SKApril!

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
The Hippos, "Rock & Roll" from Forget the World (T.L.A.M.)

Skammentary: At the end, The Hippos were no longer a ska band, & bound together by no shared musical identity, the band broke up. Front man Ariel Rechtshaid has gone on to be a producer of truly awful music for the likes of the Bieber, Plain White T's, & Vampire Weekend (the latest, crummiest album). Once upon a time, though, back in the day, The Hippos burst forth from the L.B.C., the beating heart of third-wave ska.

"Rock & Roll" is almost an instrumental piece, a joyous encapsulation of the verve of the ska that came out of southern California in that brief moment in time, the 1990s. The lyrics of "Rock & Roll" are printed below in their entirety.

"Rock, rock & roll" (x3).