{{Short description|Radio Show}} {{Notability|date=July 2014}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} '''Ska Parade''', also known as '''SP Radio One''', is a [[southern California]] [[radio]] show whose goal is to promote up-and-coming [[ska]] artists, as well as other types of new bands. The show was created by Tazy Phyllipz and Albino Brown.<ref>{{cite book|last=Augustyn|first=Heather|title=Ska: The Rhythm of Liberation|date=2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press, Inc.|location=[[Lanham, Maryland]]|isbn=978-0-8108-8449-6|page=Chapter 9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZDiAAAAQBAJ&q=ska+parade&pg=PT88}}</ref> The show was a part of the [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] [[Ska#Third wave|third-wave ska]] movement of the mid-1990s. In 1998, the Ska Parade was raided by the heavy metal band Gwar, who fought The Aquabats.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.bostonska.net/news/gwar-vs-the-aquabats/1336/ |title=GWAR vs The Aquabats on The Ska Parade; RIP Dave Brockie | Boston Ska (dot) net |publisher=Bostonska.net |date=2014-03-24 |accessdate=2015-05-30}}</ref> Ska Parade's first [[compilation album]], ''Step On It: The Best of The Ska Parade Radio Show'', helped the career of [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]] and helped launch third wave ska onto the airwaves of many commercial radio stations (e.g. [[KROQ-FM]], [[KHTI|KCXX]], [[91X]]). Ska Parade's second compilation, ''Runnin' Naked Thru the Cornfield'', featured exclusive tracks by [[Reel Big Fish]], [[The Specials]], [[Save Ferris]] and [[The Aquabats]]. **Ska Parade (based in OC, CA) currently airs on [http://www.DirtyRadio.FM www.DirtyRadio.FM] (commercial alternative) every Sunday from 8p-10p Pacific.
==References== {{Reflist}} "Ska Parade at 10" article in OC Weekly:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ocweekly.com/2000-01-27/music/state-of-the-third-wave-nation/. |title=State of the Third-Wave Nation - Page 1 - Music - Orange County - OC Weekly |website=www.ocweekly.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222053651/http://www.ocweekly.com/2000-01-27/music/state-of-the-third-wave-nation/ |archive-date=2010-12-22}}</ref>
== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.skaparade.com/}} * [http://www.facebook.com/skaparade/ Facebook] * [https://www.facebook.com/skaparade/about?section=bio / Bio] * [https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nodoubt/articles/story/5920606 Article about Ska Parade]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} from ''Rolling Stone'' * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170330084959/http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/ska/recent/5 Articles about Ska Parade] from ''Los Angeles Times''
[[Category:Ska]]
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