What is SKA?

what is it?

Ska is music that combines Jamaican music with American jazz. I think of No Doubt when thinking of a more recent ska sound.

Well, Ska is a genre of music, its like Cali_Rock meets big band era. Think of Green Day with trumpets and trombones.

kind of like fast reggae with an upbeat sound and horns.

Three different types: "Traditional", "2-Tone" and "3rd Wave". Traditional came about in the late 1950s as new dance music straight out of Jamaica. 2-Tone is named such because whites and blacks came together to form ska bands to spread unity in the 1970s. 3rd Wave is when ska hit America in the late 1980s, and added a bit of punk flair.

some ska bands: the slackers, the specials, catch 22, streetlight manifesto, reel big fish, hepcat, mad caddies, the madness, the aquabats, the toasters, the skatalites, Mustard Plug, Skankin Pickle, Bim Skala Bim, Save Ferris, The Mighty Mighty bosstones, etc.