Mighty mighty bosstones just never gets old though. Its the only ska that has ever really held my attention.
no offense, but the mighty mighty bosstones has got to be the stalest ska band out there.
Too Short Notice - A pretty well known north east ska band. Fronted by a female vocalist they have a rather unique sound and tend to please.
jersey local, saw them at the rockfest at kenilworth high round feburary ish. damn, sucks though, because before they went on their tour. their last show in jersey, the one at the firehouse got cancelled because the venue might as well be broke.
Skanking, IMO, is a MUST at a ska show. kids that don't skank and just stand there the whole time annoy the crap outta me. it's as if the venue isn't small enough so you have to go and just take up space just standing there.
Traditional/Rocksteady SkaThe Aggrovators
The Allstonians
The Beltones
The Clarendonians
Desmond Dekker & The Aces
Alton Ellis and the Flames
The Ethiopians
The Gladiators
The Gaylads
The Heptones
Israel Vibration
The Jamaicans
Judge Dread
The Kingstonians
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
The Paragons
The Sensations
The Skatalites
Sonia Pottinger
Stranger Cole
The Supersonics
The Termites
Toots and the Maytals
The Upsetters
The Wailers
Bob Marley and the Wailers(Studio One recordings)
2-ToneBad Manners
The Beat
The Body Snatchers
Madness
The Selecter
The SpecialsSpecial AKA
The Toasters
3rd WaveThe Aggrolites
The Aquabats
Ask My Cat
The Blue Barracudas
Bob and The Sagets
The Bruce Lee Band
Catch 22
Chris Murray
Cherry Poppin' Daddys
Dave Hillyard and The Rocksteady 7
The Dead '60s
Fishbone
Flip the Switch
The Forces of Evil
The Gadjits
General Rudie
The Heatskores
Hepcat
The Hippos
I Voted For Kodos
Less Than Jake
Lets Go Bowling
The Kingpins
Mad Bomber Society
Mad Caddies
Mephiskapheles
MU330
Mustard Plug
Operation Ivy
The Pietasters
The PlanetsmashersReel Big Fish
The Scofflaws
The Seatbelts
The Slackers
Skalariak
The Skeletones
Streetlight ManifestoSublime
The Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
The Trojans
The Upbeat
My current favorite has got to be a trie between Streetlight Manifesto, The Superspecs, and Big D & the Kids Table.
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(streetlight for when they mix in a catch 22 song in one of their own. big d.... fell in love when i heard their "Little Bitch" cover. and the superspecs, just because. maybe it's that song "More EMO than Thou" that made me like them so much)
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I don't really like much of Catch 22 'cept the Keasbey Nights era.
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