Essential Listening: First Wave Ska
No Doubt are back together and touring the country this summer, which has prompted many a fan to reflect on their ska-crazed teen years of the mid-'90s. But what many teens didn't realize was that ska went back a lot further than Gwen Stefani and the rest of the third wave revival. So if you missed the boat then, there's no time like the present to brush up on the must-hear albums of that first wave of cool ska music -- sounds tailor-made for summer.
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