Aggrolites
USA
Formed: 2002
Years Active: 2000
Genres: Reggae, Pop/Rock, International
Styles: Contemporary Reggae, Reggae/Caribbean, Reggae/Caribbean, Ska Revival, New Wave, Punk/New Wave, Ska
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Blame it on No Doubt or blame it on Sublime, but by the middle of the 1990s, very little of the pop music that was described as ska had anything to do with Jamaican dance music of the early '60s. Too many bands whose sole connection to the musical style had been a few singles by the Specials or the English Beat got it all exactly backward, with the punk influences drowning out what little Jamaican influence remained: the result was basically Green Day with horns, and it wasn't any good for anyone. If the Aggrolites have a stated mission, it's t...
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- Tim Armstrong (2)
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- Westbound Train (24)
- Bedouin Soundclash (5)
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Influenced by
- James Brown (180)
- The Upsetters (66)
- the Wailers (59)
- Wilson Pickett (39)
- Tower Of Power (25)
- The Specials (22)
- the Meters (12)
- The Clash (11)
- Toots & The Maytals (10)
- the English Beat (9)
- Ken Boothe (7)
- The Skatalites (7)
- Delroy Wilson (4)
- Alton Ellis (2)
- Prince Buster (1)
- Derrick Morgan (1)
- Desmond Dekker (1)
Followers
- Monkey (2)
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