska punk sound is timeless
Travis Barker was actually drumming for the Aquabats. That‘s him with the other guys in the Video.
yep! As any HXC Blink fan would know Scott Raynor was the OG drummer for Blink, travis didn't come into until Enema of The State!
Yeah I remember now
How could Fishbone not get an honorable mention? While they're music wasn't focused on ska per se, the ska they did was sick. They are one of those bands that got more props from other bands than with the public, which was sad.
No kidding. Fishbone, especially earlier albums, were ska and they were part of the LA ska/funk/punk movement.
Fishbone was a totally underrated band
Not typically a RUclips commenter, but since you seem to read the comments, hope you will appreciate a sincere response. As someone who was in ska, punk ,AND hardcore bands in the mid thru late 90s (and DIY show promoter), I think you threaded the relationship of the 90s scene well. This is a thoughtful assessment, including of the legacy of that scene in the US (other ska booms, such as 2tone in the 70s had a much longer-lasting and deeper impact both politically and musically here), but the legacy of ska-punk worldwide is a different thing. It reshaped popular music in a lot of Latin America, especially Mexico, and today ska-influenced bands sell out stadiums from Mexico City to Brazil. Maldita Vecindad is a great example. Many other places had ska-punk booms later than the US did, and so are still in earlier phases of their unfolding like in Indonesia, parts of Scandanavia, Japan (Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra is EXCELLENT and also sells out stadiums), etc. Totally unrelated, but since I'm leaving a long comment anyway: I would love to see you do a video on crust punk. Spanning the range from the early Anarcho stuff, to UK82 type bands, to D-Beat, to Tragedy and now groups like SECT. I appreciate your focus on commercial viability and your business-lens, and while that subgenre certainly never got that popular, it was hugely influential culturally and politically in and out of the punk scene. It's responsible for the entire ethic of DIY being associated with punk (and then hardcore), it infused activism into punk in a foundational way (prior to CRASS, punk was oppositional, but not activist, and then when bigger punk groups like The Clash moved in that direction it altered the DNA and trajectory of a lot of the genre). Interestingly, both ska, and crust set me personally on a foundation where I have spent my life building social movements and am a prominent activist, author, run a racial justice nonprofit, and I know other people of my cohort (I'm 37) for whom these genres were an entry point into building your career as a change-maker either in politics or social movements.
excellent response, excellent video. i was very young during this period but was fully aware of celebrated ska music and this information was very entertaining. my only remark is that i wish there was a mention of Bomb The Music Industry!
TSPO is an amazing band! :)
I would also add that the Ska-Jazz wave of early 2000's is probably a child (or maybe sibling) of the Ska-Punk scene.
I recommend The Interrupters if anyone is looking for a new Ska-Punk band.
Maldita Vencidad was playing in the barrios of Mexico City during the mid to early 80's and didn't get signed until the around 1988 which made them become mainstream in Mexico. Their influence to ska was much sooner than the 90's ska we saw here in the US. Ska bands like Panteon Rococo, Tijuana No!, Maldita Vencidad, Inspector will definitely bring in huge crowds during el Vive Latino in Mexico City or when they have a big anniversary concerts, lookup Panteon Rococo's XX Anniversary. The 90's ska wave did however left their print in the backyards of LA. There's bands like Viernes 13, La Resistencia, Matamoksa who still play in various venues big or small and at times can be doing a show a for free. Some of these local South LA bands still have a big following from people such as myself that are in our mid 30's. And we also have Ska Wars in Los Angeles every year, except for 2020.
Paragraphs are not your enemy. I refuse to torture my eyeballs by reading that wall of text.
Talking about ska legacy is almost about reggae legacy. We are talking about underground music from Jamaica which has a social impact more than commercial impact. ✌🏽
How do you leave out Jake Peralta yelling “Ska defines me as a person. I will never turn my back on ska”
Hup *skanks into oblivion
I was prepared to scroll all the way to the bottom to find this comment. Glad that I didn't have to go that far.
I think he already used it in a video recently
This was my first thought
*Me waiting for a new Streetlight album*
"Wait, ska is dead?"
Yeah they're the last bastion of ska-punk.
Me waiting for new Voodoo Glow Skulls album.
“Skas not dead!”
@@contagiouschipmunk god damn right!
I’m really surprised he didn’t mention them in some form.
"Ska. Is not. DEAD!" - Tony P.
