Distemper is the name of more than one artist 1) Ska-punk from Moscow 2) Raw D-Beat Hardcore from Japan 1) A ska punk band from Moscow, Russian Federation. They started playing in 1989 as a hardcore band, but over time their style slowly changed to ska punk, and in 1995 they released "Gorod" - one of the most prominent and truly "ska punk" albums of their career, according to most of their fans. They are still active and recording at a rate of about 1 album per year.