Anyone who has ever had to argue the cultural merits of third-wave ska is inevitably questioned about the genre’s authenticity. For decades after its mainstream run in the mid-’90s, this kind of snobbery was woefully predictable, as the sunny clash of brass and major-chord punk was thrust back underground by the powers that be. …
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Source: OC Weekly