Sublime left a legacy that I will never forget. Living in the Seattle area we have very long and depressing winters and every spring on the first 60+ degree sunny day you can be sure that 40oz to freedom will be playing in my car cover to cover while I sing along! Sublime got me through my teenage years in the 90’s and I’m still here all these years later because of them! RIP Bradly
Technically speaking, their legacy is: One hit video on MTV, and three top 40 singles in 1997. That’s it. Glad they left as quick as they came. Also, you might want to look up the lyrics of what you’re singing along to, bub, it’s disgusting shit.
I live around the sumner area and we just had our first warm weekend. I was blasting sublime self titled, robbing the hood and 40oz to freedom. I’m glad that we finally left winter behind.
@@curly_wynBradley was not a pedophile. All the things he would sing about aren’t him.
@@curly_wyn lol im good
I see Gwen from the 90s, I click and give my heart to her.
I went to the same high school as Gwen
@@boomshakalaka4682 How was she, did you ever talk to her?
her new single is considered 5th wave ska for a reason ruclips.net/video/t-fOASFwsEE/видео.html
Bad brain 🧠 fck Yes
I feel like Skatune Network is doing big things for the genre, not just ska punk. I've started following a bunch of new bands because of them. Their passion and love towards the genre is so genuine and refreshing.
That’s hilarious you say that bc I noticed the same thing.
I have been summoned, and here comes my dissertation for anyone who’s interested. Let’s do this. But before we do this, thank you for the shout out in the video! 👀✨
So I had no idea how I’d feel about this video, but I think you hit a lot of major points, but I have 3 main criticisms with this!
Gonna work backwards and start out with the legacy. Ska has gotten such a bad wrap, people constantly say “there’s no bands doing anything notable now”, meanwhile bad time records has announced 3 LPs in a row and sold out nearly 1000 records and had to do 2nd pressings before the LPs even drop. That’s an accomplishment emo can’t even say they’ve made, yet diy emo is getting praise for sounding like American football and snowing for the 3rd time this decade??? (I fucking LOVE emo btw I’m just saying lol) the new scene of bands like Bad Operation, kill Lincoln, Catbite, are creating their own sound and bringing so much character to the scene, rather than trying to be a reel big fish or goldfinger knock off, and that shits being hella overlooked
2. The 2nd wave of American ska punk bands all came from the punk scene. Bands like reel big fish, goldfinger, the aquabats all were playing music in the late 80s and involved in punk. They all were directly influenced by operation ivy and the 2-tone movement bands, and fishbone. (Fishbone was also a huge influence to no doubt and most Orange County bands. It really sucks how an all black ska band gets no recognition for kickstarting ska but op ivy gets it all) but yeah, those bands def were down with punk and the culture revolving around shows
The big kicker for ska really didn’t have much to do with the bands. Honestly the labels marketing it as a joke and fad is what killed it. When you have millions of young folk watching SKAturday on MTV with Carson Daly butchering what ska is about, millions start associating a caricature of the genre with what the genre truly is. And millions got into it and got out of it, but those who got into it through the culture of shows and ya know... how many people get into regular scenes.. they stayed in after the boom just the same.
And lastly, it’s really hard to talk about what happened with ska without talking about the 2-tone movement. The entire second wave of ska was built around this idea of racial unity. Solidarity between black Jamaican immigrants and white working class through music. This idea of unity carried its way through the third wave. Noisey did in an incredible documentary on it that’s available on RUclips, but yeah the spirit of the 2-tone movement was present through the bands and carried its way through to present day. Whether it’s directly in the music, or indirectly with how the bands operate. It’s just important to note that bands like reel big fish or the aquabats didn’t just hear no doubt and randomly form lol it really sucks how there is a history of those kinds of bands carrying the torch from the 2-tone movement, and because record labels and the music industry pushed the genre as a huge joke to be marketable, it just lost its credibility and became over saturated (even with non-ska bands being marketed as ska bands cause they have a trumpet over alternative rock or some shit lol)
Anyway, yes pick it up ska in the 90s and the noisey 2-tone movement documentary both go a bit deeper into both of these!
I’m stoked to see your input on this video, keep up the work man, you put out quality content. (Much love to you too Finn, your videos are the soundtrack to me getting ready for work).
i love your channel doggie. you are an ANIMAL!!!!!!!!
