HeadyIncognito

I really want to find more bands of the mentioned genres. Got any recommendations?

Surf music: I like stuff that sort of has an edge, if you know what I mean. I'm not talkin about anything like the Beach Boys, but there's this one band called the Aqua Velvets that's pretty snazzy.

Ska: This one is tricky, cause I don't really know what it is that I like. Horns aren't required for it to be good... Bands I do like include Citizen Fish and Op Ivy. Smart lyrics. Those are important.

Oi: This one's also a little tough. I like the Templars... BeerZone is good too. What else is out there? I guess it's good when the vocals are rough. Or something.

Ok, thanks for reading.

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i can only really help with SKA. i used to be real into it, not so much anymore but its definitely fun music. here are some great SKA bands to look into:

Less than Jake
Mad Caddies
Mustardplug
The Aquabats
Catch 22
Sublime

theFez

if you really want to hear ska, look for bands like

Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Max Romeo and the Upsetters
the specials
Desmond Dekker

there was a pretty hot ska scene in boston in the late 1980's too. probably the most famous band to come out of there was the mighty mighty bosstones but bim ska la bim and plate o shrimp are pretty good too.

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scott_p_1

For Ska, check out The Chinkees. They don't really have any horns in their stuff. Instead, they have an organ. Some pretty good stuff I think.

HeadyIncognito

Sir! Please! I don't need any help with my selection of punk music. Personally, I'm tired of the Clash. Plus, I'll be very happy if I never hear Sheena is a Punk Rocker again.

Thanks for... contributing... but I don't think any of those bands fit into the catagories.

Gads, I think I'm about to give up on surf music though. I don't even wanna deal with the Ventures, who recorded about 7 billion records, and it's so hard to find other stuff. I'm beginning to think the genre is more of a novelty than anything else.

[edit: Oh, uh, your post is... gone...]

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sublime
they ware the most original ska band ever.i'm sad i never could see them live.if you compare one of the present ska bands to sublime,they all suck.

World's King

Surf: Man or... Astroman

Ska: Skankin' Pickle

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Ella

Define "surf music" for me? The one band that personifies the lifestyle and audience down here in Oz is early Midnight Oil....the 'Head Injuries' album from 1979 is an Australian classic. Peter Garrett surfed his ass off, sang about a surfer's way of life (that's before he, errmmm, became a federal politician recently)...so if that's not "surf music", I dunno what is!

When it comes to ska, I'm a bit of a Two-Tone fan...Madness, Selector, the Beat and the Specials tugged my chain. Australia had a couple of great ska bands in the late 80's called The Strange Tenants and No Nonsense; the latter supported Madness in a total riot of a gig way back when. Good times....

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bob32

Most of the ska bands mentioned are good, but here's more

Streetlight Manifesto (has 2 guys that quit Catch 22)
Rancid (has Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong from Operation Ivy)
Suburban Legends
Planet Smashers

Redlemon

Woohoo! "Pee in the Elevator"!

ironchefkorea

it pains me to say that I feel ska, as a genre, is dead.

however, we'll always have the Rx Bandits.

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Arroe

ska I have to say the specials, and the english beat. pretty good stuff.

M.T. Promises

I'm new around here, but not to be rude... but if came from califorina it ain't ska Alot of bands mentioned aren't ska bands at all. Sublime? Rancid?

Ska - my favorite 3 ska albums:
The Toasters - Dub'56
The Pietasters - Strapped Live
Mephiskapheles - God Bless Satan

Surf - PUT IN THE TIME TO FIND GOOD SURF!!!!!! I know exactly what you mean, the beach boys and jan and dean suck balls.

The Lively Ones, The Apemen, Trashmen, Trashwoman, Mummies, Los Straitjackets, Laika & The Cosmonauts, Dick Dale, Tiki Tiki Bamoooos, and 50% of Agent Orange is surf.

Oi - is a tough one, just cause the line blurs between it and punk and good ol'barroom rock'n'roll.

Niblick Henbane, The Wretched Ones, the Buissness, Cock Sparrer, Roger Miret and the Disasters, Sham'69, Cockney Rejects, Blitz are a good start.

KMA-628

My favorite Ska song/band hasn't been listed, suprisingly: Fishbone - Party At Ground Zero.

Another vote for Madness, the Beat, General Public and the Specials.

Some are more Mod than Ska, but close enough.

clavus

Surf:
Man or Astroman - Buy "Made From Technicium" immediately. Seriously. Stop reading this thread. Guy buy it, Put it on, then come back and finish reading this.
Satan's Pilgrims
The Monomen

The Cramps (old stuff) - You know, I don't know that you could call this music "surf" per se, but it has a real surfy feel to it. Buy "Bad Music for Bad People"


Ska
Reel Big Fish "Turn the Radio Off" - all their other stuff is sucky, yet this CD is great
Scofflaws - These guys are oh, so good
OLD Fishbone
Sublime

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Frosstbyte

This is a bit of a deviation from the present conversation, but I've never really thought of Sublime as ska. Listen to Voo Doo Glow Skulls and Catch 22 and Reel Big Fish and put that next to Sublime. Doesn't really match up to me. Sublime has always had a unique texture to it that defies any general category that I can come up with but I certainly wouldn't call it ska.

Jonsgirl

For ska-
also try to find The Mudsharks. Little known band, but very worth it, and very smart-since that was one of your prequisites

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RolandGilead

Nobody mentioned the one and only GODFATHER of Ska, Laurel Aitken, yet???

M.T. Promises

Maybe cause no one's British? I'm hardly familiar with the man myself and I'm somewhat up on Ska history. I'll freely admit I'm not so up on the history of the 'First Wave' of ska; but if some asked me who the Godfather of ska was I'd say Desmond Dekker or Prince Buster.

outdoor

The Expendables and Slightly Stoopid. Both very good surf bands. IMO

Mr Scorcex

How about the SKAtalites? Ok so the lyrics aren't so smart, but its good original ska. The Slackers have some good ska/reggae stuff, and Skavoovie and the Epitones was a fantastic new wave group but in an original style. I second the Toasters and Specials votes as well.
As a last point, I wouldn't really call Operation Ivy ska in and of itself. Ska influenced punk? Sure, but an upbeat chord on the guitar does not make ska music.

blitz.fenix

I just bought the Catch 22 Live CD/DVD for 15 bucks Canadian. What a great deal, I've only heard 3 Catch 22 songs but pretty much every song on the CD is awesome. The live atmosphere is great, just an awesome CD, I love ska punk now!