Comments on: Korean Reggae Scene Keeps Getting Stronger http://www.koreagigguide.com/2009/11/20/korean-reggae-scene-keeps-getting-stronger/ A Guide to Live Music and What's Going on in Korea Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jon http://www.koreagigguide.com/2009/11/20/korean-reggae-scene-keeps-getting-stronger/comment-page-1/#comment-4828 Jon Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:45:09 +0000 http://www.koreagigguide.com/?p=716#comment-4828 I'd say reggae is a subset of ska, because ska came first. There's an annoying assumption that ska without distortion and frat boys is reggae. Real ska and reggae are still two different things, and real ska and ska-punk are two different things. Skasucks are trying to become a two-tone band but they haven't quite gotten there yet. Anyway, this show was pretty good. I didn't care much for Windy City and Soul Steady Rockers, but I&I and Bibim Kingmans were both great. Looking forward to seeing them again on December 5. I’d say reggae is a subset of ska, because ska came first.

There’s an annoying assumption that ska without distortion and frat boys is reggae. Real ska and reggae are still two different things, and real ska and ska-punk are two different things. Skasucks are trying to become a two-tone band but they haven’t quite gotten there yet.

Anyway, this show was pretty good. I didn’t care much for Windy City and Soul Steady Rockers, but I&I and Bibim Kingmans were both great. Looking forward to seeing them again on December 5.

]]> By: D http://www.koreagigguide.com/2009/11/20/korean-reggae-scene-keeps-getting-stronger/comment-page-1/#comment-4807 D Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:44:33 +0000 http://www.koreagigguide.com/?p=716#comment-4807 Yeah, Kingston & Wakeup were Ska, Ynot? do Bob Marley covers and def have that whole reggae vibe, but Re:ska, despite the name, are definitely a reggae band. I always thought that Ska was a subset of reggae anyway, and there are still some in Korea who, when they hear Ska, think of Ska-Punk bands like Ska Sucks, LazyBone, etc. I wanted to make sure that people realise the HUGE difference between pure ska and the punk hybrid. Yeah, Kingston & Wakeup were Ska, Ynot? do Bob Marley covers and def have that whole reggae vibe, but Re:ska, despite the name, are definitely a reggae band. I always thought that Ska was a subset of reggae anyway, and there are still some in Korea who, when they hear Ska, think of Ska-Punk bands like Ska Sucks, LazyBone, etc. I wanted to make sure that people realise the HUGE difference between pure ska and the punk hybrid.

]]> By: Jon http://www.koreagigguide.com/2009/11/20/korean-reggae-scene-keeps-getting-stronger/comment-page-1/#comment-4796 Jon Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:21:29 +0000 http://www.koreagigguide.com/?p=716#comment-4796 It sounds like the show at Club Ta was ska, not reggae. It sounds like the show at Club Ta was ska, not reggae.

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