My nigga
With all due respect selling 1000 albums isn’t exactly a signal of huge success
That Noisey 2-tone documentary was interesting as hell.
Great, now I'll have "Mirror in the Bathroom" by E.B. and the Specials' "Ghost Town" stuck in my head all day. 😉
I'm a metal head and sublime was such a great band. Ahead of their time.. I really wish you woulda mentioned Choking Victim, they were a huge influence on the kids around me..
They way you dissed Reel Big Fish was a dagger to my heart. Why Do They Rock So Hard? is one of the best albums ever
Yes this
Down In Flames is a very underrated song, I wish they RBF actually played it live
Great album front to back!
Fishbone: Are we a joke to you?!!!!
they don't know about Fishbone or 24/7 Spyz yo #afropunk
Eright
What about T-bone
The Untouchables
Seriously. That first EP and Party at Ground Zero dropped in '85 and really is the bridge between 2nd and 3rd wave /ska-punk.
Streetlight Manifesto in 2013: "am I joke to you?"
RIGHT!?
DAAAAMN FR
Idk if I've ever been to a show with more crowd energy than streetlight. Seen em a few times now.
Hahaha I just saw them in 2018, and it was sold out.
Didn't members of that band come from catch 22?
Dang, I was hoping you were going to get into Streetlight Manifesto, you mentioned Catch 22. Mr. Kalnoky is a great musician and song writer. I saw them live a couple years ago during their Theives in the night tour. Very energetic show.
Man I didn’t think you’d ever do a video on ska-punk. I never stopped listening to ska. I love punk and hardcore but the reality is I’m not pissed off all the time and ska kind of makes me feel good. I think what killed it was it became extremely uncool and the people who hate ska in the punk scene really fucking hate it. Thanks for adding your .02.
I think ska killed it self because the music is really limited to the ska sound, so any change to the sound made a band go away from ska
@@kostiatretyak yeah I have to agree with you on this! It kinda limited them to how they could evolve/change their sound. The problem is they really couldn't cuz then it wouldn't be "ska".
I think the last point you made is the most important- star power. With Brad Nowell's (Sublime) death in 1996 and then No Doubt's massive shift away from Ska after "Tragic Kingdom" the genre lost their two biggest starts basically the same year. From 97-99 it Ska Punk was able to carry on without them a little bit, but Brad and Gwen were the star powers the genre needed.
The No Doubt cover of The Vandals 'Oi To The World' is a straight up ska cover and is awesome.
SO GOOD
It really is. But the vandals version is really good too. And they're not millionaires dating a country mega star.
I'm a dancer and this is the only Christmas song I will go on stage to. Everyone hates it, and I have a fucking blast.
Listen to it around the holidays every year.
Video and song is just FUN.
After Op Ivy and Rancid I never got into much Ska Punk until I found the Interrupters and they kick ass.
I think generalizing ska-punk as ska doesn’t do the true ska bands of that era justice. The Pietasters, Hepcat, Stubborn Allstars, The Checkered Cabs, The Toasters, Lets Go Bowling, etc. All bands that were a huge part of the scene and some are still kicking around today. Where are the nods to the Rude Boys/Girls and the Skins who were there supporting the scene all along? I get mentioning skinheads isn’t easy but you can’t talk ska without non-racist traditional skinheads coming up.
Sharp Skins!
I think Bucket and Moon Ska should have been mentioned in the video. He did a lot for ska in the states.
Best comment, right here.
I still listen to Ska music. I got into it in the early 80s as the remnants of the two tone movement reached Southern California. I did the whole “learn the roots” thing backwards to the Skatalites & all the early Jamaican singers & record labels. Even though I like old punk, I just never felt the 3 wave / ska punk thing. It just felt goofy & contrived. There are still good ska bands out there releasing soulful & jazzy tracks. I’ll just name drop The Prizefighters & Traveling All Stars and walk away.....
I totally agree. Ska is also a lifestyle older than punk, haha.
SKA-Core got a boom in the early 2000's with Chicano youth in California... especially in OC, IE & LA...
Absolutely. Remember there regularly being ska-core shows at the Knitting Factory
YUP!!!! dope ass bands that mereged and still play to this day
Voodoo Glow Skulls
Here in Colombia it was super popular, with bands like La Moijganga and Rey Gordiflon
Evokore is great for underground ska shows. "Underground" in terms of the mainstream but not to the real scene.
