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Many American ska bands, both past and present, have been majorly influenced by punk. In fact, the music of some of the "ska" bands that have been more widely accepted has been considerably more punk than ska (think Less Than Jake, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, etc.). Historically, Arizona has had one of the better ska scenes in the country, believe it or not. In the mid to late 90s, ska bands could be seen at venues almost every night of the week. One of the more popular weekly ska events being Moonstomp Wednesday's at Boston's in Tempe. This was the epitome of ska's thriving metro-phoenix scene in Arizona during the late 90s. While the popularity of the music has waned over the years, and the size of the local ska scene has diminished, bands continue to record and perform the music all over Arizona.
And just in case you're looking to expand your music selection, you should check out these non-AZ bands too:

Check out and ArizonaSka.com for the latest ska-related happenings in AZ.
If you have a list of local punk shit that you want to share, hit us up in our contact sectionAZPunk needs your participation! and let's talk. We definitely can't cover all these angles alone.
7pm @ Trunk Space • All Ages • $6
with L’orchidée D’hawaï--french Surf Rock!, Planets--grindy Diy Art, Freindship & The Fawn--folk Blabla, Secondary--??, Naw Meen--slimey Jam, Haunted Cologne--surf
8pm @ Yucca Tap Room • 21+ • Free Show!
with Liar's Handshake, Chip Hanna, Dj Johnny Volume
10pm @ Sucker Punch Sallys Diner • All Ages • Free Show!
with Noah Engh
6pm @ Copper State Tavern • All Ages • $10
with Calabrese, Stellar Corpses, Gun Smoke, Howlers, Returners, Slime And The Booby Tramps
7pm @ Underground (Nile Basement), The • All Ages • $10
with The Bled, Before You Fled, The So So Glos, The Author
7pm @ Shitty T-Pot, The • All Ages • Free Show!
with Sarafan, Sadistic Delusion, Dias Mas Oscuros, Systemaddict Slave, Death Squad, State Leech
8pm @ Judy • All Ages • Donation
with Bro Dawg Party, Custody Battle, Mouth Of Man, Gay Kiss
9pm @ Rogue Bar (East) • 21+ • $5
with Revoltrevolt, The Dark Hearts, The Bitten, Skin Walkers, Wirefeeder
6pm @ Trunk Space • All Ages • $10
with Earthmen And Strangers, So Cow, Tv Ghost, The Happy Hallows
6pm @ Underground (Nile Basement), The • All Ages • $7
with Run With The Hunted, Mouth Of Man, Dconscience, Built To Reign
9pm @ See Details • 21+ • $3
with At The College Dropout In Tempe Az..., Contradikation,, Jack The Cat, Celebrate Nebraska, Abraham Drinken
9pm @ Hollywood Alley • 21+ • $5
with Greenhaven, Antique Scream, Hogjaw, Adam Lee Cogswell
6pm @ Copper State Tavern • All Ages • $10
with Choptops, Sawyer Family, Buried In Red, The Do- Somethings
7pm @ Skrappy's • All Ages • $??
with Touche Amore, Red Son, Ready Resist
7pm @ Skrappy's • All Ages • $5
with Awful Truth, Touche Amore, Busted Bearings, Acies, More
7pm @ Trunk Space • All Ages • $6
with Red Pony Clock--super Cute Big Band Snark Punx., Funderstorm--all Over The Map Jerkout., Man About A Dog--tom Waits Dustcore., Evergreen Medic--shiny Pop Punk., Fatigo--mexi-pop.
8pm @ Hollywood Alley • 21+ • $8
with The Rebel Set, The Cosmeticators, Miss Derringer
8pm @ Rogue Bar (East) • 21+ • $7
with The Slants, Get Down! To Brass Tacks, The Maxies, Snake! Snake! Snakes!, Melted Cassettes, Whqles
7pm @ YOBS (Ye Olde Bike Shop) • All Ages • $5
with (3/13) Sewn Leather, Tracey Trance, Moment Trigger, Taterbug, Pigeon Religion, (3/14) Death Sentence: Panda!, Devon Williams, The Roar, Lazer Zeppelin, (3/15) Blessure Grave, Twin Crystals, Random Cuts, Ovariesy, Special Guests
4pm @ Tempe Beach Park • All Ages • Over $30
with Metric, The Bollox, Keltic Cowboys
7pm @ Revolver Records • All Ages • Donation
with Earn, Infinite Body, Sungsang
8pm @ Rogue Bar (East) • 21+ • Free Show!
with The Freeze, Liars Handshake, 80*d, Moovalya
9pm @ Rogue Bar (West) • 21+ • Free Show!
with Tokyo Electron, Becky Lee 7 Drunkfoot, Earthmen And Strangers, Cosmeticators, Dj Mike Genz
I was trying out the features Last.fm has. Pretty cool website for bands. Allows complete control over distro from only allowing samples of songs to be played, to downloading complete albums for free. Enjoy.
Check out the writeup on The Blaze's guest DJ shows coming up. Chris and I will be hosting from 1-2pm on March 23rd, so tune in!
The South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival is one of the largest and most popular in the United States. For the sixth year in a row, SXSW has released a DRM-free, RIAA-safe collection of hundreds of songs which can all be downloaded for free in a couple of clicks, thanks to BitTorrent.