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Christian ska is a form of Christian alternative rock, and subgenre of ska and ska punk which is lyrically oriented toward contemporary Christian music.[1] Though ska did not constitute a genre within the Christian music industry until after third wave ska had peaked in the general market,[2][3] Christian ska continued to thrive independently into the early 2000s.[4]
Ska music came to be seen as "an excellent vehicle for exhortation and praise due to its up front lyrical style"[5] and upbeat, energetic, joyful sound.[6][7] While there were many smaller bands, ska in the Christian marketplace in the late 1990s came to be primarily represented by three bands: The Insyderz, The O. C. Supertones, and Five Iron Frenzy; all of whom were commercially successful and ministry-oriented in their own right.[8] As with third wave ska in the general market the sound was often intermingled with that of punk, swing, or rockabilly. In parallel with mainstream ska,[2] many underground Christian ska bands released one or two ska based albums before completely genre-hopping away from ska or dissolving.[9] Even the sounds of the "big three" tended to evolve. By 2002, one critic described the horn section of the Supertones as "providing color instead of the dominant sound".[10]
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- ^ Dietor-Hartley, Shannon (March 1998). "Album Advice: Supertones Strike Back". Church Musician Today. 1 (7): 31. ISSN 0009-6466.
- ^ Canfield, Dave (1997). "Reviews: Five Iron Frenzy Upbeats and Beatdowns". Cornerstone. 26 (112): 52. ISSN 0275-2743.
- ^ Todd, Darleen (Winter 1998). "A Ska Primer". True Tunes News: 12–14.
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