Awesome that you shouted out Skatune Network, Jer is doing amazing things and might single handedly be turning some heads back into the genre
Less Than Jake is one of the most influential bands in my life along with anything Tim Armstrong has been a part of. Thank you for the great video on this! I was in high school when the boom happened and it's when I fell in love with music. I still listen to a lot of it and it opened so many musical doors for me once I got into that scene. LTJ still making new music and touring ... you're so right, they've aged the best. And I think it's because instead of corny they present as very genuine
They put on such a great show. They shot confettis out in the audience as a hometown appreciation for everyone. I remember before hearing their music for the first time I used to see their logo stickers everywhere in town. I just moved down to Florida from up north back then.
Sublime, Rancid, and Less Than Jake still make it into the weekly rotation at work🤘
Fun fact: The lead singer of Mighty Mighty Bosstones is the announcer/band leader for Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Another fun fact, he's also cousins with Aaron barret, lead singer of reel big fish.
He had Radio show for a brief time that was really good and out of nowhere was fired.
I was wondering what happened to him
Here's a fact: it is illegal to have axolotl shipped to CA, as they are on the endangered species spectrum.
Now you know.
@@Джонатан-р8д Uh, ok?
Tim Armstrong knows his way around a chorus.
No, no he doesn't
One of the best
for sure. But best songwriter in punk? That's just ridiculous. Armstrong himself would say he comes light years after Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Weller etc.
People really like Rancid unironically?
@@croulantroulant3082 nowhere near the best songwriter, Fat Mike, Graffin & Guerwitz, Biafra, strummer... the list goes on, but he does know his way around a chorus.
My first introduction to the concept of Ska and punk being mixed genres was when I got Less Than Jake's "Hello Rockview", and I announced that they were a punk band, and my sister corrected me in front of everyone at the party to tell me that LTJ was Ska. That's when I realized I was a Ska-Punk fan. Still one of my favorite bands and still releasing new material now and then!
Saw them play the whole album live last year. It was like being 14 again lol
@@jonchowe They are continuing that Hello Rockview tour this spring but all the shows are on the other side of the country from me ☹️. Someday I'll get to see them!
@@Nofxthepirate no lie, my neck still hurts. But I blame Spring Heeled Jack for that as well (the opener, and my favorite ska band).
I just saw that same show myself with VIP in March during the second tour. It was really an incredible experience and all the members are really cool, down to earth guys @@jonchowe
@@diceb0mb I believe it! My brother was friendly with Chris Rhodes from a ton of bands and Vinny from the Pilfers and his takeaway was that most ska bands that lasted did so because they were both talented AND good people.
I still get excited when a Streetlight Manifesto, Less than Jake or Goldfinger song comes on
Sublime hands down one of the best bands ever based on the incorporation of reggae, dancehall, ska, hip hop, rap, reggae-tronic, punk, rock almost every thing which makes sublime so diverse and well thought out R.I.P Brad it was his birthday 3 days ago
Lol delusional
This video is actually from the darkest timeline where Streetlight Manifesto never existed
I saw this and wondered if streetlight or even leftover crack were mentioned and.... To my surprise... 😞
@@keithknutson378 haven't thought of leftover crack in... well over a decade
@@RadiantHealthForAll legendary lyrics
Good.
Catch 22 did.
Omg the skank dance at the end... brought back high school memories 😅
"SAW RED" by Sublime ft. Gwen Stefani is such a classic track rarely gets any love!
Bradley's acoustic version was amazing as well.
I love the song!
Yes!!!!
One more secret lover that I shot dead!
@@porkfriedrice1530 girls don't go crazy!!!
Ska shows are some of the most fun I’ve ever been to.
Fuck yeah! Makes me miss the 90s.
Dude for real. I kept going to Warped Tour every year, in part, to see Less than Jake and Reel Big Fish bang it out again. Two of the most fun shows ever. If you've never seen Reel Big Fish live, do yourself a favor and do it!!! If it ever happens again...
Not if you're doing sound at it.
@@altoid8450 I saw Jake back in 2004 at some warehouse in an industrial area in San Diego. I was 24 at the time and knew something was up when there were people in their 30's/40's standing around the front of the building as I walked in. It was further confirmed when they introduced their special guest on trombone for the night: Scott Ian. I was the only one who seemed to go apeshit over a guitarist from Anthrax being on stage. Yeah...it was a bunch of high school kids and those people at the front were chaperones. I still had a good time though.
