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Within Vinony's link graph, ska punk is referenced by 1,063 other articles, and connects out to ska, AllMusic and punk subculture.
It sits within the topics 1970s in British music, 1990s fads and trends and 1990s in music.
Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Stylistic origins
- Ska punk rock reggae fusion
- Cultural origins
- Late 1970s, United Kingdom
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- inception
- 1977-00-00
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- Ska punk
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Encyclopedic overview
Ska punk (or ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska with punk rock. Ska punk tends to feature brass instruments, especially horns such as trumpets, trombones and woodwind instruments like saxophones, making the genre distinct from other forms of punk rock. It is closely tied to third wave ska, which reached its zenith in the mid-1990s.
Before ska punk began, many ska bands and punk rock bands performed on the same bills. Some music groups from the late 1970s and early 1980s, such as the Clash, the Deadbeats, the Specials, the Beat, and Madness fused characteristics of punk rock and ska, but many of these were punk bands playing an occasional ska-flavored song or ska bands with punk influences. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, ska-punk enjoyed its greatest success, heralded by bands such as Fishbone, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sublime, Less Than Jake, and more.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ska punk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.