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What kind of ska are you looking for?
I like a lot of the third wave stuff like Less than Jake, Catch 22 ( only Keasbey Nights - the other albums are decent but that cd is AMAZING.), Streetlight Manifesto ( a collaberation between One Cool Guy and Catch22 ), Mustard Plug, Operation Ivy, Suicide Machines, Goldfinger, etc. Also, Ive been told to check out screeching weasel, The Hippos,The Pietasters, The Toasters, No Reason Why, The Donkey Show and a few other but I havnt had time to check them out. |
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Yep. RX bandits are great - I remember finding them back in the good 'ol days on napster and had pretty much their entire first cd downloaded, which I eventually bought. It was a great cd so when the new one came out I got it. Its not the same sound or style as before really but I still like them a lot and its good to see that they are branching out a bit and changing their style (even though I liked them the way they were).
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Planet Smashers, Suburban Legends, Mad Caddies, Big D and the Kids Table are my favorite ska bands not previously mentioned. http://www.musicianforums.com/forums...d.php?t=185472 - lists a lot of ska bands with little write-ups about a lot of them |
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Location: New England
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First, check out these threads:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=49867 http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=75771 http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=83271 http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=793 I'm mostly a 3rd waver, then 2nd, not so much old-school. It might be hard to find, but the ska-funk combination of Perfect Thyroid was one of my all-time favorites. They had a lead singer with a perfecly-clear baritone voice, three other guys who could sing well, good horns, and the drummer's rhythms were amazingly complex.
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I voted for kodos is good stuff, from Madison WI...yay something from WI for once. Less Than Jake in one of my favorites too. Mu330 is pretty good, the specials, pietasters, some people call Goldfinger ska, i guess it qualifies.
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Location: CA
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I met some of the Rx Bandits....nice guys.
I would go for Less Than Jake and Mad Caddies as my favorites, but I don't really listen to much ska anymore these days
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Location: Deltona, FL
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Not the easiest stuff to find but there's this band from Florida called Skif Dank that I enjoy immensly. They haven't released an album in years. Last time I even saw them do a show was the beginning of 2003. Who knows if they're even still together? Either way try and find some of their stuff.
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Location: 4 privet drive
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skif dank was the bomb..we have another great one here in Orlando called the Supervillians
http://www.thesupervillains.net/
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Location: Pennsylvania
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Heh, I used to be in a ska band, but it's always amazing the sheer number of people who say "What's ska?" Ah well, more for me...or something.
But there's also the Christian ska bands which are pretty good as well. Five Iron Frenzy (Every New Day is a song of theirs to check out) has a lighter style and a tendancy towards silliness; Insyderz are a bit on the metal side at times and the Supertones have good all-around sound, and their bassist is awesome (although he left the band a year ago). FiF broke up last year and Insyderz haven't made an album for years...I think all sorts of ska is just not being popular anymore. Doesn't mean I don't enjoy it. Oh, and if you're more into swing/ska, check out Hipster Daddy-O and the Hand Grenades. Such good stuff, but good luck finding their music; I stumbled on it in a swing pack I downloaded, but haven't seen them in stores anywhere. |
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a little on the jazzy side, great horns: www.easternstandardtime.com
I 2nd MU330, at least "press" and "chumps on parade" King Apparatus - another hard to find band. The only one i've ever heard pull off great ska with no horns. Voodoo Glow Skulls |
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Location: New England
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Reel Big Fish's new album was released yesterday, with a typcially upbeat title of "We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy". If you like them, you'll like this album. I already have "One Hit Wonderful" stuck in my head.
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haha I can imagine the beat to that song without ever having heard it. For some reason most RBF songs sound the same to me. I'll have to check it out anyway though. ![]() BTW all I need to say Quote:
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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I used to work with the guitarist of Mephiskapheles, I miss seeing them sing the Bumblebee Tuna song.
Fishbone, Save Ferris, Untouchables...
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Location: New England
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shame they went seperate ways...
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Location: Deltona, FL
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I was trying to get them to do the HoneyComb HideOut song back in the day...which would make a great ska or punk cover.
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Swollen Member
Location: Northern VA
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When people say ska, I think of:
The Skatalites Lee "Scratch" Perry Tommy McCook Don Drummond Bob Marley Toots and the Maytals The Gaylads Roland Alphonso Clancy Eccles Desomnd Dekker Justin Hinds The Ethiopians Dave and Ansel Collins Tony Tribe Upsetters Paragons Just to name a few. I never understood this new stuff they are calling ska. I think ska died in the late 60's. It had a revival in the late 70's with all the british punkers that were into old reggae songs and put there own little twist on it. That diluted the music, but it still had its moments (very rare ones). But today, it is so much farther removed form what it was originially. They need a new name for it (sorry, I'm just a bitter real ska fan). |
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Junkie
Location: Toronto
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I really like(d) the Specials. Intro'd me to Ska. I found this link too:
http://www.skasummit.com/ska_history01.asp ( i forget where, it's on my desktop) |
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Dopefish
Location: the 'Ville
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Ska Weekend in Knoxville, TN coming up next Skaturday. 4 stages, 30 bands. Going to be awesome.
I saw Less Than Jake Friday night, they put on helluva show, mostly old stuff and their new album is going to be ska. Qualtiy. My calves hurt from skanking so much.
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