@@altoid8450 I was lucky enough to see Reel Big Fish last March just a week before they shut everything down due to COVID. It was one of the most fun shows I have ever been to. It was my first time seeing them since Warped Tour '97 (I'm old) :-)
While I appreciate your well deserved spotlight on Operation Ivy I believe that not mentioning Fishbone leaves a big hole in legends of ska punk.Not giving a nod to the Specials, who were the earliest bridges between ska and punk, is an even bigger oversight.
I was thinking this exactly. Fishbone and the Specials are the foundation that all of the 90's OC ska bands stand on. Saw Mighty Mighty Bosstones open for Fishbone in '95 in a club in San Antonio. And let's not forget that Travis Barker started off as the drummer for The Aquabats (as the Baron von Tito).
This is a very US centric view of ska anyway. Ska is originally a jamaican genre which got also popular in the 60s in the UK because of the immigration of jamaicans there and there it was taken by the mod subculture and rudeboy fashion also influenced both the mod and the early skinhead look. It came back in the late 70s within the new wave/post punk wave of bands also in the UK with the Two Tone label bands. But from there ska really went global since in the 80s you had a lot of ska bands inspired by Two Tone all ovew the world. In Latin America for example an argentinian ska band like Fabulosos Cadillacs is considered one of the biggest latin american rock bands ever. You also had a lot of ska bands in Europe in the 80s. There was also a lot of ska bands all over the world in the 90s but the US recording industry having such a large influence globally did promote the US ska bands and the idea of a "third wave of ska" but in reality perhaps that is more of a US centric view of things. But even from a strictly US point of view this should have mentioned the earliest US ska bands from the early 80s such as the Toasters from NYC which was started by a guy from England or also the Uptones and the Untouchables both from Cali. This video almost seems to suggest Operation Ivy was the first US ska band or something like that.
@@EclecticoIconoclasta You make good points, but let's not switch the topic from ska punk to ska more broadly. I don't think this video is attempting to cover ska, nor does it have to. That's not to say that it gets everything right, and genres are hard to define, but I don't think anyone would say that Two Tone is part of ska punk.
I mean without 2 tone and bands like the specials, the selector, the beat, bad manners etc it's pretty safe to say that this whole American Ska punk thing would most likely not exist.
Yes
You couldn’t have described me better. I graduated high school in ‘98, grew up in central coast CA, played trumpet in the school jazz band, I was a band nerd that grew up in a conservative household. Ska was the only music my parents were ok with. But even apart from that, it was the only music I felt I belonged to. I played in a ska band with 4 other dudes from my school, we played RBF and Skankin Pickle covers at our high school grad party. Everyone danced, even the jocks. It was truly one of the best times of my life, I wouldn’t have changed a thing. Long live ska.
Get that horn back out and find another band!
What about 80's Ska? The English Beat, The Specials, Madness, etc? These 90's bands don't exist without them...
I got into 2-tone because of 90s ska.
He wasn't covering that topic, but it has an influence on why it didn't become a "thing" in my opinion. Ska is the best for sure.
CORRECT
I had a lot of friends back in the 80s and early 90s who were into ska - Madness was my introduction. But their catalogue is so much deeper than pure ska. They capitalized on the early English fascination with ska and reggae. But while I liked the edgier sound of the Bosstones, SkaVoovie and the Epitones’ album Ripe was just more awesome - if you dig ska, that is.
yeah the toasters album skaboom has got to be one of my favorite albums.
40yr old here and still listening to ska since the 90's
53 here same....
31!🏁
37
57! 😎
Same
Ska punk was my intro to "underground" music and eventually ushered me into regular punk, then hardcore, etc. I love ska punk/ska, always will.
Gwen Stefani with No Doubt, he was amazing, a rock star, strong, crazy, kicking, jumping, climbing to the top of the stage and his voice remained the same and powerful, No Doubt helped give status and dignity to ska punk.
Ska's dead but im still skanking. I just love going to a show where everyone is happy and having fun. Im in a crap 9 peice ska band and its fucking awesome.
I call that ska being alive. But shit, maybe I'm just not punk enough to realise that major label success is what's really important.
There's just NOTHING like it, when you actually get a group together at a live Ska show that's actually into Skanking. One of the things that actually injects a bit of sweetness in an otherwise largely difficult life.
Everything goes numb by streetlight manifesto is my favourite album of all time
In my top 5 no doubt.
