errr...didnt reggae and its dub 'versions' come after the whole rock steady/ska thing?
> From: "M. Todd Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 10:52:05 -0400 > To: "313 List" <313@hyperreal.org> > Subject: Re: [313] Is Prince the root of all Techno? > > Somebody wrote: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Well, Back in the day Detroit had a largish punk scene. One of punks primary > influences was Jamaican reggae & dubb. Just had to bring it all back full > circle. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Do you have any evidence of this? Can you support this claim? Are you Iggy > Pop? The only influence Dub and Reggae may have had on punk is the message > they tried to get across. Ska was directly influenced by the rhythms and > sounds of Dub and Reggae as is apparent in the music, however Ska-punk cross > pollination really didn't happen until about '88 when Operation Ivy hit the > scene. Unless you consider The Specials and The English Beat 'punk', I'd > really like to know where you got this idea. > > Cheers > todd > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
