Beginnings
The first Australian ska band was Adelaide-based band The Jumpers, which formed in 1979. Other early Australian ska bands included: Sydney bands Allniters, The Hangovers and Itchy Feet (led by vocalist Tim Freedman, who went on to form the commercially successful band The Whitlams) and Melbourne bands Strange Tenants and No Nonsense. The Allniters and Strange Tenants were the most high-profile Australian ska bands of this era.
The first Ska bands in Australia, included 'The Letters', formed in Melbourne in 1979, featuring founder member of 'Strange Tennants' John Holmes - and Melbourne band, 'Noisy Neighbours'. Both bands played in most main independent venues in Melbourne, and often together.
In 1987, the Newcastle-based band The Pork Hunts appeared on the scene, soon changing their name to The Porkers. They spent more than 20 years touring and recording many albums, the most recent of which, This is The Porkers, was released in 2007. More recent bands include: Mad Not Madness, Area 7, the Bedlam Beggars, Backy Skank, Los Capitanes, General Pants and the Privates, Sounds Like Chicken, The Prophets of Impending Doom, The Seen, Loin Groin, Skamen, Trojan Horns, Blowhard, Dr. Raju, Addiction 64, Suspect 7, The Lyrical Madmen, Foghorn Leghorn, The Resignators, Rubix Cuba, Dr. Octopus, CatchCry, Rad Rockets Are GO!, The Accelerators, Son of Dad and The My Tys.
The Bedlam Beggars (1994-2002) supported many overseas ska and punk bands that toured down under.
There are regular ska and radio shows on the independent Brisbane radio station 4ZzZ.
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