There is a semi-well-known California punk band called War Called Peace who put out two albums in the 90s and each one had a ska track or two.
Their first album from 1995 was called "Yuppie Ghetto" and there was one ska-inspired song called "Maggot Mentality (Donahue)"
Their second album from 1998 was called "Everyday War" and it had two ska songs - "Meltdown" and "What Would You Do?".
The thing that people don't know about this band is that they started out as a ska band called Rhythm Trak. Maybe not 'ska' in the strictest terms, but they were a punk band who mixed in reggae and dub into just about every song.
You might think "so?...lots of bands did that..." but there was no internet in the 80s and early 90s and bands only knew what was happening in front of them and what they saw in the clubs and venues themselves. As far as they knew they were the only band in California playing punk/reggae. They really were pioneers but, sadly, they didn't record very much.
As far as I know they only released this one record. The band at that time was:
Robbie Rogers - vocals
Chris Sueta - drums and vocals
Steve Burdette - guitar
Adam Gonzales - bass
Peter Carreiro - guitar (and producer)
Eric Neseth - saxophone
I know Robbie Rogers and Chris Sueta went on to form War Called Peace about a year after this record was released but I don't know what other band members joined them. War Called Peace released their first EP in 1992. It was called "WCP" and I don't have a copy (there are several for sale on Discogs but, even though it's on my want list, there are too many other things I'd rather buy first) and I have heard that there was at least one song from their Rhythm Trak days on the EP. Was it a ska song? I don't know.
Rhythm Trak - Don't Ask 12" (1990)
A1 - Don't Ask
A2 - Don't Dub
B1 - War Drum
B2 - War Dub
I included the three aforementioned War Called Peace tracks in this download
* Maggot Mentality (Donahue)
* Meltdown
* What Would You Do?
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