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Originally Posted by BTown787
Introduction To Crack Rock Steady/Skacore
Choking Victim, the first self proclaimed Crack Rock Steady band coined the term in 1993 with the release of there EP. Also refered to as Skacore, Crack Rock Steady bands are most against capitalism and primarily have anarchist lyrics. Although most of these bands aren't Crust Punk, they lead the (mostly) same life style, squatting (when a group of people will take over an abandoned building to live in), participating in raves, and road protests.
The sound is most notably characterized by a fast paced staccato (also known as skanking) on guitar. |
I have both Choking Victim and Leftover Crack in my library but I have to say that they are OK in small bursts I find that the skanking guitar sounds grate after a while with barely no thought into why they are in there and an approach that almost belittles Trad Ska in that it's seems is there for the sake of it and the lack of horn work leaves the music lacking energy and dare I say it? A little bit of fun. Most 3rd wave Ska is similar but there is enough reverence to Trad Ska for it to be palatable whereas putting in some skanking guitar doesn't really make it Ska at all in my eyes.