Ska Parade, also known as SP Radio One, is a

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show whose goal is to promote up-and-coming

ska Ska (; , ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a w ...

artists, as well as other types of new bands. The show was created by Tazy Phyllipz and Albino Brown. The show was a part of the Orange County

third-wave ska Ska (; , ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a w ...

movement of the mid-1990s. In 1998, the Ska Parade was raided by the heavy metal band Gwar, who fought The Aquabats. Ska Parade's first

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, ''Step On It: The Best of The Ska Parade Radio Show'', helped the career of Sublime and helped launch third wave ska onto the airwaves of many commercial radio stations (e.g.

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, KCXX, 91X). Ska Parade's second compilation, ''Runnin' Naked Thru the Cornfield'', featured exclusive tracks by

Reel Big Fish Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California. The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold-certified album '' Turn the Radio Off''. So ...

The Specials The Specials, also known as the Special AKA, were an English 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. After some early changes, the first stable lineup of the group consisted of Terry Hall and Neville Staple on vocals, J ...

, Save Ferris and

The Aquabats The Aquabats are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1994. Throughout many fluctuations in the group's line-up, singer Christian Jacobs, the MC Bat Commander and bassist Chad Larson, Crash McLarson have ...

. **Ska Parade (based in OC, CA) currently airs o
www.DirtyRadio.FM
(commercial alternative) every Sunday from 8p-10p Pacific.

References

"Ska Parade at 10" article in OC Weekly:

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