Ska FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about ska music.

This FAQ about ska music was compiled and written by Tomas Willis tomas@twillis.com with numerous contributions by others.

1.1: Introduction (alt.music.ska): In response to all of those ``Isn't ska some dance form of reggae?''...

1.3: What is ska music?: Ska is dance music, first and foremost. Ska was a *Jamaican ...

1.4: Where did ska come from?: In the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica rhythm & blues sounds ...

1.5: What is first-wave ska? Second-wave ska? Third-wave ska? Is there a fourth wave?: These terms describe ska music coming from three different ...

1.6: What is ska-core?: Yet another label. A matter of semantics. Ska-core is ...

1.7: What is a rude boy? (Ska): A rude boy is not just an impolite male child. The street-...

1.8: What is with the narrow-brim hats, dark suits and narrow ties? How come some of these ska bands look like the Blues Brothers? (Ska): This is rude boy fashion from Jamaica in the 1960s....

1.9: What is skanking? (Ska): Skanking is the *canonical* ska dance. Being canonical doesn't ...

1.10: What about reggae? (Ska): Reggae music is an offshoot of ska that developed in the late 1960s....

1.11: Oi! What about skanking skinheads? (Ska): Skinheads, originally, come out of the same *working class* ...

1.12: Recommended Reading and Bibliography (Ska): Recommended Reading: (see )...

2.3: Where can I hear ska on the radio? Australia: *Train to Skaville*...

2.3: Where can I hear ska on the radio? Canada

2.3: Where can I hear ska on the radio? Mexico and Spain: Ska radio shows in ...

2.3: Where can I hear ska on the radio? USA West

2.3: Where can I hear ska on the radio? Radio USA East

2.3: Where can I hear ska on the radio? Radio USA - Other

2.3: Where can I hear ska on the radio? Internet Radio

2.4: Where can I hear ska live? p1: Some clubs and other venues have quite a few ska shows. Some ...

2.4: Where can I hear ska live? Germany

2.4: Where can I hear ska live? Spain, Sweden

2.4: Where can I hear ska live? UK

2.4: Where can I hear ska live? USA (CA)

2.4: Where can I hear ska live? USA DC, FL, IL: (DC)

2.4: Where can I hear ska live? USA KS, OH, GA: (KS)

2.4: Where can I hear ska live? USA MA, MD, MI: (MA)

2.4: Where can I hear ska live? USA NY, NC,: (NY)

2.4: Where can I hear ska live? USA OH, PA, WI: (OH)

2.5: Is anyone doing ska video?: Yes. Bradford Stein has finished a West Coast ska-umentary ...

2.6: Are there any feature-length ska movies? What other movies did ska influence. What about TV shows?: Yes, there are feature-length ska documentaries, exemplified ...

2.7: Are there any books about ska?: *N.B.* There is some overlap with See , and See . (Thanks to ...

2.8: p1 What are some ska-related 'zines (fan-created magazines)?: Mike Fragassi, mfragass@ucs.indiana.edu, who supplied much of ...

2.8: p2 What are some ska-related 'zines (fan-created magazines)?: Boss

2.8: p3 What are some ska-related 'zines (fan-created magazines)?

2.8: p4 What are some ska-related 'zines (fan-created magazines)?: Gone Wise

2.8: p5 What are some ska-related 'zines (fan-created magazines)?: James

2.8: p6 What are some ska-related 'zines (fan-created magazines)?: Millwall

2.8: p7 What are some ska-related 'zines (fan-created magazines)?: One Step

2.8: p8 What are some ska-related 'zines (fan-created magazines)?

2.8: p9 What are some ska-related 'zines (fan-created magazines)?: The Pink

2.8: p10 What are some ska-related 'zines (fan-created magazines)?

2.8: p11 What are some ska-related 'zines (fan-created magazines)?: Skinhead

2.8: p12 What are some ska-related 'zines (fan-created magazines)?

