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Ska punk
Ska punk is a fusion music genre that combines ska and punk rock. Ska punk achieved its greatest popularity in the United States in the late 1990s, although there has also been a following worldwide. Several ska punk bands achieved mainstream commercial success, which in some cases continued into...
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The Clash
The Clash were an English rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk rock. Along with punk, they experimented with reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap and rockabilly. For most of their recording career, The Clash consisted of...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1976
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1986
NOFX
NOFX (pronounced no-eff-ex) is an American punk rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1983 in Los Angeles. The band was formed by vocalist and bassist Fat Mike and guitarist Eric Melvin. Drummer Erik Sandin joined them shortly...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1983
Sublime
Sublime was an American ska punk band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1986. The band's original line-up consisted of Bradley Nowell (vocals and guitar), Bud Gaugh (drums and percussion), and Eric Wilson (bass guitar). Lou Dog, Nowell's...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1988
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- May 25, 1996
No Doubt
No Doubt is an American Third Wave rock band from Anaheim, California, founded in 1986. The ska-pop sound of their first album, No Doubt (1992), failed to make waves. The band's diamond-certified album Tragic Kingdom helped to launch the ska revival...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Dec 1986
Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani was born in October 3, 1969 in Fullerton, California. She is a singer, actress, songwriter and fashion designer. Stefani was part of the group "No Doubt", a group that she joined in 1986, but the group split and she began her...
Date of birth:
- Oct 3, 1969 (age 40 years)
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1986
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are an American third wave ska band from Boston, Massachusetts.
Formed in 1983, the Bosstones are often credited with the creation of the ska-core genre, a form of music that mixes elements of third wave ska and hardcore...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1985
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California, best known for the 1997 hit "Sell Out." The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s, during the third wave of ska with the release of the album Turn...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1992
Fishbone
Fishbone is an American alternative rock band that plays a fusion of ska, punk rock, funk metal and more. The band was formed in 1979 in South Central Los Angeles by Angelo Moore, who uses the stage name of Dr. Madd Vibe (vocals, saxophones ranging...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1979
Mest
Mest is a pop punk band from Blue Island, Illinois. The band's lineup, prior to their breakup in 2006, consisted of vocalist and guitarist Tony Lovato, guitarist Jeremiah Rangel, bassist Matt Lovato, and drummer Nick Gigler. They broke up in 2006...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1996
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- Jan 14, 2006
Dolchamar
Dolchamar is a Finnish rock band that performs in the language Esperanto. It was formed in 1999 in London by Patrik Austin after his departure from Punaiset Messiaat, and instantly signed by the French Vinilkosmo record company, but now resides in...
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Goldfinger
Goldfinger is a Los Angeles pop punk/ska punk band that formed in 1994. They support the imprisoned 'SHAC 7' animal rights activists, and John Feldmann, lead singer, is an advocate for and supporter of the Animal Liberation Front.
Goldfinger was...
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Bud Gaugh
Floyd "Bud" I. Gaugh IV (born October 2, 1967) is a rock music drummer who played in the bands Sublime (1986-1996 and again since 2009), Long Beach Dub Allstars (1997-2002), Eyes Adrift (2002-2003) Volcano (2004) Del Mar (2006-present).
He met...
Date of birth:
- Oct 2, 1967 (age 42 years)
Bradley Nowell
Bradley James Nowell (February 22, 1968 – May 25, 1996) was an American musician who served as lead singer and guitarist of the popular Californian band Sublime. He died at 28 from a heroin overdose shortly before the release of Sublime's self...
Date of birth:
- Feb 22, 1968
Date of death:
- May 25, 1996 (age 28 years)
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Five Iron Frenzy
Five Iron Frenzy (also known as Five Iron or FIF) was a Christian ska band formed in Denver, Colorado in 1995 and disbanded in 2003.
The band's music was most heavily influenced by ska and punk rock, but their influences also include heavy metal....
