band Dick Crippen formerly of hit band Tenpole Tudor then teamed up with cult record producer and songwriter for Mod icon Eleanor Rigby, Russell C. Brennan to form Ministry of Ska who took elements of classic and Rudeboy Ska and added a new twist 'Ska Surf' which proved popular worldwide with their debut album Rarin to Go being called "refreshing" and "one step beyond" the many soundalike bands around at the time by the press. They also appeared on the best selling album Ska Beats. This made them one of the more popular bands going into the '90s and Rarin to Go sold out quickly. After a contribution to the Dr. Martens album Generation to Generation they released a Best of Ministry of Ska compilation on Future Legend Records and the single "Ska Surfin". The 1980s and 1990s also heralded many ska festivals, and a re-emergence of the traditional skinhead subculture. Europe The early 1980s saw a massive surge in ska's popularity in Germany, leading to the founding of many German ska bands like The Busters, record labels and festivals. In Spain, ska became relevant in the 1980s in the Basque Country due to the influence of Basque Radical Rock, with Kortatu and Potato being the most representatives bands. (Skalariak and Betagarri followed their footsteps in the early 1990s and their influence is visible outside the Basque Country in punk-rock bands like Ska-P, Boikot and many others that have gained importance in the Spanish rock and punk rock scene and festivals. Australia The Australian ska scene flourished in the mid-1980s, following the musical precedents set by 2 Tone, and spearheaded by bands such as Strange Tenants, No Nonsense and The Porkers. Some of the Australian ska revival bands found success on the national music charts, most notably The Allniters, who had a number 10 hit with a ska cover of "Montego Bay" in 1983. The 30 piece Melbourne Ska Orchestra has enjoyed success in recent years, touring internationally, including sets at Glastonbury and Montreux Jazz Festival. Russia and Japan A Russian (then-Soviet) ska scene was established in the mid-1980s in Saint Petersburg as a kind of anglophone opposition to more traditional Russian rock music. AVIA and N.O.M. were among the first bands of genre. Then bands like Spitfire, Distemper, Leningrad and Markscheider Kunst became popular and commercially successful in Russia and abroad in the late 1990s. Japan established its own