Ska-P

Ska-P
Ska-P at Chiemsee Reggae Summer in 2013
Background information
Origin	Vallecas, Spain
Genres	Ska punk, 2-Tone, punk rock, alternative rock, ska, reggae, pop punk
Years active	1994–2005; 2008–2014 (Hiatus)
Labels	AZ Records, RCA, Sony BMG, Warner Music
Associated acts	The Locos, No Relax
Website	ska-p.com
Members	Pulpul Pipi Joxemi Julitros Luismi Kogote

Ska-P (Spanish pronunciation: [esˈkape]) are a ska punk band formed in Vallecas (Madrid), Spain, in 1994 by a group of friends from Madrid, Navarre and Euskadi

The band can be categorized, politically, as an anti-establishment musical group. It is one of the most popular ska bands in Spain, Europe, and Latin America.

Musically, despite their fun image, Ska-P has well-rehearsed and tight arrangements, and as of 2002, includes among its members a small but striking brass section which gives the band a powerful sound.

At the end of 2004, they announced work on a new album. After voting 4 against 2, in February 2005, the sudden and unexpected announcement was made that the band would take a break to allow the members to work on side projects, though some considered the band to have dissolved. The band's worldwide farewell tour of 2005 ended in Buenos Aires, Argentina in October of that year. Their farewell concert on September 24, 2005, filled the 10,000-seat La Cubierta.

On October 12, 2007 the band confirmed they were getting back together and on September 5, 2008 released the single "Crimen sollicitationis". This was followed in October 2008 by a new album, Lágrimas y Gozos (Tears and Joys), which was released on October 7, 2008. The release of the album would be followed by a brief tour.

Ska-P returned to La Cubierta Stadium on December 27, 2008 to perform their only concert in Spain of that tour. Today the band still tours in the USA, Mexico, and Europe. By 2010 and 2011 Ska-P will make their first tour in Japan.

The band name is a pun on the Spanish word for 'escape' and ska p(unk). The name further takes advantage of the letter k common to ska, and since the early 80s, also closely associated with the Madrid working-class district of Vallecas, as a symbol of working-class pride. Thus, Vallekas and many other occurrences of the k instead of the c or qu in Spanish words, reflecting also a feature of the Basque, which has neither the qu nor the c, replacing both with k.