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Encyclopedia > Christian ska
Christian music
Stylistic origins: A variety of genres evolving from Jesus music.
Cultural origins: 1960s United States
Typical instruments: Electric guitar, Bass guitar, Drums, Keyboard, Synthesizers
Mainstream popularity: Continuous from 1990s
Subgenres
Christian alternative rock - Christian bubblegum pop - Christian electronic music - Christian hardcore - Christian hip hop - Christian metal - Christian punk - Christian rock - Christian soft rock - Christian ska - Cprog
Other topics
Christian entertainment industry - Christian girl group - Worship music

Christian ska is a subgenre of Christian rock and ska. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Jesus music, also known as gospel beat music in the United Kingdom, is a style of Christian music which originated on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of the Jesus movement before the Christian music industry had begun to take... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, or using a pick. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... The term synthesiser is also used to mean frequency synthesiser, an electronic system found in communications. ... Christian alternative rock Christian bubblegum pop Christian hardcore Christian industrial Christian rap Christian metal Christian pop rock Christian punk Christian rock Christian soft rock Christian ska Christian worship music Cprog Categories: ... Christian alternative music is a form of alternative rock music lyrically grounded in a Christian worldview. ... Christian bubblegum pop (Christian bubblegum rock, Christian bubblegum music) is a genre of Christian popular music and Christian rock and roll. ... Christian electronic music is Christian music which employs electronic music. ... Christian hardcore is a form of hardcore and metalcore music and a subgenre of punk rock played by bands where the musicians promote Christian beliefs. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Christian metal is a form of heavy metal music and its many subgenres with Christian lyrics and themes. ... Christian punk is a form of Christian alternative music and a subgenre of punk rock with some degree of Christian lyrical content. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Christian soft rock, also referred to as Christian lite rock, Christian easy rock, and Christian mellow rock, is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock and roll to compose a softer, supposedly more ear-pleasing sound for listening, often at work. ... Cprog is a sub-genre of music that links progressive music styles with Christian music themes and lyrics. ... The Christian entertainment industry consists of a large number of sub-industries devoted to Christian entertainment. ... A Christian girl group, as the name implies, is a musical group featuring a group consisting usually of young female singers, singing mostly Christian pop and R&B songs. ... Worship music is a style of Christian music that is commonly used to denote songs that are used to worship God and set in a choral music style, usually with repeating, short, easily sung chorus parts. ... A genre is any of the traditional divisions of art forms from a single field of activity into various kinds according to criteria particular to that form. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Ska (pron. ...


Most Christian ska bands were part of the third wave of ska. Some of the more popular Christian ska bands have included Five Iron Frenzy, The O.C. Supertones, The Dingees, Buck Enterprises, The W's, The Insyderz, and Hook, Line & Sinker. The third wave of ska music (ska punk, skacore) arose in the 1990s in the United States. ... 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 O.C. Supertones The Orange County Supertones (a. ... The Dingees were a punk/ska band that was a side project started in the summer of 1996 by saxophone player Dave Chevalier (of The O.C. Supertones) and vocalist Pegleg. ... The Ws were a Christian ska/swing band, formed in Corvallis, Oregon in September 1997. ... The Insyderz was a Christian ska band from Detroit, Michigan. ... Hook, Line & Sinker was filmed from April 1-June 20, 1968. ...


Bands like The Israelites had been performing to local audiences for years before the rise in popularity of Christian third-wave ska, which was led by the O.C. Supertones (also known as The Supertones) and Five Iron Frenzy, both having debut albums in 1996. (It coincided with the rise of Christian punk bands like MxPx and Ghoti Hook) and with the increasing popularity of third-wave ska in general. The genre peaked by about 2001, and Five Iron Frenzy played their last show in late 2003[1]. The Supertones and the Insyderz ended in late 2005. The Orange County Supertones (a. ... The O.C. Supertones (a. ... Christian punk is a form of Christian alternative music and a subgenre of punk rock with some degree of Christian lyrical content. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ... Ghoti Hook was a Christian pop-punk band from Washington, D.C. The band was formed in 1991, with band bembers Joel Bell, Conrad Tolosa, Jamie Tolosa, Christian Ergueta, and Adam Neubauer. ...


