Pick It Up!: Ska in the '90s

It's been a long time coming for a documentary on third wave sk, and I sat down with a lot of excitement to watch this. However as it went on it became clear that for a ska fan it was just another documentary about its origins, and how it developed into the mainstream. There felt like a lot of bands missing who made a big impact and as usual stuck to the same old like less than Jake, bosstones, mustard plug etc. There was also no reference to the UK third wave scene which had a huge influence on the USA scene in the later 90s and early 00s such as farse, capdown, random hand. And would have also been great to have covered the Christian scene with bands such as five iron frenzy and oc supertones.

I absolutely love this ska-cumentary! It is a great summary of the history of ska and the prevalence of the ska boom during the 90's, and it also offers a great glimpse of what the future holds in store. I would show this movie to anyone who loves ska and anyone who loves someone who loves ska (like my husband)! It has a great sense of humor and is worth watching again and again. Pick It Up!

This is an awesome movie. Features The Aquabats Reel Big Fish and many more. A must have, so go....Pick It Up!

Basically the rise and fall of the pop/punk ska Bands "that made it".

Otherwise left pretty much everything else out of it. A big let down for something I was really looking forward to watching.

Such an awesome documentary! It is super cool to see all these great bands again. Thanks a lot for putting all your work in creating this docu!