hey everyone i got a new spiecals cd, for yous guys who dont know them, ther’re a ska band, dont ask me to explain ska, it takes to long
What’s ska? Could you explain it?
um… no
Humph. You’re mean.
Actually, I love ska, it’s one of my favorites, but I don’t think I could explain it either. It’s good though.
Its kinda like punk/alternative with a brass and woodwind section.
Ska: Ska is a form of Jamaican music which began in the late 1950s. Combining elements of traditional mento and calypso with an American rhythm and blues sound, it was a precursor in Jamaica to rocksteady, and later, reggae. As music changed in America, so too did Ska. For example, Ska was influenced by jazz and rock. This mixed influence arose because Ska fans in Jamaica would go to the club, but also listen to music made in America on the radio.
Prince Buster and U-Roy of Jamaica brought Ska to the UK in the early 60’s and has been a major inspitation to many UK bands like for instance, the Specials, Madness, UB40 and many other underground music acts from dance to reggae.
The sound of ska was also created at Studio One in Kingston, Jamaica.
The music of ska is known for the placement of the accented guitar and piano rhythms on the upbeats. The word “ska” may have onomatopoeic origins in a tradition of poetic or possibly even musical rhythms.
Guitarist Ernest Ranglin said that “the offbeat guitar scratching that he and other musicians played was referred to as ‘skat! skat! skat!’”
Some believe that the early jazz and rock ‘n’ roll broadcasts from American radio stations were misinterpreted by an eager Jamaican music genre hence the off beat rythms that almost mimicked the break up of weak radio signals that hit the west indies shores.
Musical historians typically divide the history of Ska into three waves. Ska’s popularity has waxed and waned since its original inception, and has had revivals of note in England in the 1980s (known as Two-Tone), and another wave of popularity in the 1990s (referred to as Third Wave Ska).
The Two-Tone era was named after the similarly titled record label, formed by Jerry Dammers, keyboardist of The Specials, which was formulated from the greatly diverse West Midlands region in the late 70’s, with bands such as the Beat and The Selecter in support of the scene.
Some of the biggest selling American bands of Third Wave Ska were The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and No Doubt, both of whom fused ska with rock and punk. Some argue that the fusion of the two types of music caused it to lose almost all of Jamaican elements.
Ska around the world is seemingly going back to its roots. More and more bands are playing traditionally influenced or even full blown traditional ska. These bands include The Slackers, Pressure Cooker, The Debonaires, Sublime, Westbound Train, and The Soul Captives.
-Wikipedia
thats exactly ska, thanks for that now i can show my parents, thay dont want to get me any because they dotn knwo what t is, (i got he speicals from a friend)
Ska is awesome. 'Nuff said. Planet Smashers. Awesome.
www.planetsmashers.net they did a song, “Explosive” off their “Mighty” album with a guy from the Specials, Aaron Neville I think…
Ya know, now that I think about it, the only Ska band I’ve heard is Reel Big Fish. Unless you count Sublime as ska, they have a bit of ska-ness in a few of their songs.
Someone recommend some good ones to me, so I can download some.
Ok, heres a few. The OC Supertones, Insyderz, Five Iron Frenzy, Bunch of Believers, B.U.C.K ( Building Up Christs Kingdom ), the W’s.
They might not all be ska, but they’re skaish to me and I like em.
Andrew
Planet Smashers, Mustard Plug, Less than Jake, Specials, old No Doubt stuff, I Voted For Kodos, Dispatch, Fighting Gravity, Streetlight Manifesto, Whole Lotta Milka, just google ska 
Hey. there are some good names being said. I like THe Pietasters too.