Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Retro Video of the Week: "Sell Out" by Reel Big Fish

I heard "Sell Out" by Reel Big Fish the other day on the radio for the first time in probably five years, so that seems like as good a reason as any to use it as this week's Retro Video of the Week.  For you youngsters, the genre of music this falls into is called "ska," which is characterized by a fusion of punk and reggae/dub, horn sections, and large bands often including one guy whose role is just to dance.  For approximately a year or so in the mid '90s, ska pressed itself into the mainstream, led by Mighty Mighty Bosstones, No Doubt (kind of), Sublime, Less Than Jake, and Reel Big Fish.  The latter's "Sell Out" managed to get to #10 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks charts in 1997.  It's still catchy.  Here's the video.

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