£6.00 - On Sale
This fantastic 23 track compilation will be on sale everywhere from August 6th 2007, additionally the Euorpean version will be packaged exclusive full colour digi-pack to make it extra special
The SKA IS DEAD tour kicked off for the first time in February 2004 with Big D and the Kids Table, Mustard Plug and The Planet Smashers in front of 400 kids in Buffalo NY .
Three years, and 140 shows later, the tour has gone beyond all expectations, selling over 55,000 tickets in 3 different countries and proving that indeed, ska is not dead.
At a time when retail had forgotten the genre and most live venues had only marginal faith, the tour was put together on the simple principal that ska is as valid as it ever was, it just needed to be rebuilt from the grass roots on up.
In December 2006 (ska’s favourite month) the tour went international for the first time when Household Name Records brought the tour to the UK and Ireland so to document and commemorate this success, Household Name Records presents Ska Is Dead: the compilation CD
Featuring 23 of the most important bands performing in the genre, all of whom have all appeared on the tours.
From the laid back Jamaican-style sounds of Hawaii’s GO JIMMY GO to the aggressive ska-core of Miami’s AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY, from newcomers like new Fat Wreck signings THE FLATLINERS to legends like FISHBONE, as well as rising UK bands THE JB CONSPIRACY and CATCH-IT KEBABS and everything in between, this compilation represents the very best of a very dynamic scene, one that is back on the upswing and proving that ska will never die.