Somewhere in the between gang rise up
Was waiting for him to talk about them at any point lol
@@ratacastillo3508 dude yeah! Wtf happened? They are a huge part of what's left of ska punk
Top 5 for me also - of any genre, of any era.
The Aquabats will always be special. My son and I loved watching The Aquabats Super Show together and sing the songs all the time.
Also how we ended up with Yo Gabba Gabba as a kids show
@@sonicsessions He love Yo Gabba Gabba when he was little. That was a special show.
@@TacticalGhost939 The lady met Christian at comic con for Yo Gabba Gabba many years ago. She had no idea who the Aquabats were. I was pretty jealous. Ha.
Before or after Travis Barker? Lol.
@@calliew311 both really, Travis is an amazing drummer and really adds a lot to "Fury of the Aquabats", but that's also their last ska album. Everything else they did was new wave Devo-esque stuff.
I think Gwen's trying to bring a little bit of that Ska back. "Let Me Reintroduce Myself" has some old school vibes.
Rancid was the first punk band I ever heard that got me into the whole punk scene when I was 15. They will always be my favorite!
Nice. My fist punk show was Rancid, Agent Orange, and US Bombs.
Before I start this vid: if Choking Victim isn't mentioned in this vid I'll just say, Choking Victim is the ultimate ska band. Because they're dark, and they mixed Ska with Crust Punk
Leftover crack
@@JavierAlvarez-nb9zt Leftöver Crack wouldn't exist without Choking Victim though.
Should Crust Punk really be consider Ska? I'd consider CV, LC and SFH more like direct decendants of the NYC DIY punk scene.
Was looking for this. Just discovered them the other day - I was thinking man this is garbage and awesome
@@tass2001 Sure but they're hugely influenced by Ska, would have mentioned them in the vid as well.
...and out come the Wolves is probably one of the best Albums ever
I love that album! I wouldn't consider that ska though. After Op Ivy, the closest thing to ska that Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman (two original members of Op Ivy, for those that didn't know), did was the Rancid album Life Won't Wait. Even with that they were trying to go for more of a first wave ska feel more than the third wave sound that Op Ivy was a part of.
Agreed!
Seeing them play it straight through live is one of my top concert experiences. 25 years later its still in my top 20 records of any genre.
@@plusmin09 Fucking LOVE Life Won't Wait
I'm happy I got to see Rancid and Reel Big Fish in concert before. I'm a ska punk fan for life.
That's awesome
Against All Authority is a great ska punk band.
Yup, they're great and underrated.
My uncle's band! I grew up listening to them.
Saw them play with the subhumans in like 2003 such an incredible show
Miami punks!
one of my favorites!
Brad was a serious fuckin loss to the music world. A real legend.
he died way too soon :( he was one of the most talented musicians of his generation and he was just getting started
He was one of the best song writers of the time, it was insane what he did with sublime
Definitely, and he is still constantly imitated now, decades later. The worst part is all his lyrics from day one were warning us what would happen. "one day I'm gunna lose the war"
“Why don’t you listen to ska anymore?”
My mom after I discovered hardcore.
True story. I just realized after watching this that, of all the music I listen to nowadays, there's only one ska punk band.
@@DiestroCorleone who might that be if you don't mind me asking?
@@bobbymagoo5136 My pleasure. It's Ska-P, a band from Spain that certainly knew how to stay on top after all this years, still filling stadiums around the world.
Well, at least until the pandemic arrived and took our nice things away.
@@DiestroCorleone oh right on, I'll have to look them up
@@bobbymagoo5136 You should! Ska-P is the shit, they are the most popular ska band in europe... They sound like happy-music, but the lyrics are very political and have strong messages.
I was in HS in the middle of the 90's, this video is so on point on all of the Ska/Punk scene during those years. It was hard to keep up with the number of bands releasing albums, and in those days the only option to hear any of that music was to "buy" the CD's. Good times, great video.
I'm surprised you didn't use the Brooklyn Nine-Nine "Ska defines who I am as a person" bit, but understand from a copyright aspect.
No i just forgot it existed
I try to forget all of Brooklyn Nine Nine exists.
@@kodywiley0014 Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. No doubt, no doubt, no doubt.
@@midasvanoene1586 smort, smort smort
Travis Barker played in the Aquabats for a while. Derek from Alkaline Trio drummed for Suicide Machines, his work on Destruction by Definition is incredible.
