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Any ska fans around here?
I just bought Catch 22's LIVE album+DVD and Steetlight Manifesto's " Everything Goes Numb" album. I must say that they're both fucking brilliant. Catch 22 is just as good live as they are in the studios. Though, I don't think Catch 22's bassist can look any more geeky. Honestly, he looks like one of the stereotypical nerds from 80 TV shows. Oh well, he writes some rad basslines.
1234, 1234....
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Keasby nights is maybe my favourite ska album ever, but Dinosaur sounds was terrible.
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United nations of Ska Vol. 2 is a good ska-record which contains ska from all over the world
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is less than jake ska?
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of course, this is all nu ska, not classic ska which is far more similar to reggae. And yes, Less Than Jake is ska
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I always thought LTJ was a really weak ska band... at least their Hello Rockview album. Losing Streak wasnt bad.
Catch 22, Streetlight Manifesto, The Specials, Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Reel Big Fish are good ska bands. Aquabats are good too but very silly and a lot of people dont like them because of it. Five Iron Frenzy is also very good :)
but i dont listen to ska as much as i used to...
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I try not to think about the Aquabats too much. It just ends up reminding me of a traumatizing experience I had one night I went to one of their shows.
I do thoroughly enjoy the Aquabats, but that night makes me sad. ;_;
And yes. Ska is fucking grand. If I had a digital camera I'd point you all to my super-sexy two-tone tattoo on my right arm.
Also-- Yeah, the bassist of Catch 22 does look like a huge dork, but it's pretty rad. They're new singer however, ugh. He looks like the kinda guy who crashes parties while screaming "GO 49ERS!!!!" But that might just be because he's a big tough-lookin guy who always wears sports jerseys (at least when I've seen him).
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I like Big D and the Kids Table
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Surely Less Than Jake are onyl Ska in the same way Sum 41 are punk? As in, only very loosely. Anyway, The Chancers rule, Eastern Bloc ska, what more could anyone want?
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Woohoo a Ska-Thread! ^^
Well...some of my favourite bands are Skalariak (classical jamaican Ska) Mr. Bubble B & The Coconuts (London Ska) Dr. Ring-Ding & The Senior Allstars (classical jamaican Ska) The Busters (London-Ska) and of course Ska-P (all different sorts of Ska in spanish ^^). Less than Jake kick ass too.
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rantanplan!
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word! they kick behind too! ^^
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I like Big D and the Kids Table
Fucking yes. :D
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woah, ^ my bro introduced me to ska and it is one of his greatest gifts to me.
also maybe all the ska albums he gave me when he switched over to the dark side(blood borthers......*shivers)
well, Reel Big Fish are fun and Lightyear were pretty cool(ska-ish) but im afriad Less Then Jake are devilspawn
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Ups for Big D. I also like Slapstick a whole lot.
And to the guy who said traditional ska is similar to reggae...
Reggae is similar to ska! (And in the immortal words of Camp Anawana director Ug Lee) GET IT RIGHT OR PAY THE PRICE!
Now if only I had a salami stuffed inside a football...
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I started to vaguely get into Ska.... then I saw Capdown supporting someone else (no idea who) and my interest was destroyed.... my GOD they sucked..
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THE AQUABATS!!
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Capdown did a split with Link 80. Link 80 also rocks hard.
the struggle continues...
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LTJ is Skacore, as in they're not really ska but they do have heavy influence. Same with Big D and the Kid's Table, but they really do sound like punk with horns rather than actual ska.
Yeah, the new singer looks like a loser but he has a nice voice.
My friend and I are starting a ska band, I'm singing. So far we have a trumpet player, a guitarist, a drummer, and me. Our name is Coked Up, Yayed Out.
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yes, Less Than Jake is ska
then i listen to some ska.
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less than jake like... used to be pretty ska but now they're just boring faux punks. i saw them at skate and surf and was very disappointed they basically played only their lame new songs. i like the hello rockview, pezcore, and losing streak albums. (it's all the same but all fun!)
umm favourite ska bands... reel big fish! definitely! turn your radio off is my fav album. and catch 22 is excellent (mmm keasbey nights). big d and the kids table is awesome but i don't know them that well (saw them with rbf and catch 22 over the summer. wooo!). save ferris is pretty cool, but they're hit-and-miss (i like it means everything a lot though). the hippos are great too! so sweet. also the mighty mighty bosstones, suburban legends, and two of my fav local bands: arrogant sons of bitches and too short notice!
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as far as ska/punk hybrid no one does it better (well, in my opinion) then the Rudiments. Reel Big Fish is pretty damn cool. uhmm, oh yeah the ethopians.
must remember to bring my kick ass ska comp on the bus to work tomorrow.
and is just me and my masterful skills of observation or has no one mentioned the specials?
