operation ivy, 3rd wave osly

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/images/pref_images/p64548ukl8o.jpg

secon wave ska band

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/Specials_uk_front.jpg

3rd wave ska

the third wave of ska was when it finally made it to america in the late 80s and early 90s. this combined ska with the fast tempoed american style punk. it became known as ska punk, or, when mixed with hard core punk, skacore. it started out with bands sutch as operation ivy (r.i.p. 1987-89) and the toasters. it was soon adopted by other bands sutch as less than jake and catch 22. ska had a very big effect on american punk in the 90s and it still does with primarily punk bands like rancid and nofx showing elements of ska.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDCNwrzy-pM

jamaican ska band

http://streetrootz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/skatalites4gu9.jpg

ska in brittain

by the late 70s, allot of the more successful punk bands, such as the sex pistols, had broken up in england. this left room for another music genera to influence the alredy strong punk movement. this combined with the jamaican emegration, and the wantation for a music that people could dance to, ment that the ska invation was inevitable. bands such as the specias and madness became very popular with the rude boy/skinhead subculture in brittain.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGDQ85Dg-ss