Under The Influence: 2 Tone Ska

[@katomiler843]

2 tone ska is about the greatest argument for promoting and embracing immigration and integration that I have ever come across. Racial, cultural, ethnic, integration always seems to produce mind-bogglingly good and creative results, food, art, ideas. The kind nobody can even predict or imagine.

[@crushthevicar]

I lived in Britain during two tone, and you ate correct.

[@andypeutherer4218]

Word. Fucking quality.

[@wesleypresley1000]

Muslims won't want this. Windrush yes. Muslims no.

[@paulbrownsr]

Seems kinda racist dude

[@Yourlettttttttinhappen]

Working class people are not the racist closed minded kinds the media will lead you to believe.

[@laughteraddict1003]

I'll never forget being introduced to Ska in 8th grade. This girl had Ska written on her notebook. I asked " what is skuh " she laughed said Ska and handed me her Walkman cassette player with an English Beat song playing. I still listen to a lot of Ska and i'm 50 years young. Ska !!!

[@andrewa9895]

Whoah - ok no joke. I also am 50 - AND I was introduced to Ska in Gr 8. I went to a Boarding school, one of the "old boys" he was a grad (school only went to gr10) came to visit the school. He had a jacket covered with 2 tone band patches and one badge said "SKA". I asked him what "ess kay ay" (pronouncing it by letter hahahaha) was. He explained it was a style of music, "uptempo reggae". I already liked reggae. The first 2Tone I listened to was I Just Cant Stop it the guy leant me an english beat tape. I eventually worked backward to the original jamaican stuff but 2 Tone still rules. Cheers to 42 years of Ska fandom!

[@zombelladonna]

I grew up in SoCal and a cholo taught me how to skank at a yard show when I was in my teens. There’s never been another place that I’ve felt so accepted than in the ska community. They really just accepted anyone who wanted to be part of it, and I made lifelong friends going to those shows

[@TriggeredPeasoup]

"We weren't alien, we weren't exotic, We were their mates" That's true anti-racism defined for you lot here

[@ucn6471]

Sadly that doesnt translate to anything, pocs still suffering

[@aslanfrench]

@@Veritas.0 telling someone who is suffering that they are suffering because of their mindset is to tell a person that you think their suffereing is their own fault and that they deserve it. This is just a cowardly way to avoid accepting the reality of things which you find uncomfortable to hear.

[@aslanfrench]

@@Veritas.0 Buddy, I'm quite successful, but I criticize your cowardice because I am a Christian and I believe that Christ told us to love our brothers. I'm not successful because of my own merit. I'm fortunate and incredibly lucky. I didn't choose to be born the way I was, or with the advantages I have. I don't get any credit for that.

[@aslanfrench]

@@Veritas.0 unlike you I use my real name and I'm pretty easy to verify who I am and what I do. But that's not the important thing. You're the one who tried to make this about my personal success. Except it isn't. It's about your lack of compassion.

[@aslanfrench]

@@Veritas.0 this is a legit new low for dumb bullshit I've read from people online. You can literally go check my public Facebook page. Ironic how you hide behind the "truth". (for reference for other commenters, is that the person I'm talking to: Veritas, their screen name is Latin for truth. A classic choice for dipshits who thrive on bad faith and sophistry (did you really think you were clever? 😂)) Literally go check it 🤣

[@johnnyjabsco1999]

RIP Ranking Roger Rude boy. Legend.

[@robertroberts2666]

In his Country of origin maybe!

[@PinkyPuff69]

Johnny Jabsco RIP Ranking Roger 💜

[@dannygroom3327]

@@robertroberts2666 In his country of origin and everywhere else that two tone hit.

[@PS987654321PS]

Robert Roberts I can tell you Roger was very well known and respected in the USA in the early-mid 80s and beyond. Unless you were uncool.

[@Soggz7785]

Shame he was never invited into the Johnathan Ross show...

[@CreativoErratico]

6:55 "I heard this drummer playing reggae [but] he thought he was playing punk. All he knew was to hit it hard." is the purest definition

[@JoshBeut]

Anyone coming back in 2020 and thinking we need a resurgence of this?