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less than jake like... used to be pretty ska but now they're just boring faux punks. i saw them at skate and surf and was very disappointed they basically played only their lame new songs. i like the hello rockview, pezcore, and losing streak albums. (it's all the same but all fun!)
obviously you just saw a shitty show then, because when i saw them they were damn fantastic. they played tons of stuff from pezcore and hello rockview. i think they played maybe 2 or 3 new songs total. one cannot deny that their live show is friggin energetic as well.
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of course ska sounds like reggea..its the white man's reggase :-P
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o yea the specials. i have to hear more of them. i've only heard a few songs.
hmm well geoff i guess i just had bad luck then. it was energetic and everything, but it just wasn't as fun skanking around to songs i didn't like. that's cool they were awesome when you saw them though!
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I do remember saying get it right or pay the price...so here is the price:
Ska has existed for far longer than reggae. Ska was pioneered during the 50s and 60s in the dancehalls of Jamaica...definitely NOT by white people. Ska was an upbeat dance music which combined elements of the carribean music mento and American jazz. By the late 60s there were massive heatwaves in Jamaica and the DJs and beat selectors of the clubs (along with the music-listening masses) decided that a slower, more easily dancable music was needed. Thus rocksteady was born, the slow cousin of ska. Around this time skinhead culture was born. Yes, that's right, the original skinheads were ornery dancehall goers, not racist bigots. Also skinhead music was very perverse for some reason and almost always referenced sex...go figure. Reggae is a religious perversion of rocksteady, which in most cases(not all) includes hidden (or not so hidden) rastafarian agendas. Some of which are racist and homophobic. This early phase of ska is known as the "first wave." Aside from artists like Desmond Dekkar, it never really became that popular outside of Jamaica.
Second wave or "two tone" ska begins in the 1970s in Britain. It was influenced heavily by the punk movement. The most famous two tone band is probably the Specials, who blended traditional ska with 60s mod rock like the Who and such. The Specials gained popularity by opening for bands like the Clash. From the late seventies and through the eighties this "second wave" ska enjoyed a hay-day in London clubs and became tied in heavily with blue collar workers, many of whom identified with the West Indian folks who had first introduced the music to England. Eventually this lead to a revival of the "rude boy" (or Jamaican gangster) lifestyle, which led to the revival of skinhead culture and eventually the advent of Oi music, or blue collar streetpunk. Second wave also came in America in the form of bands like Madness who gained popularity with "new wave" listeners.
Ska truly debuted in America with acts like Fishbone and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones during the mid to late eighties. They begun what is referred to as the "third wave" of ska, which mixed ska heavily with american punk and hardcore influences. The term "ska-core" was even coined to describe this sound. This was modified by bands like Operation Ivy, who did away with the traditional instruments like organ and brass. Some bands stuck to the brass sound and a variety of "punk with horns" style bands emerged like Less Than Jake (who based themselves heavily on the British band Snuff). Also during the early nineties in New York and DC there was a large two tone ska revival with bands like the Toasters, the Slackers and the Pietasters leading the pack.
Ska still survives today in bands like Streetlight Manifesto, Big D, MU330, etc etc who continue to build on the foundations of ska, adding their own touches along the way.
The moral: SKA CAME FIRST...reggae just happens to be the more well-known bastard cousin of ska.
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Slapstick is so much more > Less Than Jake. They were definitly one of my favorite bands in high school. If anyone has their last cd (The green cd, which gathered all their material into one cd), Theres a picture of me on the inlay card, singing/screaming with the singer. Im wearing a white shirt, and Ive got long dark hair. That's my claim to fame.
I really liked the old school new school ska (confused? Think the first wave of Third Wave bands. Still confused? Um...well...Mid 90's Ska. Better?). MU330, Mealticket, The Blue Meanies, and of course, the MIghty Mighty Bosstones (Before Dickie started actually trying to sing).
I've always been a sucker for a good dance track, so ska shows were an excellent alternative to all the punk shows I was going to as a kid. Good times man. Good times.
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I loathe Big D And The Kids Table. I've seen them live 3 times (while trying to see other bands - like Catch 22 and RBF).
Have you watched their bassist? I don't know what they call that, but it's silly.
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Why exactly do you loathe Big D?
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I thourougly enjoy ska, especially The Ninjas. They're a local ska band, but they're fairly popular around the midwest.
Although, i find ska to be much better live than recorded. Dancing to a CD just isn't the same.
I've been meaning to get into some actual ska, the more reggae influenced stuff. Anyone have any suggestions?
