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Ska Music (1 Viewer)
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Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
Not sure they totally fit but check out Cage the Elephant.
RedmondLonghorn
Footballguy
Obvious: The Clash, The Specials, Madness
Less Obvious: The Jam
Less Obvious: The Jam
Please See Mine
Footballguy
I used to listen to a lot of this in high school but haven't kept up at all. Some of my favorites:
Mephiskapheles
Mustard Plug
The Scofflaws
Hepcat
You might want to check these compilations out: http://www.amazon.com/Ska-The-Third-Wave-(...s)/e/B000AQ05MC
Again, this obviously older stuff and I have no idea what is going on now.
Mephiskapheles
Mustard Plug
The Scofflaws
Hepcat
You might want to check these compilations out: http://www.amazon.com/Ska-The-Third-Wave-(...s)/e/B000AQ05MC
Again, this obviously older stuff and I have no idea what is going on now.
John Fogerty Fan
Footballguy
Seconded
Socrates11
Footballguy
Still play a Bim Skala Bim cd I have from time to time. Wish I had more of their stuff. Saw them back in 89/90 and they were awesome.
ODoyleRules
Footballguy
Older, more pure Ska bands include:
Toots and the Maytals
English Beat
Desmond Dekker
Ethiopians
Skatalites
I love drinking some beers on the patio listening to old Ska.
Toots and the Maytals
English Beat
Desmond Dekker
Ethiopians
Skatalites
I love drinking some beers on the patio listening to old Ska.
Buckfast 1
Footballguy
It sounds like Less Than Jake might qualify. I always enjoyed their "Losing Streak" and "Hello Rockview" albums.
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AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
this guy wins.
Kenneth Cosgrove
Footballguy
No.
Please See Mine
Footballguy
good call
Believe it or not, they are still playing. They are opening for the Bosstones around Christmas in Boston.
Koya
Footballguy
I always thought of Toots as more pure reggae - and by far my favorite band of the genre. They (used to at least) give free concerts at the Santa Monica pier - freakin' awesome. Country Road and Pressure Drop are two of my alltime fav songs of any genre.this guy wins.
RedmondLonghorn
Footballguy
Maybe you should try Sublime. I think you would really like them.
AcerFC
Footballguy
Im not a big ska fan but I do have a comp that I enjoy and still listen to and that is
Give em the boot
There seem to be a few versions. I only have volume 1.
I also have a few Toasters albums that I think are OK. Bosstones are OK as well
I do really like Op Ivy, but I think that is because I really like Rancid
Give em the boot
There seem to be a few versions. I only have volume 1.
I also have a few Toasters albums that I think are OK. Bosstones are OK as well
I do really like Op Ivy, but I think that is because I really like Rancid
Kenneth Cosgrove
Footballguy
Cool, I'll check them out.
hooter311
Footballguy
Operation Ivy is my all time favorite Ska band. I was into punk rock/ska throughout high school about 10 years ago.Tim Armstrong from Op Ivy went on to Rancid. The other guy (Jesse?) disappeared to South America or something, I don't even know if anybody knows what happened to that guy.They really only had that one CD and some obscure stuff. Faves from the cd were:Bad TownTake WarningCrowdTheir sound may take a little getting used to, and may not work at all for you.ETA: I guess Jesse Michaels did resurface in the 00's according to Wikipedia and may or may not have been a Buddhist monk during his hiatus.
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Arch Stanton
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Op Ivy is very good. One of the progenitors of modern punkska. Follow up with Rancid, particularly Out Come the Wolves for ska sound. Life Wont Wait is my favorite of theirs, sort of their White album. Also Tim Armstrongs solo album A Apoets Life is phenomenal. He has the Aggrolites as the backing band, check them out too. His label, Hellcat Records put out many complations called Give Em The Boot that has a ton of bands on them. I don't recommend less than Jake or bowling for soup. I DO recommend Goldfinger and Buck O Nine along with Reel Big Fiah and most of the other 90s skapunk bands mentioned. Listen to the Clash, every single day. If you can stomach the anti-American drug induced violently anarchistic lyrics then Choking Victim and Leftover Crack offers some of the baddassest hardcore skapunk sounds. They are not rolemodels.
Bonzai
Footballguy
Hell yes.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
Some good bands already mentioned here.
I would add:
The Selector
Subhumanz
Barrington Levi
I would add:
The Selector
Subhumanz
Barrington Levi
Workhorse
Footballguy
I always thought of Toots as more pure reggae - and by far my favorite band of the genre. They (used to at least) give free concerts at the Santa Monica pier - freakin' awesome. Country Road and Pressure Drop are two of my alltime fav songs of any genre.this guy wins.
54-46 That's My Number is one of the greatest reggae songs ever.
Workhorse
Footballguy
The Specials and Madness are 2-Tone, which is sort of the British version of Ska. Not quite the same thing, but close enough.
modogg
Footballguy
I am really impressed with what i have heard from the solo album. They play some of it on Sirius, and I went and downloaded some of it and the whole album sounds good. And there are some recommendations here, and a ton more. it depends what you want, because there is some light stuff closer with the reggae sound and some harder stuff closer to the punk sound of the 80's. I always throw the Dead Kennedy's out there, and a band that has some funk sound to it is Clutch. They are a little heavier so not sure that is what people are looking for, but they are real good.
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BigJohn
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El Floppo
Footballguy
This. The other two are quality too.Some CA bands... Fishbone already got mentioned but were a blast and still decent on your stereo (see what I did there?). The Untouchables and The Uptones were hugely popular for us in mid 80s high-school in NCal, but really don't hold up on recent listens.
El Floppo
Footballguy
I agree- but as much as I really like the English Beat, I giggled seeing them listed with those others under the heading "Older, more pure".this guy wins.
Please See Mine
Footballguy
Arch Stanton
Footballguy
Not even remotelyeta: not remotely ska but a good punk band.
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The Future Champs
Footballguy
I love Rancid, although I think they are far better at "Oi" punk than ska. That said, you should check out Rancid and Buju Banton doing "No More Misty Days"; there's a bunch of versions out - find the one that clocks in at 2:53.
Arch Stanton
Footballguy
It's on one of the Give Em The Boot compilations. The blue one I believe.The Future Champs said:
Dutch Kincade
Footballguy
A couple more blasts from the past (1995ish)
-Johnny Too Bad and the Strikeouts
-Skinnerbox
-Johnny Too Bad and the Strikeouts
-Skinnerbox
Please See Mine
Footballguy
hey hey hey
Ilov80s
Footballguy
From my hometown of Detroit, I present the best ska/punk album of the 90s:The Suicide Machines: Destruction by Definitionbosoxs45 said:
So for I've got are
sublime(already knew them.)
operation ivy
the clash
Against All Authority
The Toasters
Streetlight Manifesto
Pepper
Rancid
Less Than Jake
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Mustard Plug
Reel Big Fish
Whatt am I missing?
Also, check out Goldfinger- very good ska band.
Arch Stanton
Footballguy
The guy from Skinnerbox, King Django, also has a band called Stubborn All Stars and some solo stuff. It's really hit or miss to me but his record label (Stubborn) has plenty of lesser known primarily NY ska stuff on it.
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