[@JoshBeut]

@@annedavis6090 Yup, that was kind of the point of the comment.

[@danikoenig]

make ska great again.

[@annedavis6090]

@@danikoenig "Ranking come forward!"..🕴️🕴️🕺🕺✨

[@ThreadBomb]

I hope some people watch this and get a history lesson!

[@annedavis6090]

@@JoshBeut some folks are so opaque, I see that I figured incorrectly here. I hope you are safe & well and I send you big oneLove..

[@jimhood1202]

What a great programme. I grew up in the UK when Two Tone started and can confirm the more than any other musical style it appealed to everyone. Two Tone was the soundtrack to much of the anti racist action in the 80s.

[@happydrunkcartel9951]

THANK YOU Noisey, Camera guy Sam, Elvis Cortez and Tim Armstrong, plus everyone else that worked hard on this awesome documentary! It was an honor to be mentioned along side all these legendary musicians. Mad respect and much love! -Happy Drunk Cartel

[@gerryonly3207]

Saludos cabrones 🏁

[@2fadedphotostv]

happydrunk Cartel that’s right y’all! Getting the props y’all deserve. See y’all soon! 🔥💯

[@spencercojo2590]

#happydrunkcartel Nice work on the documentary!🤟

[@siniestrodrmortis5906]

Ska music is proletary and feels so good!!! Work class, we are mates of life!!!! With style and great sound for fun and tell all our problems about life & society...... Love this doc of Ska!!!! I can view this a million times!!!!! Big love from Argentina to all!!! Fabulosos Cadillacs, Intocables, Todos tus Muertos, Sumo & many more!!!! Cheers and keep Ska playing at your stereo car!!!!

[@BpgaMusic]

It was an honor to be in this documentary even for one second! 4th generation revival!

[@dcornejo7]

What an amazing trip! From Jamaica to the UK from Long Beach to Chile ( my motherland) I guess Ska means more tome than I thought. Our band had the privilege to open for Maldita Vecindad a couple of times and it was amazing. Great people mi gente Mexicana

[@kezapril1971]

Love love love. Thank you xx (I’m a grandma born 1971 - I’ve been skanking all my life)

[@jonnyrocket3659]

Great to see Pauline Black in this video.. I loved her in the 80's and still love her today.. so talented and such a lovely and charming woman

[@lynnritchie231]

She's aged (hardly at all) amazingly well too. Still a brilliant live performer.

[@KosmicHRTRacingTeam]

Wow. Not sure why this never popped up in my recommendations until now. One of the best music docs!!!! Also, RIP Rankin Roger. Still see the English Beat every couple years and brings back some great memories. So glad that Roger and Dave kept the music alive on both continents!!!

[@quantumfighter]

thank you for re-telling the story of the fight for freedom in the UK n re-illuminating the youngsters of the horrors and impacts of imperialism around the world and explaining why its fall was inevitable and just! We SHARPS love this! Learned a lot!

[@sooperstar6]

God bless Terry, the man who had the foresight to start it all, RIP

[@Phono_Wizard]

"We grew up listening to music that was about helping you change your mind, not your fucking sneakers" Holy fuck, that quote. Can I have it on a shirt please?

[@sexobscura]

I hope that's an ironic comment

[@corbybuck8575]

LMAO , clever , size XL .Rude Boys 👍

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..

[@AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3]

I feel like modern Japanese ska is sort of the next evolution of the genre. Bands like Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Cool Wise Men, The Miceteeth, Beat Sunset etc. It seems that Japanese ska has a strong jazz influence but other genres too, and yet it still has an old school kind of sound somehow. Ska hasn't developed much in the West over the last 15 years, at least for now.

[@QualeQualeson]

Hey thanks for the tips. I'm going through the list right now.

[@AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3]

@@QualeQualeson Another band I just happened to remember is Cubetone. Another band with a sort of classic ska feel plus a smooth jazz element. That's why I like these bands in particular and it's in a lot of Japanese ska it seems.