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My suggestion is don't.
But anyway. I dig the Ninjas. It's a shame Stu left to join The Know How. He was a rad dude.
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Big D are the nicest people in the world, seen em a couple of times, the last time we ended bringing them to a local club and getting ridiculously drunk and talked rubbish for ages!
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Yeah, anyone who saw Big D and didn't enjoy themselves clearly has much greater issues than just that...
And captainawesome, read my post above. Reggae never really influenced ska, in fact they ceased to even be the same genre of music after the 1980s. If you want to listen to traditional ska I'd check out anything on Trojan records. They have these awesome boxed sets you can buy for like 25 bucks at most Tower records and Virgin locations. They are 3 CDs per box. They collect all different movements of ska, like dub, dancehall, reggae, two tone, etc. Very good stuff and very educational.
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o yea the specials. i have to hear more of them.
Yes, you do! :D
The Specials kicked ass! They were the perfect band to break out from that era if you follow the skinhead family tree. I'm not so sure I like any post-Specials ska... I guess the MMBT's had some good stuff going for a while... then all of the white-boy American ska groups got big for a couple of minutes and then suddenly, the late-90s ska boom ended. My taste is probably a bit different because when it comes to Jamaican music, I'd much prefer to listen to earlier ska/roots/dub etc.
Didn't the Specials do a song with Rancid a few years ago?
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Neville provided guest vocals on the song "Hooligans" from Life Won't Wait.
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some pretty great ska-bands are, as far as i'm concerned, reel big fish and, of course SKA-P.
i just love ska-p, those crazy spanish bastards won my heart the instant i listened to "el gato lopez".
oh, and rantanplan is quite good as well.
also, mad caddies, if the are considered ska^^
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ska, yes, muy awesome
Catch 22's quite good, though i think Reel Big Fish is even better... (i just like the trumpet over the sax)
Also, The Specials... old school style, yo
And just cuz folks have mentioned both before... repitition is good, i say
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Ya know what's rad everyone?
Reel Big Fish is coming to my university next month to put on a free show.
Yes. I am totally excited. :D
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the 4th wave is coming. get ready and hold on to your trombones.
i love that i saw this thread, my friends and i have been talking non-stop about ska lately and how the 4th wave is prepping to hit the scenes bigger and better than ever.
so get ready everyone, and don't forget your two-toned pants!
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This Ska moment brought to you by CKY:
Bam: You listen to Ska?
Some random Kid: Yeah...
Bam: That stuff fucking sucks!
That being said...I love ska.
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I like "ska."
but what I mean by ska is punk with brass instruments.
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Why exactly do you loathe Big D?
I was extremely turned off by their live show, and I just don't feel like dancing to their music, I don't "get their vibe." I can't really enjoy what they do. With, say, RBF for the Bosstones I can dance to it, or just kinda hang out.
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I officaially heart exliontamer.
Your little history post made me happy. To everyone that loves newer ska, they should definately know the name Asain Man Records. Mike Park is a really terrific guy, his label hold the names of such bands as MU330, Big D, The Toasters (the fucking toasters!!!), The Rudiments, Chris Murray, The Peacocks, and handful of really kickin' Japanese bands whose names I cannot recall. They also heald bands like Alkaline Trio, The Lawrence Arms, LTJ and Angelo Moore.
Some other really great ska bands are the Skatellites, Streetlight Manifesto, Madness, The Chinkees. I cant recall any others that people havent already mentioned, but thats my little input.
PS The Skatellites show i went to a couple of months ago was AMAZING. Nothing like hotboxing a Toronto club bathroom and yelling "RASTAFARA!"
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Bam: You listen to Ska?
Some random Kid: Yeah...
Bam: That stuff fucking sucks!
Because HIM is just toppin' the charts right? :p
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Skibas_clavicle...I heart you right back. Asian Man records is the best fucking punk/ska/indie label out there. Mike Park is a real life superhero in my opinion. The holy trinity of Asian Man records is Slapstick, The Broadways and the Lawrence Arms. Check them out...in that order. Brendan Kelly, Dan Andriano, Chris McCaughan, Dan Hanaway...very talented people.
And geoff gets my support in the form of a big ol' "BURNED!" Oooooh, how does that feel Bam Margera?!?!
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In the interest of stating a contrary opinion, I must state here and now that I don't like Ska.
At all.
Indeed, a good portion of it actively annoys me.
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Good to hear Khar, except for the fact that nobody cares. :)
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Good. I'm tired of people trying to convert me back from the dark side or w/e.
I still soured the mood of the thread. Or something. Go me!
