this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2025
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[–] nothingcorporate 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I also leaned there are still ska bands in 2025.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Go to a Streetlight Manifesto show. It will change your life.

[–] Bananigans@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Not exactly Streetlight, but this is the first time something's triggered a memory of Keasbey Nights in a long time.

[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 weeks ago

why shouldnt there? its literally the perfect music

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago

This is correct, but there was a revival in the UK in the 1980's. It was the latter that influenced the ska-punk genre.

[–] scbasteve7@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago

Okay Bruce Greene

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

When I was a teen, I thought that ska was short for “skatepunk”

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah, I get you. I myself thought the HXC logo with the X in a circle (which stands for hardcore) was Cyrillic for "sound", or someone simply told me and I believed them.

[–] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 1 points 2 weeks ago

Cyrillic isn't even a language

[–] brnybngs@lemmy.wtf 6 points 3 weeks ago

It is so weird to have the picture as a preview of the wiki post; talking about one of the purest form of black music (rocksteady, ska, reggae) but having a white band as representative image is a select choice.

Would make more sense to have a picture of someone from the first wave of ska like Desmond Dekker.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)