[@petracampbell2907]

It’s not supposed to. It is and always will be Jamaican Black music.

[@harryflashman4542]

Many thanks for that, love TSPO but don't know the others.

[@eddyfitzgerald2518]

Awful tripe

[@michelegmitrowski4441]

I loved the Specials.... I wish there would be some of that on today's charts...I'm in Canada now, since 1975

[@kadewilliams3301]

What does being in Canada since 1975 have to do with it?

[@michelegmitrowski4441]

@@kadewilliams3301, I should have written that differently. We left England, where I lived, in 1975. I remember Ska music being out prior to that. When we came to Canada, it was strange not to hear it on the radio here.

[@emeraldscorpio]

The Specials latest album was no1 2 years ago

[@Mr.Truxton]

@@emeraldscorpio in 2019 they had a record.

[@emeraldscorpio]

@@Mr.Truxton aye it came out in Feb 2019 2 years ago

[@charliemoney]

What a beautiful piece of history. Working class human beings coming together to create a cultural ripple.

[@mattthornton8889]

It was an honour to meet and talk with Ranking Roger last year when him and The Beat played in Bristol. I love that you got him in the series, he is a living legend as are the rest of the true 80s Coventry ska bands.

[@amandamears1916]

Best Ska-umentary ever. The history,style,Tim Armstrong, political relevance and transcendance of cultures all over the world.Ska s Not Dead! Loved it thank you thank you so much.

[@BrendanMcGinley]

"it's okay. have fun." So true. Ska was a revelation to me starting to high school in the middle of grunge and gangsta.

[@YorkieLad]

2 tone music became part of the Mod movement in the UK , which is still alive and kicking today . It will never leave , IT`S A WAY OF LIFE

[@Mosel66]

It was Jamaican ska that became part of the Mod movement during the 60's

[@connormc5809]

I live on a council estate and it's just black and white and you see mods on their lambrettas riding around in summer. It's so lovely to see

[@rex8255]

Man, it's still going on, spreading the message. I'm 59 and just got turned on to "The Interrupters". "Babylon" brings me to tears sometimes. And then there's old songs like "For What It's Worth" from "Buffalo Springfield".

[@johnnycage7447]

"WE HAD MORE SIMILARITIES THAN WE HAD DIFFERENCES"

[@bleachno9]

Thank you, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for making this and showcasing how huge ska is in latinamerican culture from the US to the rest of the Americas. You have no idea how ingrained in our popular youth culture it is and our resistance to oppresion.

[@DROSS171]

I discovered Ska in '79, thanks to The Special's appearance on SNL. Changed my life and led me to Punk Rock. It was my entry drug into a plethora of subcultures. 40 plus years later, almost 60, still working in the music biz. I blame it all on Two Tone and all those great bands. Saw em all live as a teen. Saw Madness a few months back. Still love all those 2nd wave English bands. Thanks 2 Tone!

[@AltairDhauglu]

Ska is huge n Medellin, Colombia. Alive in young culture as it can be

[@sebasagudelo50]

Eso perra, yo también soy de Medallo. Que pesar que ya no hay buen ska en la radio. Por ahí escuché que la Moji volvía a tocar, voy a estár pendiente. En la buena loca.

[@Pinakij]

It's great with cocaine!

[@PhyroMcBruceEsq]

Got to see Ska-P play there in '08, was so ridiculously good to come across the globe and find my people still

[@hulpify]

@@sebasagudelo50 ¿Con esta música también atracan y consumen allá en Medellín?

[@2001lextalionis]

looking forward to it when I come to visit

[@harveysmith100]

Just the best music scene. Happy to be a kid at school when two tone broke. Ska'd me for life. The music is just as relevant today as it ever was. They were called The Specials because they were.

[@RudyCarrera]

There's an amazing music scene in Beijing, and people of all scenes seem to get along quite well. Brilliant to see them represented here!

[@j_knakis]

Then who this is Jamaica an England making 2 tone... Jamaica made ska

[@spareparts1]

Boston was alive with it. So many bands everywhere. They would come and stay at folks apartments and local hangouts. We had such a great time. The city has changed some the music fades but still strong in the hearts of those that lived it.