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Ladies and gentlemen, like all good hipsters (oxymoron) I was once in a ska band. Get our final album for free http://homepages.nyu.edu/~dbm243/ right there! Long live the Konami Code!
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I enjoy listening to Less Than Jake, The Aquabats (awesome shows), Mighty Bosstones, and the Mad Caddies.
A few years ago I saw The Skalites, and that was really enjoyable.
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Hey nerd, don't go giving out our secret web cache of Konami Code music. Yes, it's true. I too was in the Konami Code with Ponifa.
(darrell)
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And I just realized you're not even visible in the picture...I wonder if everyone else can figure out which one is me...
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Yeah, I hardly ever get in the pictures, but it's for the best. I like to leave it up to gueswrok, I'm hoping people think I'm Chris, he's so dreamy.
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wow, finally people who've heard of catch 22 an streetlight manifesto, everyone i mention them too just looks blankly at me.
i got the live catch 22 cd for christmas and managed to get 'alone in a crowd' a while ago but i can't get 'everything goes numb' here in good old england, looks like i'll just have to get it when i see them in april.
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i felt the need to revive this thread just to ask "has anyone here heard of Pain (http://www.thepainpage.com)?"
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Isn't Pain vehemently against being called "ska"? Also aren't they (or didn't they used to be) overtly Christian?
I just remember Pain really bothering the hell out of me one time after I read their liner notes.
EDIT: Also in response to the Catch 22 talk. I was a Catch 22 fan, now I am a Streetlight Manifesto fan. The band which currently calls themselves Catch 22 should just pick a new name because they ARE NOT Catch 22.
"If you hate me so much then stop playing my songs"
- Thomas Kalnoky
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you know, i'm not too sure. i only recently heard them and quite liked it. though, if they are what you say, that's pretty obnoxious of them.
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Ska is my very lifes blood. A lot of the names I've seen tossed around are the well known bands and all. Of those early Catch-22, streelight manifesto, The Specials, Less That Jake are good, I've never been a big Reel Big Fish fan. I've always felt they gained popularity because they were in the right palce at the right time, but they have some songs I do like. I'm a huge fan of Link 80, The Suicide Machines, Operation Ivy, Bendouin Soundclash (I reccomend to everyone), Hepcat, The Toasters, Blue Meanies, Coquettish, Common Rider, The Slackers, and then Mike Park's bands Skankin' Pickel, The Bruce Lee Band, and the Chinkees, then there's Telegraph, The Knowledge (Nick Traina RIP) and more. I'm sure I've missed a few, but I reccomend all those bands with much love. Also, a lot of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists has some Ska-ish rifts to it. If you haven't heard Ted Leo, then you're missing out on an incredible solo project.
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Yeah, I liked Pain at first too, that's why it made me all pissy when I read their liner notes because it was like a slap in the face or something. I really like that Jabberjaw song they did for Cartoon Network.
"I get no respect..."
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I'm sure I've missed a few, but I reccomend all those bands with much love.
If you haven't heard Choking Victim, you should check them out. Also if you like Link 80 you'll probably like Capdown.
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which liner notes? i only have wonderful beef. tell me more about this face slapping.
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Desmond Dekker?
Yes, please!
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I have one word, and that word is
(http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00004SCMA.03.LZZZZZZZ.gif)
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that album cover's classic...
I love older "Skinhead Reggae" like the Skinhead Moonstomp.
The Skatalites and Bob Marely's The Wailers was awesome
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Did i forget Madness? If I did, then that makes me not a winner.
But I did forget to mention an incredible band out of Montreal called THE PLANET SMASHERS! I dont know how I could havnt forgotten them since they are probabably my favourite ska band.
Stomp Records, what what.
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I'm sure I've missed a few, but I reccomend all those bands with much love.
If you haven't heard Choking Victim, you should check them out. Also if you like Link 80 you'll probably like Capdown.
Chocking Victim/Left Over Crack! How could I forget! I also forgot Against All Authority I think....
And yes, Desmond Dekker, the King of Ska! I feel all sorry and stuff for forgetting to include him.
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I used to be in a ska band. Good times, sort of.
But anyways, the last ska record I really dug was Common Rider's final album. Pretty good shit.
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I got my Ska dance down now, I can dig it. ;)
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In our neck of the woods, we call that "skanking." ;-)
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Eueurgh.
I dunno, ska might be bearable for me without skanking. It's just every time I hear it, I get the mental image of what skanking looks like and my enjoyment factor becomes negative.
Seriously, you should see the guy who sings for this local ska band doing it, it's actually scary. He looks like he's been possessed by a voodoo god of rubber chickens.
