Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Ska history part 3 of ?: The birth of Third Wave Ska

The Second Wave, also referred to as '2-Tone', ruled in the UK but made small waves in the US in its earliest moments in the 1980s. With a more stripped-down sound, 2-Tone managed to catch on with younger crowds through frequent radio play. As 2-Tone was ending its run in the years preceding the 1993 mainstream appearances, three major pockets of interest were popping up in the US: one radiating from New York City out to Washington and Boston, another in the Midwest and the third in California. These became The Third Wave. The band often considered to be the first third wave ska band formed in 1981 and have been performing ever since, it was thanks to the efforts of them and the other early third wave artists that the platform was created from which third wave ska would take the United States by storm in the 1990s. 
                                              
                                                         The Toasters - Radiation Stink (1987)



17 comments:

  1. Keep it up! People must know about the history of ska!

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  2. Very interesting. I love Radiation Stink!

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  3. I don't know much about the American scene at all, and it sounds like its produced some quality. Please, more history!

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  4. Nice job recluting all the ska history in your blog! Keep up the good work.

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  5. I know it's a weird thing to say, but this music sounds really happy.

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  6. haha they have a ska band doing small musical bits on nick jr. now

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  7. I love this, sounds so English yet really pays homage to the Jamaican roots.

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  8. Hahaha this song reminded me of a talent show when i was in high school. the song came on and a mod ran on stage and started skanking then blitzed off stage. Everyone was confused

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  9. I was half listening some radio audition about... yeah i don't remember but what i know is that speaker keep saying SKA, SKA and Dark Electro.. they have anything in common?

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  10. I try and get into it, but I can't... maybe one more listen.

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  11. nice vido and song ^^

    +followed

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  12. Interesting history as always.

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  13. Enjoying the history lessons. I guess I don't know much passed two tone.

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