[@garypritchett8136]

The Beat....the best 2-tone creation of them all, by a mile & one of the best bands of all time, full stop (no pun intended!)

[@jamescavalera]

Much of my influence on my way of being is because of Harcore music. So thank you so much to all the bands that I've heard since my youthful days. Most of them are represented here. Pride in enjoying this kind of sound. Until death. I learned from the old school in the 80's. Best regards to the Hardcore Mafia of the World. HARDCORE STILL LIVES !!!

[@markybgoode]

I was part of the 3rd wave of ska founding 2 Davis, CA bands: Affirmative Action (mid-1980s) & Punch the Clown (mid-1990s). We put out several albums and played with many of the bands featured here. It was fun to revisit those days via this doc. Thanks for posting!

[@aidanmcguire7538]

RIP Roger. What a legend. Gone too soon.

[@Ct-rq8zy]

RIP ranking thanks for 70s good music we will miss you

[@kphedges1]

I’ve never met anyone who dislikes “Ghost Town”. From the opening bars to the eerie clarinet sound and the banshee backing vocals this song is so desolate and still relevant today.

[@audreym3777]

Never more relevant than when the lockdowns hit…this song was waaay ahead of its time.

[@ronaldwilliams4954]

This town is scary like a ghost town 💯 classic

[@winnywin]

R.I.P Ranking Roger. Thanks for everything,

[@bgilley8199]

Ska was big in the 80s and 90s, but seemed to largely fade out of the mainstream in the 2000s. It still has a devoted worldwide following.

[@adlanleon981]

Fell in love with ska when I first took pills at home with my roommate.we thought we would jump around listening to trance music but no. The ska playlist we had squeezed our seratonins out of our brain. That’s when I know ska music will be in my veins forever

[@dhrichardson5798]

That 2 Tone movement was so good. Look was cool and the music even better.

[@sicksideworldwide1599]

since hearing my dad play Prince buster Al Capone all them moons ago i was hooked

[@aplaguedoctor406]

*Clicks on video* *Op Ivy plays in the first 2 seconds*...well I guess I'm watching this

[@christo792]

I know old farts always say the old days were better, but anybody who was growing up in the late 70s/early 80s certainly had many good times on offer.

[@harveysmith100]

Better? We were bloody spoilt! I didn't have much when I was a kid but I definitely had the best music.

[@Twirlyhead]

The Beat were my favourite band of the era. Their influences were all there to see but what came out of them was something most excellent and original, very musical.

[@gunofapreacherman1340]

As kids, race was irrelevant for us. We never saw skin colour. These were just groups that we loved, full of incredibly talented people, that we rightly admired. And Jerry Dammers, is the real deal. Next level genius.

[@DizzySpark]

Ska came to life in my hood, shy south of Oakcliff - in the borders. Heavy tirals man. Kids man, fighting for our right to live and love and be with our friends, fighting gangers and goose steppers - Heavy crip lifestyle there, but dirty south ideals. Ska got the punks and they came to us like, hey man, lets get together and make a space we can survive in. Kids stop seeing colour when their parents are struggling together, too. We all had it. I rep oakcliff every day, but not the anarchy so much as the unity. people fighting to work together.

[@bluBlaq33]

Nothings wrong with acknowledging skin color dude. It’s seeing it that helps actually, it’s pretending it doesn’t matter that doesn’t help.

[@zzbudzz]

Best 34 minutes I have spend on the internet ....

[@joehawkins77]

México y Latinoamérica presentes!

[@florenceoztas6186]

Love how you credit the great Don Letts and his influence on British multi culturalism Punk and the Two Tone Ska revival. Superb !!

[@DSki-wh5hc]

This show brought a whole new meaning after my child watched Yo Gabba Gabba since this first came out. I found myself shockingly recognizing the Aquabats and other artists featured on that show.

