The Blue Hornets

><((((º>..•.¸¸.•..¯..•.¸.•..¯..•...¸><((((º>¸ Specialists define three steps in ska evolution. They were described as waves 1. The First Wave – The period after World War II made it possible for Jamaicans to listen to American radio stations. They especially enjoyed R&B and the demand for the genre increased. This was the reason behind entrepreneurs bringing in portable sound systems. They were used wherever needed and the operators were able to get hot R&B records from America. The demand became higher and competition became viewable among the early DJs. As time passed records became unavailable because of the popularity decrease R&B was showing in the United States. Jamaicans started to record their own songs with some modifications creating early ska music. American music changed and so did the new genre by incorporating elements from jazz and rock. 2. The Second Wave – The following period is also known as Two Tone. It brought in elements from punk rock, making ska develop even more towards the sound of today. This happened around 1970 and the style was adopted by some British Bands as well. Ska started to be known around the world and became a powerful influence for many successful bands at that time. 3. The Third Wave – Around 1990 ska arrived in the country that gave it most of the presented influences, America. Musicians adopted ska and combined it with other elements taken from punk, hardcore and extras from jazz and rock. Two subgenres appeared: skacore and ska punk. Many people will use the term ska to define these two instead of the original elements that make the genre. ><((((º>..•.¸¸.•..¯..•.¸.•..¯..•...¸><((((º>¸. > •..¯..•.¸. , . .•..¯..•.. ><((((º>..•.¸¸.•..¯..•.¸.•..¯..•...¸><((((º> To Moonstomp: a simple dance derived from earlier styles of reggae to associate with offbeat genres such as ska and dub. Despite popular belief, this does not have anything to do with violent acts with both feet upon one's head, and is wrongly thought to become associative with the extreme neo-fascist ideas of cult film "American History X" Despite unpopular belief, the term or idea wasn't made famous on Rancid's "Roots Radicals" song on the "Out Come The Wolves" album, neither. It is also referred to as "skanking", which has it's origins in Jamaica, also. This is a perfectly respectable name. To moonstomp conventionally, it is suggested that you raise your left leg along with your left arm and produce a low kicking movement towards the ground in front while making a slow and gentle "punching the air" movement with your fist, sweeping it behind your right leg and doing the same movement symmetrically with your right leg and right arm and thus repeating, to the rhythm and tempo of the ska or dub song, until the end of the song. "I want all you skinheads to get up on your feet, put your braces together and your boots on your feet and give me some of that old moonstomping……" It's RAW. It's HEAVY. It's RIGHT NOW ! ! !