2.8: p13 What are some ska-related 'zines (fan-created magazines)?: Monkey

2.10: What ska resources are on the Internet?: Thanks for much of the WWW information goes to Bill Tanner,...

2.10: What ska resources are on the Internet? p2: General WWW Music ...

2.10: What ska resources are on the Internet? p3

2.10: What ska resources are on the Internet? p4: Ska Web

2.10: What ska resources are on the Internet? p5: Usenet

2.11: p1 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?: Here are a few choice titles, with an emphasis on compilations, ...

2.11: p2 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?: Intensified Original ...

2.11: p3 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?: Monkey

2.11: p4 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?: The Real Jamaica - ...

2.11: p5 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?: The Story of Jamaican ...

2.11: p6 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?: This Are 2 ...

2.11: p7 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?: Land Of The Bigfoot Ska: Ska From Bigfoot ...

2.11: p8 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?: Mash It

2.11: p9 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?: Mashin Up the ...

2.11: p10 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?: Max the

2.11: p11 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?: Ska Beats 1 - Freestyle ...

2.1: p12 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?: Step On

2.11: p13 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?: United Colors of ...

2.12: p1 What are addresses of some record labels producing ska discs?: The legendary ska labels of the past -- Black Swan, Blue Beat,...

2.12: p2 What are addresses of some record labels producing ska discs?: Black Pearl ...

2.12: p3 What are addresses of some record labels producing ska discs?: Dill

2.12: p4 What are addresses of some record labels producing ska discs?: Icon

2.12: p5 What are addresses of some record labels producing ska discs?: Pork Pie Records/...

2.12: p6 What are addresses of some record labels producing ska discs?: Signal Sound System ...

2.12: p7 What are addresses of some record labels producing ska discs?: Trojan (UK)...

2.13: p1 Are there some record stores that carry ska?: Some record stores that specialize in ska or at least have a ...

2.13: p2 Are there some record stores that carry ska?: The

2.13: p3 Are there some record stores that carry ska?: Reptilian

3.3: What are the names of some ska bands?: These names are culled from various sources, especially ...

3.3: 0 to 9 - names of some ska bands: 100

3.3: A - names of some ska bands: A Dream I

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3.3: C - names of some ska bands: C'mon

3.3: D - names of some ska bands: Dance

3.3: E - names of some ska bands: Earth

3.3: F - names of some ska bands: F-

3.3: G - names of some ska bands: G-

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3.3: I - names of some ska bands: I 'Ate It

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3.3: K - names of some ska bands: Kale

3.3: L - names of some ska bands: L. A. Dynamic ...

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3.3: P - names of some ska bands: Pacers,

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3.3: S - names of some ska bands: The

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3.3: U - names of some ska bands: The

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3.3: X-Y-Z - names of some ska bands: X's For

3.4: p1 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: A> You bet! Here are addresses and/or contacts for over 400 ...

3.4: p2 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: Air Cushion ...

3.4: p3 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: Bad

3.4: p4 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: Bob's Quick ...

3.4: p5 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: Chencha

3.4: p6 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: The

3.4: p7 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: Dr

3.4: p8 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?

3.4: p9 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: Fresh

3.4: p10 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?

3.4: p11 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: The

3.4: p12 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: Jimmy 2

3.4: p13 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: Lee Harvey ...

3.4: p14 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: Los Autenticos ...

3.4: p15 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: The

3.4: p16 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?

3.4: p17 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: No Tiene Nombre (N.T.N.)...

3.4: p18 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: Otis

3.4: p19 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: The

3.4: p20 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?

3.4: p21 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: The

3.4: p22 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: Seven Foot ...

3.4: p23 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?

3.4: p24 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?

3.4: p25 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: The

3.4: p26 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: Spy

3.4: p27 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: Taxicab

3.4: p28 Can I write to any of these Ska bands? Call them on the phone? Do they have Web sites and email?: The

3.5: If I'm in a band, who can I contact for gigs andproduction? Do they have Web sites and email?: Are there any sound companies that specialize in ska music? Do ...

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