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1995
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- Nov 22, 2003
Smash Mouth
Smash Mouth is an American pop rock band from San José, California. Formed in 1994, the band comprised Steve Harwell (lead vocals), Greg Camp (guitar), Paul De Lisle (bass), and Kevin Coleman (original drummer). Their hit songs include "Walkin' on...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1994
Zdob şi Zdub
Zdob şi Zdub are a Moldovan musical group, based in Chişinău, whose work for the last several years combines elements of hip-hop (especially sampling) and hardcore punk with traditional Moldovan music and Roma music. The name is onomatopoeic for the...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1994
Less Than Jake
Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida. Originally formed in 1992 as a power pop trio, the band evolved into a hybrid of ska punk. Less Than Jake have also been cited as showing influences from a wide variety of genres...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1992
Millencolin
Millencolin is a punk rock band that was formed in October 1992 by Erik Ohlsson, Mathias Färm and Nikola Sarcevic in Örebro, Sweden. In early 1993, drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band. The name Millencolin is derived from the skateboard trick ...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Oct 12, 1992
Matt Freeman
Matthew "McCall" Freeman (born Roger Matthew Freeman on June 14, 1966) is an American musician. He is best known for his bass guitar work with the punk rock bands Operation Ivy and Rancid.
He met Tim Armstrong when they were only five years old....
Date of birth:
- 1966 (age 44 years)
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Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is an American rock band. Since debuting in 2002, the band has sold over 10 million albums in the United States and nearly 15 million worldwide. While they were in high school, the four original members of Maroon 5 played in a garage band...
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Citizen Fish
Citizen Fish are a ska punk band that have been together since 1990. The band often makes strong social and political statements, dealing with themes such as anti-consumerism, vegetarianism, questioning of the status quo, and the general...
The Suicide Machines
The Suicide Machines were an American punk rock band formed in March 1991 in Detroit, Michigan and disbanded in May of 2006. During the course of their career the band released six full-length albums on the labels Hollywood Records and Side One...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1991
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 2006
Aaron Abeyta
Aaron Abeyta, known as El Hefe or simply Hefe, from el Jefe (Spanish for "the boss") and "Hefe" (German for "wheat beer"), is the lead guitarist and trumpet player of the California punk band NOFX.
Abeyta was given this moniker by his fellow band...
Date of birth:
- Aug 8, 1965 (age 44 years)
Eric Melvin
Eric Scott Melvin, sometimes called Melvin for short, is the rhythm guitarist in the California punk band NOFX. He has been in the band from its beginnings in the early 1980s to the present day. Eric has been known for his dreadlocks that vary in...
Date of birth:
- Jul 9, 1966 (age 43 years)
Against All Authority
Against All Authority (often abbreviated -AAA-) is an American rock band, formed in Florida in 1992. Playing in the ska punk style, their business practice follows a stringent DIY ethic.
Against All Authority was founded in Cutler Ridge, Florida in...
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Café Tacuba
Café Tacuba (often stylized as café tacvba) is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning band from Naucalpan, Mexico. They were founded in 1989, and since then have had the same musical lineup:
Mexican folk music player Alejandro Flores is...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1989
Spunge
Spunge (often typeset as [spunge] - lead singer Alex Copeland has joked that the brackets are in the name so that the letters don't fall out.) are a ska punk band from Tewkesbury, England. Through many years of constant touring, Spunge have toured...
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Leftöver Crack
Leftöver Crack is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1999, following the breakup of the ska punk band Choking Victim. Primarily playing an amalgam of ska, crust punk and death metal with anarchist lyrics, they classify themselves as "crack...
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The Living End
The Living End is an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 1994. The current lineup consists of Chris Cheney (vocals, guitar), Scott Owen (double bass, vocals) and Andy Strachan (drums). The band rose to fame in the late 1990s...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1994
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1995
Erik Sandin
Erik Sandin, often called Smelly, is the drummer of the popular California punk band, NOFX. He was a founding member of the band when they formed in Hollywood, California, in 1983, but moved to Santa Barbara two years later, leaving the band.
In...
