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I only knew Jordan because he went to Cooper City until senior year. He was a funny dude. I mostly only knew him because so many teachers sat kids alphabetically so we often sat next to each other. I was a much more casual punk fan than he was. He was that dude that was literally wearing thrift...

Lol. That must have been before he got too cool for MTV bands. I’ll never forget the day in 11th grade marine biology class. Some kid came in to deliver a message to the teacher and he was wearing a Rancid shirt. Jordan (who sat right next to me because my last name also begins with P) called...

Smash is still the highest selling independent album of all time. I never really cared much for the Offspring though. They always came off more as 90’s alternative than punk. But yeah, they went full on cornball after hitting it big.

Their first album was mostly punk with a few ska songs thrown in but by the time the second album came out, they were full on ska band with horns all. interesting side note: Their drummer was a pioneer of death metal. His first band, Beyond Death, eventually became Cannibal Corpse.

I mean yeah, the original US punk band, The Ramones, were pretty much pop-punk. Bands like The Descendants and Bad Religion helped bring melody back to the music. Most 80’s punk bands were hardcore bands ripping off Bad Brains. Blink 182 actually had like four albums before they got popular with...

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Check out Tim Armstrong’s first solo album “Poet’s Life” it’s pretty much a Tim and the Aggrolites reggae album. One of my all time favorites.

The Aggrolites are probably the closest modern band to first wave ska music. I guess they're technically reggae.

This isn't something I made up nor is it my opinion. The first ska bands (they called themselves "ska") were in the 1960's. This is way before the Clash or The Cure. Pretty much before anything considered "punk". Ska predates reggae. https://www.liveabout.com/ska-music-basics-3552840

Yeah, they never really fit into the “skate punk” sub genre but Brett was putting out a lot of my all time favorite records on Epitaph at the time so they tend to get bunched in with those guys. Bad Religion and The Descendents pretty much brought melody back to punk after hardcore died out.

3rd wave ska which came about in the late 80's and 90's was more punk influenced than the early stuff. The genre is mostly known as ska-punk or as coined by the Bosstones "ska-core". When someone says "ska is just punk with horns", they're usually referring to this type of music. If you were...

You can’t mention ska on a Miami forum without these guys

You’re only thinking of 3rd wave ska which took place in the 90’s. The original ska bands Far predated hardcore. 1st wave ska was primarily Jamaican bands in the early 1960’s. Reggae is actually an offshoot of ska.

He was actually a pretty funny dude. He transferred from Cooper City before senior year and I guess that’s how he met the other new found glory guys.

I saw Goldfinger for the first time in like 95-96. They opened for Bad Religion. I also saw Reel Big Fish at this little hole in the wall “Rosies” (i think?) I’m south beach in 96 too. There’s been multiple waves of ska but I’m not versed enough in music history to give a lesson. There was a...

He went to high school with me. I’ll never forget when he called a kid “trendy” for wearing a Rancid shirt because they had videos on MTV at the time. The irony of the whole thing is great.