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This is a list of notable bands and musicians who performed primarily ska or ska-influenced music for a significant portion of their careers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Reel Big Fish performing in 2013. Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Los Alamitos, California.Formed in December 1991, the group originally consisted of vocalist Ben Guzman, guitarists Aaron Barrett and Lisa Smith, bassist Matt Wong, keyboardist Zach Gilltrap and drummer Andrew Gonzales.
The Slackers are an American ska band, formed in Manhattan, New York in 1991.The band's sound is a mix of ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, soul, garage rock, and jazz.The Slackers' notability is credited to their prolific career, tours of North and South America, Europe, and elsewhere, and signing to notable punk label Hellcat Records.
In 2015, Hunter joined the ska punk band We Are the Union on trombone and backing vocals, marking their return from a three-year hiatus. [5] Hunter, a fan of the band since high school, had jokingly asked on Facebook if the band needed a trombonist, and frontwoman Reade Wolcott, who had seen a video of Hunter performing one of their songs, invited them to join.
Since 2017 the band has been playing just a handful of concerts which has most of the core members that toured and recorded on their releases. Fighting Gravity performed a few reunion shows in 2017, with the last of the year being performed as part of the 102.1 The X Miracle on Broad Street Tour at The National in Richmond on December 26 and 27 ...
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Joan Lunden at the world premiere of Apple TV+'s The Morning Show in 2019 in New York City. (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images,) (Astrid Stawiarz via Getty Images)
"Sell Out" was released in 1996 and gained the band a distinct amount of attention, becoming a hit in that year. It received regular radio airplay in America and competed favourably on the charts in the UK, consequently, the video (see below) soon gained regular rotation on MTV, much to the surprise of Reel Big Fish bassist, Matt Wong. [3]