Date of birth:
- Jul 29, 1966 (age 43 years)
Dance Hall Crashers
Dance Hall Crashers (often abbreviated to "DHC") is a ska punk band from Berkeley, California, that formed in 1989. The band was originally made up from two of the members of seminal ska-punk band Operation Ivy. Since both Matt Freeman and Tim "Lint...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1989
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Save Ferris
Save Ferris was a ska punk band formed circa 1995 in Orange County, California. They are believed to be named after the reference in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
The band formed in 1995 after the dissolution of a number of Southern...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1995
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 2002
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Rx Bandits
Rx Bandits is a four-piece band based in Seal Beach, California. The band formed in 1995 in Orange County, California. They have appeared on the Vans Warped Tour, at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, and at The Bamboozle.
Originally known as The...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1997
Streetlight Manifesto
Streetlight Manifesto is an American ska band from East Brunswick, New Jersey under the creative leadership of Tomas Kalnoky. They have been considered by many as ska punk and 3rd wave ska.
They released their first album, Everything Goes Numb,...
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Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy was an influential ska punk band formed in Albany, California. The band is well known as the pioneers of ska-core, a genre that fuses elements of hardcore with ska punk. The band consisted of frontman Jesse Michaels (vocals), Tim...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- May 1987
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- May 1989
Travis Barker
Travis Landon Barker (born November 12, 1975) is an American drummer and the current drummer for pop punk trio Blink-182. He has also been a drummer for several side projects including +44, Box Car Racer, Transplants and Expensive Taste.
After the...
Date of birth:
- Nov 14, 1975
Date of death:
- 1998 (age 22 years)
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Lit
Lit is an alternative rock band, based in Fullerton, California. They released several singles in the 1990s and early 2000s including "My Own Worst Enemy", "Miserable", "Zip-Lock", "Over My Head", "Lipstick and Bruises", "Addicted", "Looks Like They...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1989
Skankin' Pickle
Skankin' Pickle was an American ska punk band formed by Mike Park in San Jose, California that was active from 1989 to 1996.
Skankin' Pickle formed in December of 1988, composed of students from Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos. The band played...
Voodoo Glow Skulls
Voodoo Glow Skulls are an American ska punk band formed in 1988 in Riverside, California by brothers Frank, Eddie and Jorge Casillas and their longtime friend Jerry O'Neill. Voodoo Glow Skulls first played out at backyard parties and later at Spanky...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1988
Athena
Athena is a ska punk band from Istanbul, Turkey. Its current line-up is composed of Hakan Özoğuz, Gökhan Özoğuz, Burak Gürpinar and Ozan Musluoğlu.
Athena (ah-T'hěn-ah) was formed by twin brothers Gökhan Özoğuz and Hakan Özoğuz in 1987. They started...
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Catch 22
Catch 22 is an American ska punk band from East Brunswick, New Jersey. The band was formed by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Tomas Kalnoky and drummer Chris Greer who recruited trumpeter Kevin Gunther, who was working in a local record store. Bassist...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1996
Mustard Plug
Mustard Plug is a ska band from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their songs usually include raspy vocals, fast singing, sing-along choruses, an upstroke guitar technique, distorted guitars, power chords, walking basslines, 4/4 drumming, and catchy horn...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1991
Eric Stefani
Eric Matthew Stefani (born June 17, 1967) is an American pop musician, former Simpsons animator, and Grammy-nominated composer and writer.
Stefani attended Loara High School in Anaheim, California. He worked at a Dairy Queen with his sister Gwen and...
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- Jun 17, 1967 (age 42 years)
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John Spence
John Spence may refer to:
Date of birth:
- Feb 3, 1969
Date of death:
- Dec 21, 1987 (age 18 years)
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Jesse Michaels
Jesse Michaels (born April 2, 1969) is a songwriter, guitarist and artist from Berkeley, California. He is the son of the late author Leonard Michaels and is married to the producer Audrey Marrs. His lyrics deal with politics, racism, and general...
