Where is Reel Big Fish from?

Los Alamitos, California, United States Reel Big Fish/Origin

Is ska a dead genre?

Before we answer that question, lets take a moment and look at the short history of the genre. Ska music originated in the late 1950s as a predecessor to rocksteady and reggae, combining elements of Caribbean forms of music with American jazz and blues. Ska never really died; it just went underground.