Ska 4U » dancing http://ska4u.com Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:18:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Fishbone? Monkey? May 1st Shattuck Downlow… http://ska4u.com/2009/04/fishbone-monkey-may-1st-shattuck-downlow/ http://ska4u.com/2009/04/fishbone-monkey-may-1st-shattuck-downlow/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:52:25 +0000 Mooska http://ska4u.com/?p=1009 fishbonelogo

FRI MAY 1ST
FISHBONE LIVE!
A VERY SPECIAL HELLAMAD CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION
BANG DATA * MONKEY
Dj El Kool Kyle

That’s Right Folks, FISHBONE is coming to the Shattuck Down Low. Fishbone lives up to their legend as THE group to bridge the gap between the funk of George Clinton and the blare of Rush; a hybrid fusion where Led Zeppelin and Sly Stone dance to a frenetic ska beat that fuels the alternative thrust of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Janes Addiction and the cast of Lollapalooza. Their unique stew of different styles, mixed with hectic energy and pounding rhythms, were a huge influence on the funk/rock/metal/rap genre that would become popular in the 1990s. Live audiences around the world have been surrendering to the bands stage flash and magical rhythms with uninterrupted regularity. Such passionate devotion is not lost on Fishbone, who refer to their friends on the road as The Familyhood.

Shattuck Down Low
2284 Shattuck Avenue
Downtown Berkeley
$15 adv – $20 door after 10:30pm
Buy tickets @ Ticketweb.com or at club
21 – up * 9pm to 2am

An Unkle Fun * Hella Mad * All The Rebels Production

busterbitestheriaa

This show is Buster approved!

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We then went to Amazon and iTunes and everywhere else online, and couldn’t find ska as a genre. It’s either under “alternative” which is bollocks, or listed as a sub genre to reggae or punk. Nuf’ respect to reggae and punk, but ska came from neither, and it is a top level genre to anyone who knows what dancing feet are for.

So what’s going on here? All the bands on our links list play ska, of one kind or another. We want to have the most complete links page of ska bands, mp3s, sites and podcasts in the universe. Please post a comment and send us your ska url, so we can post it in our list of ska peeps who feel ska isn’t getting its rightful place in the world.

Ska’dammit.

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