Date of birth:
- Apr 2, 1969 (age 40 years)
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Common Rider
Common Rider were a ska punk band, formed in 1999 by Jesse Michaels (guitar, vocals), Mass Giorgini (bass) and Dan Lumley (drums). The band had a much softer edge than that of Michaels' first group, Operation Ivy, but still contained the same amount...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1999
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 2003
Crack Rock Steady 7
The Crack Rock Steady 7 is a band of seven musicians of the Crack Rock Steady scene in New York City, most of which are the current members of Leftöver Crack. The members of the Crack Rock Steady 7 also made up bands such as Choking Victim, Morning...
Charlie Brown Jr.
Charlie Brown Jr. is a famous Brazilian rock band, from the city of Santos, São Paulo. Their biggest influences are Red Hot Chili Peppers, Suicidal Tendencies and Rage Against the Machine.
Santos is the homeland of every member of the band, except...
Scott Klopfenstein
Scott "Scotty" Allen Klopfenstein is an American musician most notably as a long-time member of Reel Big Fish. He plays trumpet, guitar, keyboard, and sings. Before the release of Reel Big Fish's third album, he mainly played trumpet and sang backup...
Date of birth:
- May 31, 1977 (age 32 years)
Place Musical Career Began:
Hipodil
Hipodil (Bulgarian: Хиподил) is a Bulgarian rock band, founded 1988 in Sofia by four classmates from the local Mathematics High School. The band describe their music as alco-agro-porno-punk though elements of ska, hard rock and heavy metal are used...
Buck-O-Nine
Buck-O-Nine is an American ska punk band which was formed in San Diego, California, in 1991. The band has toured internationally and released several albums and e.p.'s, as well as appearing on compilations and film soundtracks. During the mid-to...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1991
Warren Fitzgerald
Warren Fitzgerald (born September 15, 1968) is an American punk rock musician, guitarist, songwriter, and record label owner.
Warren Fitzgerald is most famous for being the current guitarist of The Vandals. He also helps produce and acts in movies...
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- Sep 15, 1968 (age 41 years)
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Lars Frederiksen
Lars Erik Frederiksen (born August 30, 1971) is a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Rancid, and the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards. He is also notable as a producer, having worked with the Dropkick Murphys, Agnostic Front,...
Date of birth:
- Aug 30, 1971 (age 38 years)
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Big D and the Kids Table
Big D and the Kids Table is a third wave ska band formed in October 1995 in Allston, Massachusetts when its members converged in college. Their first release was on their own Fork In Hand Records label, but have since teamed with Springman Records...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Oct 1995
Dan Andriano
Daniel Michael Andriano (born June 27, 1977 in Elgin, Illinois) is the bassist and co-vocalist (alongside vocalist/guitarist Matt Skiba and drummer Derek Grant) for the Chicago punk band Alkaline Trio. Formerly the bassist for the ska-punk band...
Date of birth:
- Jun 27, 1977 (age 32 years)
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Mad Caddies
The Mad Caddies (or the Caddies) are a third wave ska band from Solvang, California. The band formed in 1995 and has released five full-length albums, one live album, and two EP's. The Mad Caddies sound has influences from broad ranging genres...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Aug 1995
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Slightly Stoopid
Slightly Stoopid is an American band based in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, who describe their music as "a fusion of acoustic rock and blues with reggae, hip-hop, and punk." As a band, they have released eight albums (two live) with their...
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The Dead 60s
The Dead 60s were an English ska punk band from Liverpool. The band's sound is a mixture of punk rock, ska, dub and reggae. They have taken influences from artists such as King Tubby, Jackie Mittoo, Gang of Four and A Certain Ratio.
The band formed...
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Authority Zero
Authority Zero is a punk rock band from Mesa, Arizona. The band's style is rooted in reggae and skate punk, with Bad Religion, Pennywise, and Sublime cited as heavy influences. There is an obvious Spanish/Portuguese influence in the band's music as...
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The Hippos
The Hippos were an American rock band formed in 1995 in Los Angeles, California, and disbanded in 2000. During the band's lifetime they released 3 full-length albums. Their early work is best classified as part of the third wave of ska music, or as...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1997
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 2003