[@davidmata4786]

Well done.. Ska and 2 Tone will forever be a living part of my past, present and future. I can still remember going to La Paloma Theater in Encinitas to watch Dance Craze at the midnight showing and dancing to every song. It is and will always be part of my DNA, and I'm grateful for the pioneers who made it all possible.

[@Budsport_TV]

I'm so fucking glad Vice is using their money to make awesome pieces/series like this. They went in on this episode, seems to be no interview spared... Traveling all around the world for a 20 second clip. Loved it ... Never knew this beautiful music I grew up on has such a history

[@vincentgardner4057]

Noisey!!! Thank you for this special. It brought memories and happiness. Rude Boy for life.

[@CoinOpTV]

this series is so well made - thanks dudes!

[@fuzzyscarfandmittens4772]

RIP Ranking Roger. The (English) Beat were such a big part of my youth that I listen to "Just Can't Stop It" and BAM I'm back in high school again.

[@stevec2885]

This was Awesome. In the credits, it states that "A Message to You Rudy" was written by the Specials. Actually that was written by Dandy Livingstone and covered by the Specials.

[@djdefk2]

@O. B. no! It’s was originally written, recorded and performed by Dandy Livingston in 1967!!! And then rereleased in 1971 on the Trojan records label. IT WAS NOT WRITEN FOR OR PRODUCED BY THE SPECIALS! Great band as they were I must say!

[@lookatthestateofyourkneesl7877]

@@djdefk2 that is what the comment is saying

[@donhue4546]

@@djdefk2 released on ska-beat label 1967 and its rock steady,not ska

[@therealjohngalaxy]

What a great documentary! More people should see this and listen to music like this! ♥️❤️♥️❤️

[@JWFdocumentaries]

Man, this is really great. Between the NYHC & this 2Tone doc, you guys are really covering really great scenes. These were the scenes of all the older kids I looked up to and 2 tone and nyhc really defined whom I am and what I stand for. Cheers Noisey you guys are doing it right. I want to see a revival of ska punk and hardcore. I want to see kids dealving into the 80's scenes and embracing them, and keeping the spirit alive. Oi! Oi! Oi! from the Lower East Side. STAY RUDE STAY REBEL

[@davidd.7410]

I was introduced to Ska by a friend of mine when I was in 9th grade (better called as 3ème in France) in 1994. My friend gave me a K7 of a french Ska group called Skarface and since, I've learned what the Ska community is and discovered lots of bands. Awesome music. Peace from France.

[@WayneManigo]

That was a great video on the influence of 2 Tone and SKA. Thanks for sharing!

[@eekamouse86]

Man.... LOVED this!! Nice to relive the past! And your interviews were amazing! Thanks so much for putting this together🙏

[@marcusjack7298]

Half gentleman half working-class!

[@Coldcut]

love that , almost the best quote innit.

[@mattblackninja]

@@Coldcut '...That's what a harmonious society should be like' . That guy is so cool.

[@ahmeddiaztorres8207]

thanks to ska I've had the best days of my life so far, and it was a huge influence for what I'm and I'm becoming until today! some of my fav bands growing up and even today were born from 2 tone and 2 tone it self influenced me in many ways!!...larga vida!!

[@AndrewJShirley]

I love Dickie Barrett, love that they spoke to him. What a great documentary.

[@Muzzychipmunk]

The bosstones were my first favorite band. I was born in 1990. By '93 my 26 year old dad was driving around blasting 'more noise...' and I fell in love by repetition if anything. They were also the first band I saw live when I was 6 years old right after 'lets face it' came out, which was my own first cd.

[@miksua4421]

Guys! Do you happen to know what song is playing while he speaks ?

[@pedropinheiroaugusto3220]

Ska is forever and for all, even if it's not your favorite... Who doesn't like ska? Great stuff, thanks!

[@Seth-hc2bj]

I've seen this like 5 times. I regret nothing

[@raphaelrousso7124]

i was crazy about the beat and that all two tone stuff , as a french 50 years old kid who got to meet all this on records (wich is the main thing) you 've enlightened me and my insatiable curiosity and i thank you a lot for that!!