Dude was like 14 when he joined up, even the early demos had insane drumming for someone so young.
Dan from Alkaline Trio also played bass in a ska punk band called Slapstick.
@@wastoid138 yes
I'd like to think that Tim Armstrong has been extremely influential through years
I love listening to his solo records when I have a hangover
“My name is Tim, I’m a lesser known character” 👌🏻
Less Than Jake is still putting out some great music to this day, my favorite ska-punk band for sure! 🤟Great video as well, can't believe I missed watching this for almost 2 years!
Just have to throw it out there. Big D and the kids table was my shit!
I loved them when I was younger and they’re super cool people too! When I was about 15, I climbed over a fence to get into their show because I had no money 😂 One leg over the top of the fence, I realized there were people sitting in the darkness on the other side of the fence that had now focused their attention on me. I panicked not knowing who it could be catching me sneaking in so I said, “sorry, we just really wanna see Big D and the Kids Table!” as there were about 4 kids following me to do the same thing because they were copying my plan haha. Well it turned out it WAS Big D and the Kids Table and they said in such a welcoming way, “That’s us! Come on in!” One of my favorite memories lol. I saw them again about 3 years ago and I’m 30 now so hell yeah I never stopped enjoying their music 😜 and now I’m realizing that was 15 years ago ☠️
The part where he says, “maybe you played trombone in high school band but not guitar and you really wanted to be in a punk band ...” describes high school me exactly.
I remember in elementary when I was assigned trombone but really wanted to be trumpet. I didn't show for practice at all but I should've learned looking back now
Graduating high school in 1996, this video hit me so hard with the feels.
Gonna go listen to all my voodoo glow skulls cds now.
Graduated in 95, skanking pickle blastin from my speakers
Gwen cited in an interview with Australian music TV show 'Rage' that one her biggest influences is the two-tone British ska band 'The Specials'.
Just thought that was cool, and relevant to the video.
Love your work Finn and the team at PRMBA.
Still listen to Suicide Machines and Less Than Jake regularly.
Fu@k yeah Dude. Throw a little Skankin Pickle and Mustard Plug in there too.
operation ivy, suicide machines, mustard plug and skankin pickle.
Less Than Jake just put out a new one and it's great!
Less Than Jake is even releasing new album at the time
Suicide Machines should have been bigger. I got nervous when LTJ put out Overrated and Rest of my Life but they rebounded nicely. Good songs...but way more radio friendly than their other stuff.
im 36 and i still love ska like I was still in high school. I started listening to ska in 1996 and I downloaded my very first song on napster in 1999. It was "MY very own flag" by less than jake. Been hooked ever since. But I did go follow the punk scene and loved emo and screamo as the years progressed.
Love my very own flag! Wish I had my own!
Tim Armstrong had further mainstream success by writing songs for P!NK, further proving your theory about him being a great songwriter
Some of my favorite P!NK songs no less ❤️🤘
He has now worked with the Interrupters who are themselves a great Ska Punk band.
@@UMfan21 might be due to him dating the singer
@@UMfan21 I Gave You Everything is one of my favourite songs of the last few years
@@kabukimanindahouse I thought Amy was married to The Interrupters guitarist 🤔
Thanks for mentioning Catch 22. Loved them. Growing up in the NJ you were issued Keasbey Nights. It came in the mail with packets of tide.
The world is dark enough, something fun like ska needs to come back!
That was the thing, grunge was on its way out and it was refreshing to hear something more upbeat.
Lets talk about how John Feldmann from Goldfinger has worked on albums grossing over 30 Million sold worldwide. Dude is a super producer. Who would have thought...
Reel big fish as the “poor man’s goldfinger” come on brooo.
I know, right? They are different. I would say they are more just naughty Aquabats.
That riled me up big time
Way better than goldfinger too
@@TROBassGuitar Nah
Plus Reel Big Fish is still around. I just saw them play in 2019 right before the whole Covid thing shut down all the shows. They still kick ass and have one of the funnest shows I've ever been to!
You need to update this man there still is a huge skacore skapunk scene in Los Angeles. From the 818 down to the 310
But yeah talking about Operation Ivy like they're some obscure band no one's ever heard of was probably the wildest part about this
I guess they are these days, but not for me. One of the best ever.
