Sonic City
Ska-punk1983–2022Boston, MA

Mighty Mighty Bosstones

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Boston ska-core pioneers who fused hardcore punk with ska rhythms before most bands thought to try. Dicky Barrett's raspy vocals and Nate Albert's Gibson-through-Marshall crunch gave them a heavier edge than most ska acts. The Impression That I Get became one of the biggest ska songs of the 1990s.

Subgenres

Ska Punk

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Gear

Gibson Les PaulMarshall JCM800Music Man StingRay

Similar Artists

Operation IvyReel Big FishLess Than Jake

From the Sonic City Editorial

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Boston Invented Ska-CoreBefore the third wave crested, before Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake, a band from Boston was already fusing hardcore punk with ska. They called it ska-core. Nobody argued.
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