See also

Ska

Mento - Calypso - Jazz - R&B - Rocksteady - Reggae - 2 Tone - Third wave ska - Ska jazz - Ska punk - Christian ska - J-ska - List of ska musicians - Music of Jamaica - Caribbean music genres - Caribbean music in the UK - Culture of Jamaica - Dancehall (venue) - Skank (dance) - Sound system (Jamaican) - Toasting - Jamaican record producers - Studio One - Trojan Records - Blue Beat Records - 2 Tone Records - Moon Ska Records - Asian Man Records
Rude boy - Mod - Skinhead - Trojan skinhead - Chelsea girl - Suedehead - Scooterboy - Spirit of 69
The following is an alphabetically-ordered list of Christian ska bands. ... The following is a list of music videos by any artist involved in the Christian Music genre. ... Ska (pron. ... Mento is a style of Jamaican folk music that predates and has greatly influenced ska and reggae music. ... Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad at about the start of the 20th century. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Rhythm and blues (also known as R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences, first performed by African American artists. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Third wave ska is a musical genre derived from the fusion of Jamaican ska with various American and British styles of music, such as 2 Tone, rock music, punk rock, hardcore and jazz. ... Ska jazz is a musical form derived by combining the melodic content of jazz with the rhythmical and harmonic content of ska. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Japanese ska or J-ska is ska (スカ) or ska punk music made in Japan by Japanese artists with lyrics in the Japanese language or in English. ... This is a list of notable bands and soloists who have performed ska or ska-influenced music at some point in their careers. ... Jamaica is known as the birthplace of many popular musical genres including raggamuffin, ska, reggae and dub. ... The music of the Caribbean is a diverse grouping of musical genres. ... Jamaican music in the United Kingdom // White Reggae White reggae has very low artistic credibility, but it laid a path for genuine reggae in Britain. ... Jamaican culture represents a rich blend of cultures that have inhabited the island. ... The dance halls of Jamaica in the 1950s and 60s were home to public dances usually targeted at younger patrons. ... Skanking is a form of dancing practiced in the ska, ska-core, hardcore punk, and more recently, grime music scenes, The dance style originated in the 1950s or 1960s at Jamaican dance halls, where ska music was played. ... In the context of Jamaican popular culture, a sound system is a group of disc jockeys, engineers and MCs playing ska, rocksteady or reggae music. ... Toasting, chatting, or DJing is the act of talking or chanting over a rhythm or beat. ... Chris Blackwell Lloyd Barnes Richard Browne Clive Chin Lloyd Daley Clement Dodd Clancy Eccles Rupie Edwards Roy Francis Boris Gardiner Joe Gibbs (record producer) Jeremy Harding Derrick Harriott Harry Johnson Niney the Observer Joseph Hoo Kim Keith Hudson Clive Hunt King Jammy Tony CD Kelly Dave Kelly King Tubby Leslie... Studio One is one of reggaes most renowned record labels and recording studios, having been described as the Motown of Jamaica. ... Trojan Records Trojan Records is a label specialising in ska,rocksteady,reggae and dub music. ... Blue Beat Records was a record label that released Jamaican rhythm & blues and ska music in the United Kingdom in the early and mid 1960s. ... 2 Tone Records was a British record label which released ska and reggae influenced music with a punk overtone. ... Moon Ska Records was one of the most influential ska record labels of the 1980s and 1990s. ... Asian Mans Logo resembling the South Korean flag Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park out of his parents garage in Monte Sereno, California. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Skinheads, named after their cropped or shaven heads, are members of a working-class subculture that originated in Britain in the 1960s. ... Trojan Skinhead is a subculture of skinheads who identify themselves with the subcultures heyday in 1969 when ska music was at its most popular, and with the cults multicultural Jamaican and British working class roots (called The Spirit of 69). Bands/artists The Ethiopians Judge Dread Laurel Aitken... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Suedehead was an early-1970s offshoot of the skinhead subculture in the United Kingdom. ... Originating in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, scooterboy culture emerged from mods and skinheads, although it became a distinct and separate subculture. ... Spirit of 69 is a phrase used by traditional skinheads to commemorate the skinhead subcultures heyday in 1969. ...

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