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The Skints are an English reggae punk band from London, described by Clash Music as "the torchbearers for modern British reggae music." The Skints mix reggae , ska , dub , punk rock , dancehall , soul , and rap , touring extensively across the UK, Europe and the United States.
The Supervillains was one of many reggae and punk bands that was featured on The House That Bradley Built, a tribute to Sublime and the Bradley Nowell family's non-profit "Bradley's House", which was released on January 15, 2021. The band covered Sublime's song "What Happened", listed on disc 2 of the deluxe edition of the album.
Reggae punk (also known as punk reggae) is a genre of music originating in England in the late-1970s. It is characterized by a fusion of reggae music with punk rock . The genre originated amongst punk rock artists who mixed in reggae (and sometimes lovers rock [ 2 ] ) elements into their punk rock sound.
In the UK, the title track was released as a single and peaked at number 11—the highest position any Clash single reached in the UK before the band's break-up. [ 3 ] London Calling was released in December 1979; it peaked at number 9 on the British album chart and at number 27 in the United States, where it was issued in January 1980. [ 3 ]
Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh met in childhood (in 1979) and later started their first garage punk band, consisting of drums, bass and vocals. In 1988, with Bradley Nowell , they formed the ska punk and reggae rock band Sublime , which went on to sell over 17 million albums worldwide. [ 1 ]
It was covered by Jim Capaldi, drummer for the band Traffic, on his third solo album, 1975's Short Cut Draw Blood. Later it was also covered by the British reggae group UB40 , [ 6 ] the American reggae punk band Sublime , [ 7 ] American power pop band The Silencers (1980, Columbia Records ), [ citation needed ] and blues artist Taj Mahal . [ 8 ]
Basement 5 were a reggae punk fusion band from London founded in 1978. Their first vocalist was Winston Fergus, then Don Letts.One of their early performances was a support for Public Image Ltd.'s London debut at the Rainbow on Christmas Day 1978.
A garage rock/surf band that is considered by some people to be one of the first proto-punk bands. Saint Alvia: Burlington, Ontario, Canada: 2005–2013: A rock/punk rock/reggae band with former members of Boys Night Out and Jersey. The Sainte Catherines: Montreal, Quebec, Canada: 1999–2012: A hardcore punk band. The Saints: Brisbane ...