[@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance]

I loved it when musicians made depressing songs with upbeat and bouncy sounding music to back it up. I believe that catches more attention than being one dimensional in terms of mood. A lot of 2 Tone sound similar, but it's always fun.

[@jonnyfallonsstereosounds]

What a blast this documentary is. Absolute golden memories. I remember seeing Mustard Plug live age 14 in the late 90s and I was tied to Ska Punk from there on. I played in the band ninepoundnote (with Robin from Random Hand!) from age 16 and supported bands like The Beat and Bad Manners in my hometown. I remember meeting Roger Ranking and smoking my first joint with his bassist loool. Golden memories I will never forget. Sweeney Todd of the Dead Pets sang on my last bands (Broadway's Not Ready) EPs tracks. Another great band from the fourth wave in the 2000s... def check out the Dead Pets!! My daughter grew up watching The Aquabats Super Show and she's like a child genius at school these days, I couldn't be any prowder. I loved being a ska kid, always will be a rudeboy, and always remember 2 TONE IS FOR LIFE! NOW OPEN THE BLOODY CLUBS AGAIN 'COS THIS PLACE IS TURNING TO A GHOST TOWN! Pick it up! Pick it up yo! Big up Tim Armstrong for the narration. Your voice still is incredible bredda!

[@stephenmcabe9137]

remember the original SKA fae the 60s was brilliant i didnt know the 60s at the time but i love the 60s SKA

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

Love their 2-TONE since 1980, we could buy most of this records in Yugoslavia

[@RustyPelicanThai]

The Untouchables were left outof the Cali segment. They were there in the early 80's. They are in the movie Repo man too.

[@MrSpikebender]

Rusty Pelican, Is that a bar in Oceanside?

[@herminiovillanueva3484]

Mandingo!!!! A real mean dude. Mandingo!!!! The rudest of rude.

[@marsbeads]

@@MrSpikebender I think I remember a restaurant called the Rusty Pelican in Long Beach in the 80's

[@MrSpikebender]

@Michael Savin Yea!!!! at least the long term is still firing. LOL

[@cosmojonesmusic]

Music is the answer. I don't know what the question is but music is the answer. 🤩

[@teetoys76]

So Don Letts is why I like dub reggae ... Kool !!! Thanks Don .

[@lindseyherter6116]

I was a little late to Operation Ivy and other ska bands, I was born in '82. My best friend's older brother played us the music in the 90s and we were hooked. To this there is always some ska on my playlist.

[@Noisey]

In the second episode of our series Under the Influence, we examine 2 Tone, the late-70s ska revival in the UK, a movement built upon the fusion of punk rock and traditional ska. Watch Under The Influence: New York Hardcore: bit.ly/1J5P2Ai

[@yjupmetal]

Noisey just foto's of bad manners?

[@JWFdocumentaries]

Noisey stellar work.

[@radiovalvular]

Noisey I think I can subtitle it to Spanish if you're interested. Contact me.

[@rafaelprocopios]

Noisey subititles in portuguese?

[@cogollento]

RadioValvular / LepoVision Music ayuda?

[@steveserra6757]

thank you. this video encompasses the music that really made me dance (and will continue to get me skankin, till i die). 2-tone ska is a genre in and of itself. born from working class understanding, it's as real as the sweat on the back and face after hustling for the danglin' carrot and the stick on the back from survival in this modern concrete jungle and suburban wasteland. blues made it's way to England to be discovered. Well, Ska made the opposite trip. the real vibrations of genre make their way around the word. Ska speaks to the diaspora of the world and embeds a musical vibration that remembers what family really means

[@johnnyconsumer]

"Narrated by Tim Armstrong"??? Now I've seen everything.

[@davenwatts8173]

johnnyconsumer much more understandable while speaking

[@jamesweatherford6728]

thought he was a perfect for this

[@johnnyjabsco1999]

No. Two Tone is English. It's like asking some nob head like Danny Dyer to narrate a Doors documentary.

