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Raggedyman can often be found looking for zombies, skanking to music and getting back to his voodoo routes by smoking pot and playing drums.

Ska starts in Jamaica in the late 1950s and from there a lot of ska is misinterpreted. Ska was a popular sound in dancehalls and is Jamaicans first very own style of music. The bands and fans originally and for the most part idolized al Capone style gangsters and dressed the like; this is where the signature rude boy suit came from. The term rude boy was a term that the islanders called the ruffians associate with ska and is what they called each other out of prestige associate with gangsters once again.
The name "ska" came from the sound the guitar makes. The music its self is a blend of calypso, R&B, jazz and other more Americanized music, but with a Jamaican spin. Generally ska includes up strokes on the guitar, island style bass lines, drums using mostly toms and symbols, trumpet, trombone, keyboards and saxophones are also associated with ska. But the upstrokes are the most important part. Ska was a very big hit in Jamaica and from it came rock steady, dancehall, and reggae.
From Jamaica ska made its way to Europe, mainly the UK and was changed slightly to something more commonly called "two tone ska" the two-tone ska movement was named for the overwhelming unity between blacks and whites within the scene at the time. The music got fairly faster and more poppy. A number of the bands incorporated horns less often, or used very simple melodies for the horns. Ska was most popular among the pre-racist skinheads, mods, and rudies(rude boy) sub cultures. Though for such ...

Ska originated in Jamaica when traditional reggae met with the american jazz scene. The "punk" sound came from brittain, and soon people all over the world were listening to the Rudies.

One of the most distincive parts of ska music is Skanking. It's a dance that consists of a whole two steps, and is all about fun. The word you're thinking is the slang "skank", right? That word came from the rudies, who, after dancing for an hour, would be very sweaty.

Ska still lives on today. There are many ska bands still around, and many are jumping into the punk rock scene such as Leftover Crack (Formerly known as Choking Victim). Many still play the old two-tone style, which is slower...but most play and upbeat punk sound with the destinctive guitar beat, and the good old trumpet, trombone and sax.

The history of ska music is interesting as since its birth ska has continued to develop into many different styles. In forty years ska has enjoyed three waves of popularity around the world. This essay attempts to trace ska music's history, the roots, the birth, the styles and, hopefully will offer you some interesting facts.

EARLY JAMAICAN CULTURE
To fully understand the origins of ska and trace its unique musical elements we must understand some important parts of Jamaican history. The island of Jamaica was first visited by Europeans in 1494 by Columbus. The British won the right to colonize and began shipping slaves from the west coast of Africa to work on newly set up plantations. By 1807 there were over two million Africans in Jamaica working on English plantations in the most brutal systems of slavery in the world.

The slaves tried hard to hold on to their African philosophy and established their own system of beliefs and values in their slave communities. Some forms of African music, such as the Burru were allowed by the white masters who believed it would help the slaves to work faster. At times the slave musicians were also called upon to entertain the white masters. The type of entertainment provided by the slave musicians followed a carnival tradition and allowed the oppressed performers to dress and act like kings, queens, lords and ladies for the amusement of the white masters. In the 1960's this tradition was continued by performers who adopted royal t...

Dont compare these guys to emos coz that not fucken justice. Punk is an idealology, not a scene. Punk idealology consists of a system where no one hold power over anybody else and promotes individualism, thus making punk idealology 100% free of communism yet abandoning corruption of capitalism. Punk-Rock is hard,fast, agressive yet other genres of punk rock like ska can vary in speed style etc. Usually three or four chord power riffs. Punk Kids usually listen to bands like Rancid, Bad Religion, NOFX, Dropkick Murphys, Sex Pistols, Ramones, The Clash, Green Day, Social Distortion Pennywise etc. Skateboarding is popular with in the punk realm. Punk Rock was created raw from the streets of London and America. In rebellion of the fucked up state the world was in in the 1970's. Punk Rock caused a wave of shock as punk bands were really the first to use music to straight out say fuck you to the sugar coated dictators we call politicians.

hey dipshit.. "punk 101" it's not punk.. it's ska. ska is a mix of punk and jamaican ska dveloped in the mid seventy's early eighties with bands like the skatallites and so on. ever wonder what the black & white checkers are all about?? white people(punk) & black people (ska) coming together to make an awesome genere of music.. and also those dumbasses that call people "ska kid".. it's rudeboy you stupids..

One of the first Skankore (Ska,Punk,Hardcore) bands out of Verona Wisconsin, formerly known as "So Called Freedum." Often associated with Torko Tag! The band No Big Secret consists of Evin Nilsson Mandela (bass and vocals) Alyx "Asshole"(drums) Warren-K (rhythm guitar)and D-Vo (Lead guitar)