abstract:Ska punk is a fusion music genre that combines ska and punk rock. It achieved its highest level of commercial success in the United States in the late 1990s, Ska-core (sometimes spelled skacore) is a subgenre of ska punk, blending ska with hardcore punk.
The Los Angeles-born-and-bred band Fishbone, which delivered a bracing combination of rock, funk, punk, and ska, was one of the brightest lights of late-eighties alternative rock.