Washington Community High School has a rising new musical phenomenon.
Jake Norris and the Caution Boys are a group of WCHS students bringing sketal, their blend of ska music and metal, to Washington.
According to Wikipedia.com, ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. 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 offbeat.
Metal, according to Wikipedia, is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic-rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness.
The boys in the band decided to meld the two music forms, creating a unique sound for their hometown.
Scroll down for a video clip and hear them for yourselves.
