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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.
The album was well-received: BrooklynVegan and Punknews.org included the album in Best of 2022 lists, [27] [28] Pitchfork's Nina Corcoran called it "a modern classic in the ska-punk canon", [29] and music critic Anthony Fantano awarded the album an 8/10 score [7] and included it on his 2022 "Loved List". [30] In June 2022, Hunter joined ska ...
Save Ferris is an American ska punk band formed circa 1995 in Orange County, California, United States. [1] Their name is a reference to the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In 1995, the band began to perform underground venues in Southern California. In 1996, the band won a Grammy showcase award for best unsigned band and a contract with ...
Each member of the original line-up had musical backgrounds in various genres, including ska, punk, surf and new wave, all elements which were incorporated into the band's music and aesthetic: [4] [5] for example, the name "The Aquabats" was created to sound like a classic surf band, while a shared admiration of Devo inspired the idea of ...
After The Specials' original vocalists left the band, the Bodysnatchers' lead singer, Rhoda Dakar, went on to sing with The Special AKA. Although The Bodysnatchers did not record an album, their original composition " The Boiler ", a harrowing tale of rape, was later recorded by Dakar and The Special AKA, featuring Nicky Summers on bass guitar.
June Patricia Miles-Kingston [1] is a British singer and drummer, best known for her work with various successful bands and singers in the 1980s. She was a founding member of the post-punk group the Mo-dettes, which lasted from 1979 to 1982, and later became a session drummer and backing vocalist for a variety of British post-punk, new wave, and pop artists.
Terry Hall, the vocalist for U.K. ska legends the Specials, died yesterday (Dec. 18) at the age of 63. In a statement posted to social media, the group attributed Hall’s passing to “a brief ...
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