In Defense of Ska: The Ska Now More Than Ever Edition: The Ska Now More Than Ever Edition

In a mix of interviews, essays, personal stories, historical snapshots, obscure anecdotes, and think pieces, this second expanded edition dissects, analyzes and celebrates ska in exactly the way fans have been craving for decades.

With the addition of 4 new sections, Aaron adds to the already extensive compendium that was the first edition: The Importance of Christian Ska, After ska died in the '90s, the music went underground and returned to its roots, The ska roots of Fall Out Boy lead singer Patrick Stump, How Katrina created a vibrant ska scene in New Orleans, Aaron expands on the original edition with exciting interviews with Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy who he interviewed on his podcast of the same name.

In Defense of Ska: Ska Now More Than Ever is the much-needed response to years of ska-mockery. Now the time to take to the streets and fight music snobbery, or at least crank up the ska without being teased ruthlessly has comeThis book will enlist ska-lovers as soldiers in the ska army, and challenge ska-haters' prejudices to the core.