Editing Ska (section)

====Russia and Japan====
A Russian (then-Soviet) ska scene was established in the mid-1980s in [[Saint Petersburg]] as a kind of [[anglophone]] opposition to more traditional [[Russian rock]] music. [[Strannye Igry]], [[AVIA]] and [[N.O.M.]] were among the first bands of genre. Then bands like [[Spitfire (Russian band)|Spitfire]], [[Distemper (band)|Distemper]], [[Leningrad (band)|Leningrad]] and [[Markscheider Kunst]] became popular and commercially successful in Russia and abroad in the late 1990s.

Japan established its own ska scene, colloquially referred to as ''[[J-ska]]'', in the mid-1980s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/html/20040325t180000-0500_57672_obs_ska___alive_and_kicking_but_outside_jamaica.asp |title=''Jamaica Observer'', "SKA – alive and kicking but outside Jamaica" |author=Balford Henry |date=26 April 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926230205/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/html/20040325t180000-0500_57672_obs_ska___alive_and_kicking_but_outside_jamaica.asp |archive-date=26 September 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nippop.com/features/Rastaman_Vibration___What_s_up_with_Japanese_Reggae%3F/ |title=Rastaman Vibration – What's up with Japanese Reggae? |publisher=Nippop.com |author=Cahoon, Keith |date=21 May 2005 |access-date=28 October 2011 |archive-date=29 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629092125/http://nippop.com/features/Rastaman_Vibration___What_s_up_with_Japanese_Reggae%3F/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra]], formed in 1985, have been one of the most commercially successful progenitors of Japanese ska.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-41/artist_name-tokyo_ska_paradise_orchestra/ |title=Nippop Profiles: Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra |access-date=28 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728085116/http://nippop.com/artists/Tokyo_Ska_Paradise_Orchestra/ |archive-date=28 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>