In my experience, most people who listen to ska or punk at the very least know the song Sound System. Even younger people familiar with the genre, though they are few and far between. I graduated HS in 2016 and most people who liked ska or punk heard of Operation Ivy. Though the Ska and Punk genres weren't very popular. Most everyone was listening to Kayne West, other rappers, and pop stars. Post-metal Hardcore was under rap and radio pop in terms of popularity and was like the pop-alt scene, ska and punk was under that and seemed to be really niche genres for my generation.
I almost want to unsubscribe because the way he's talking about ska and ska punk bands is very infantilizing and pretty rich from him considering how he champions pop punk as underrated art.
Also, how he put Citizen Fish in air quotes drove me up the wall. The only thing that saved this video was a shout out to voodoo Glow skulls
I’m a ska-lifer. Still see Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish anytime they come through Chicago (which is like constantly actually... I think RBF played near me 8 times in 2018, lol). LTJ still puts on one of the most fun shows ever and no matter what I end up losing an earring or something every time I see them. Glad you finally decided to do a ska video. Would love to see a video on Fueled By Ramen.
Same! Anytime either of those bands cruise through seattle I’m in the pit.
I will be respectfully waiting for that Gwen Stefani video. Underrated artist in general.
Just saw this video. Old school metal head here - I was made aware of SKA and Oi around the 1980s as well, never paid too much attention to scene until the SKA explosion of the 1990s. You couldn’t turn on the radio without hearing some form of SKA playing. The one band that almost made me delve a bit into the scene was Rancid, and really because one dude in there reminded of me Wattie from Exploited.
I completely respect the talent but never got into the sound.
I graduated HS in 1995, for me the 90s was the best decade ever. I had so much freakin fun growing up, partying day and night, going to shows etc. My 12 Yo daughter is big into 90s Ska and punk! She rolls her Docta Martens like a boss (due to my influence of course!). I still listen to 90s punk and ska to this day. NOFX, Face to face, Rancid, Bad religion, etc. is great 90s punk and some Ska. Ska wise, the Specials, Hepcat, Skankin Pickle (who i saw in 1993? fucking awesome!) and FISHBONE! Those were the true Ska\Punk visionaries of the 90s. You have to remember that Punk was always supposed to be an "underground" music scene. Bands like Goldfinger or freakin (uuuggggh) no doubt were the utter crap mainstream attempt at... i dunno what, but we new it was terrible way back then. So now as a 43 yo man, im perfectly ok with the fact it never continued on and became fully mainstream. That music was for us, by us. nuff said.
Should look into the Latino Ska-core scene that emerged in Los Angeles in 2009-2011
Chicano ska in cali had a great scene, dont know if its still going on but I loved it
@@braysthedead9547 shit is still popping, well and alive
Lol i was about to say the same thing although i got into it mid 2000s maybe around 2006-2007 and believe me it was alive and well. South central to compton to watts inglewood to hawthorne to east l.a and all around
Los Arambula!!!
@@trustmedanny654 damm right payasos assesinos dskarados to cerebro to red store to raskahuele you know whats up
Suicide machines self titled album was awesome. I still listen to them actually
That band put Detroit back on the punk music map.
I listen to that almost every day as well as Ednas Goldfish! cats lost
@@joeyqqp ha!! nope. killing Ednas now
@@joeyqqp lol
They put on a hell of a live show too!
My first time seeing No Doubt was around 1986/87. They opened for the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Cal State Long Beach. Ska was always a part of the punk scene in the 80s. Ska influenced many early punk bands and ska began far before punk. The two genres were connected. No Doubt was definitely a ska band in their early years long before they released their first album. I miss all the shows back then. Every weekend in LA there were bands playing. Saw Gwen join Sublime once at The Lab in Costa Mesa. She was hanging out and joined in. Great times.
No black in ska/punk? Bad Brains? Hugely influential punk band.
There's a running gag in Brooklyn 99 that Andy Samberg's character was in a ska band in the 90s. Always cracks me up.
I'll never understand my thing for Gwen, but she's had me since 'Spiderwebs'.
Still a fan of Sublime and 311
* It's got to be her cadence.
Ska is still very strong in Latin America, or at least in Mexico it is.
In Costa Rica the whole music scene has been dead for like 15 years.
It absolutely is
Yessir
Nobody cares about what happens in Latin America.
Here in Venezuela probably the biggest band is a ska band (desorden publico) and then we have a couple of other ska bands thar good like doctor no and ska jazz messenger