Thursday, February 10, 2011

The Untouchbles: Decade of Dance


Like so many other off-shoots of seventies British punk, 2-Tone-style ska migrated to sunny southern California, where it incubated for well over a decade until getting re-unleashed into the post-grunge cultural void.



One of the earliest exponents of this sun-soaked ska was L.A.'s The Untouchables, whose dynamite cover of old sixties soul obscurity "I Spy for the FBI" marked them as closer to The English Beat than The Specials. The band signed to Stiff Records and made a bit of a splash (including appearing in Alex Cox's film, Repo Man!) but never quite broke through to a wider audience. (But thankfully friends like Mr. Suave and Marco never forget!)



1990's Decade of Dance shows the band ripping through a mighty set of their best pop-mod-ska-soul-punk stuff. Enjoy!



Leave us a comment and let us know what you think of the California take on 2-Tone ska!

Speaking of which, the Decade of Dance link is in the comments


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Posted by jeffen at 6:19 AM
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  1. jeffenFebruary 10, 2011 at 6:25 AM

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    LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THE UNTOUCHABLES!









    http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?khnsk1641wklt44

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2011 at 9:08 AM

    Cheers mate

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  3. veganboyjoshFebruary 10, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    their other collection cd was much better. it was a lot more minor chords and The Specials than their later stuff, which was definitely more dancy.

    not my blog, but it looks like it's available here:
    http://theruderthanrude.blogspot.com/2010/01/untouchables-cool-beginnings-rare.html

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  4. art58koenFebruary 10, 2011 at 5:23 PM

    Nice one, thanks!

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  5. Phil in NJFebruary 10, 2011 at 5:45 PM

    Nice! I forgot all about this band. Used to play them in my college radio days. Thanks a lot!

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  6. JeffFebruary 11, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    These guys played my college gym, back in "the day." They were a great live band. Thanks.

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  7. jeffenFebruary 21, 2011 at 8:54 AM

    Anon
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    VBJ
    I thought about posting that one but it seemed to be already done in the blogosphre. thanks for the link.

    Dr
    Welcome!

    Phil
    They would've livened up any show!

    Jeff
    Still would've loved to see 'em live.

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  8. AnonymousJune 19, 2011 at 2:34 PM

    found a lot I like on your blog not sure if this or Redskins are the ones I'm looking forward to most. Also ironic it's thought they moved away from A Specials sound on the album as I think it was produced by one of the Specials (not certain on that) but possibly Lynval?
    Thanks
    Gappy

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  9. jeffenAugust 11, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    Gappy
    Yeah they definitely moved away from their strengths.
    Hope you found lots of music to enjoy!

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