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Ska ( Jamaican ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and ___MASK66___ . Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues . It is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off - beat . Ska developed in Jamaica in the 1960s when Prince Buster , Clement " Coxsone " Dodd , and Duke Reid formed sound systems to play American rhythm & blues and then began recording their own songs . Some suggest ska dates to earlier times , however . In the early 1960s , ska was the dominant music genre of Jamaica and was popular with British mods . Later it became popular with many skinheads . Streetlight Manifesto is an American ska punk band from New Brunswick , New Jersey formed in 2002 . They released their first ___MASK72___ , " Everything Goes Numb ", which was distributed by ___MASK76___ , on August 26 , 2003 . The band headlined and sold out their first concert at Rutgers University in New Brunswick , New Jersey on December 9 , 2003 . Several of Streetlight Manifesto ' s members were well known in the New Jersey third wave ska community for their roles in past ska punk bands from that area , primarily Kalnoky ' s Catch 22 and fellow New Jersey band One Cool Guy . ___MASK25___ ( born December 24 , 1980 ) is a Czech - born American musician . He is the lead singer / guitarist and songwriter of the bands Streetlight Manifesto and Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution , and goes by the pseudonym Toh Kay as a solo performer . He is the former lead singer / guitarist for 3rd - wave ska band Catch 22 , but left the band after making only one ___MASK72___ ( their debut , " Keasbey Nights ") to attend Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah , Georgia , for visual art . According to the booklet of " Somewhere in the Between ", Kalnoky attended Rutgers University . He is the owner of Pentimento Music Company , a record company . Savannah College of Art and Design ( SCAD ), is a private , nonprofit , accredited university with locations in Savannah , Georgia ; Atlanta , Georgia ; Hong Kong ; and Lacoste , ___MASK40___ . Keasbey Nights is the debut ___MASK72___ by the East Brunswick , New Jersey ska punk band Catch 22 , released on March 24 , 1998 by ___MASK76___ . It is the only ___MASK72___ by the band ' s original lineup , as singer / songwriter / guitarist Tomas Kalnoky , bassist Josh Ansley , and horn player James Egan all left the group later that year . Kalnoky re - recorded the entire ___MASK72___ in 2006 with his new band Streetlight Manifesto in response to Victory ' s plan to re - release it . The ___MASK72___ ' s title references Keasbey , New Jersey , an unincorporated area within the Woodbridge Township of Middlesex County . Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution , or BOTAR , is a musical collective including influences from ska , punk , classical , and eastern European music , entirely in an acoustic format including classically trained musicians . It is composed of former Catch 22 members ___MASK25___ and Jamie Egan , in addition to Nick Afflitto , Marcy Ciuffreda , Matt Dannenberg , Rachel Goldstein , Layton Hayes , John Paul Jones , Achilles Kalnoky , Paul Lowndes , Chris Paszik , Mark Rendeiro , Dan Ross , Pete Sibilia , Shane Thomson , and Natalia Ushak . Alone in a Crowd is an ___MASK72___ by Catch 22 , and the first release featuring the band ' s second lineup ( featuring Jeff Davidson as lead vocalist , replacing Tomas Kalnoky ) . The ___MASK72___ features a song trilogy , `` What Goes Around Comes Around '' , `` Bloomfield Avenue '' and `` Neverending Story '' , which follows two young lovers who commit multiple acts of homicide on a cross - country spree before finally succumbing to their own personal demons . Themes on the ___MASK72___ include a longing for childhood and home , and a general feeling of alienation from the rest of the world . The end of the ___MASK72___ features seven blank tracks , each 22 seconds long , followed by a bonus track that starts after 22 seconds of silence , bringing the ___MASK72___ to a total of 22 tracks . To promote the ___MASK72___ , the band made a music video for `` Point the Blame '' , the ___MASK72___ ' s first single . However , due to financial problems , the video was never completed . Somewhere in the Between is the third ___MASK99___ by American ska punk band Streetlight Manifesto , released November 13 , 2007 . " We Will Fall Together " and " Down , Down , Down to Mephisto ' s Cafe " were released as a double A - side single in October , 2007 , prior to the ___MASK72___ ' s release . " We Will Fall Together " became the band ' s first music video , followed by " Would You Be Impressed ?".