[@jacobmarleyghostguitar1906]

I got that impression also. I will definitely have to memorize this now too fml. I love mimicking that voice. His Mr grinch is the highlight of his career.

[@baraknelson5309]

@@johnnyjabsco1999 Two Tone is English? The documentary heads to Los Angeles at about the 13 minute mark.

[@honiideslysses12]

Two Tone isn't about tolerance-it's about acceptance and the embrace of that acceptance that we're all just blokes who's commonalities outweigh our differences, but it's those differences that help us learn more about each other. Our world is in desperate need of a movement like this again.

[@nathanmccarty8241]

RIP Roger...thank you

[@johnnysunshine5007]

I love how this begins with people who had something to say about an apocalypse. And ends with look at me!!! I'm in a band! LOOK AT ME!!! NOW!!!

[@soontoberenamedrecords8546]

i nearly cried at the end there. r.i.p also to john bradburry and every other rude boy that passed on

[@chrisackerley1842]

Thanks for a very informative video! I'm 64, from Arizona, but I never learned about The Specials until around five years ago. I don't know how I missed this video. You've done a good job explaining where the music of the early 80's came from.

[@elmorelia100]

I just want to thank Tony hawk Pro skater for introducing me to Ska🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@ccarrero]

Desorden Público from Venezuela is another band that’s been flying the Ska flag for a long ass time. Formed in the 80s, their music and lyrics are the epitome of what ska represents. No one dares to step foot in that country because of how unsafe and unsettling the social climate has been for so long. And, yet they continue to release amazing music that deliver on the principles of protest and awareness.

[@RastaSaiyaman]

Check out the Dutch ska band Doe Maar who were part of the second wave of Ska, they had songs with political content such as "De Bom" (The Bomb) about the atomic scare of the cold war. Or "Rumah Sajah"(My home) which is about indonesean people living in the netherlands having a tough time adapting. (Doe Maar vocalist and keyboard player Ernst janzs is from Indonesian heritage But also "Nachtmerrie op hol" (Nightmare on the loose) amd "Dansen met Alice" (Dancing with Alice) where they put themselves on one par with those English bands but never broke big outside the Netherlands or Belgium because of their choice to sing in Dutch. Sting cited them as a band he cosidered to be formidable.

[@maximilianwitteborg7712]

thanks for sharing! cheers

[@brantub]

I've watched this dozens of times... I really can't think of a better documentary about ska.

[@that1klife597]

Turned off my news turned up some SKA and im better for it.

[@baraksteady1341]

Damn good.lesson for me too. Dont go for the low hanging horror fruit. See who or what has been documenting music

[@patronsaintofhorses1747]

Everyone danced to Dance Craze at the cinema. Saw it 3 times in one day. I was exhausted by the end of it. Totally worth it. Skankin'.

[@zoso1]

LOVED THIS! i grew up on ska in 90's so-cal, it was my identity as a teenager

[@alrightdave6135]

Better late than never😂

[@brandroidanimal]

holy hell.... best noisy doc, ever...... thank all you involved... seriously.... thank you....

[@youalreadyknow5039]

Skank till ya rank and bop till ya drop... KEEP SKA ALIVE😎

[@temitoluwani5000]

Music is an amazing force that joins all races in peace

[@audreym3777]

“Stick him in a living room and turn out the light. Bet you wouldn’t know if he was black or white “--The Beat

[@birdshenanigans8506]

2-Tone, Britain will still rule the world in music! 😀❤👍

[@SamuraiTacos1]

Rest in peace Ranking Roger you will be missed

[@tani4ana8]

Heartbroken

[@SamuraiTacos1]

@@tani4ana8 same i just shared this video like rest in peace ranking roger i loved his story he was a punk no white mates cared he was a punk

[@SamuraiTacos1]

@@tani4ana8 don letts = epic i love his pronunciation of punk rock

[@LeshaAnn]

You're thinking of Ranking Roger... Raking Roger is the gardener. 🤣

[@SamuraiTacos1]

Chesterette yeah i spelled it wrong lol

[@demonsaint1296]

Have always absolutely loved this genre of music. It’s just good, very good.