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Watch a Mighty Mighty Bosstones video. There is actually a band member that's only job is to skank, and he does it liike it should be done. Or you can llok at the trumpet player of the Toasters... yeah he's silly...
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Skanking is God's gift to the world. I was doing today down the crowned streets of downtown Toronto. Good times.
Also, there is another band called Lo and The Magnets everyone should listen to, they are formally known as The Kingpins, but in my opinion, Lo's music is better.
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Watch a Mighty Mighty Bosstones video. There is actually a band member that's only job is to skank, and he does it liike it should be done. Or you can llok at the trumpet player of the Toasters... yeah he's silly...
I just watched 'You Gotta Go!'.
I'm sorry, I don't understand, was that meant to make me think better of skanking?
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Yes, yes it was. there is an art and a history to skanking, and that guy pulls it off really well. There are people that jsut flail about and then there are people that actually know what they're doing.
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There's an art and history to almost everything. I personally contend that no amount of art or history could prevent skanking people from looking like prats, though I must say the guy in the vid was better than most I've seen on the dancefloor.
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Desmond Dekker?
Yes, please!
Damn right! Only three mentions of Desmond Dekker in a ska thread? For shame! Not that I consider myself much of a ska fan, but bugger me if I can't help but skank madly every time I give "Get Up Edina" a spin.
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I think the only ska band I've really been into is Less Than Jake. I have most of their main albums, save for Losers, Kings, And Things We Don't Understand. And I really liked Anthem at the time it was released. Still do; I guess it just holds a lot of memories for me.
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Oh man I used to be a giant ska kid.
I remember I once wore plaid golf pants to school with my Toasters shirt.
Man, thank god times have changed.
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Mephiskapholes (pronounced like Mephistopheles - i.e. the devil) - they do a great cover of the James Bond theme song!!
and, local Tallahassee ska legends Baconne Dolce - the song I remember is "Sugar Cookie Girl"
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My favorites would be the aforementioned Streetlight Manifesto and Keasbey Nights-era Catch 22.
Speaking of Catch 22, I just found their original demo (pre keasbey nights w/tom kalnoky on vocals, obviously) on a tracker site tonight, as well as the only full length by "Gimp"--Tomas Kalnoky's first band. I am pleased.
As for others...Slapstick is a great one, and the Suicide Machines! Their first album "Destruction by Definition" is loaded with great ska-punk. Their later records didn't have as much ska, but that first one is still one of my favorites since I picked it up (...err, no pun intended) four years ago.
Choking Victim and that whole family tree of bands I'm far too lazy to list is another great bunch.
Theres a fun little ska comic called 21 Dead Monkeys (http://www.21deadmonkeys.com/), worth checking out to any casual fan of ska and uh, funny things.
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The moment less than jake went on tour with linkin park, they lost a lot of respect...their old stuff is still good, but i can't listen to it without thinking "errgg. projekt revolution..."
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the aquabats= total awesomenessnessness
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Yes! The aquabats are hypercrazycool:D
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I just have to mention what is one of the best rock bands in swedish history - Monster. They did the whole ska/punk thing pretty darn well.
Plus it was quite possibly one of the coolest looking bands ever.
Too bad they imploded and vanished a few years ago.
rip
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Agreed about the Aquabats. They're too cool. I also really heart The Rudiments. I have a friend who promotes a lot of ska shows so I'm constantly skankin' it up. I'm seeing the Planet Smashers tomorrow *squeals*
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Ska is cool..
I sat through a Sum 41 concert just to see the Mighty Mighty Bosstones live.
Dedication or stupidity - YOU DECIDED !!!!111one
They absolutely fucking rocked though.
2nd best concert I've been to.
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Urg, they better have! Sum-41?! gaagk
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sum 41 were supported by "reel big fish" at one point.
sturge loves teh fish
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Urg, they better have! Sum-41?! gaagk
Even worse - my girlfriend at the time was a huge sum41 fan.
And the bitch hated the Bosstones.
So I ended up dancing with her best friend when the bosstones came on, then having to put up with her bitching about how she was too short to see sum41. AND THEN SHE FUCKING HAD A GO AT ME FOR DANCING WITH HER FRIEND BECAUSE SHE WOULDNT LEAVE HER FUCKING SEAT
GODDAMMIT, ALL THE REPRESSED RAGE IS COMING OUT NOW
RARRGHHIJK_*(&*^&(!
(Note = My ex seriously deserved the "bitch" statement. Fucking teenage skank.)
</rant>
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I *almost* got to see reel big fish live, but my boyfriend at the time was a real drag at concerts because he refused to dance, and my sister and her boyfriend were both working so i had no ride. So no fishes for the manda:(
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I really like ska. I'm not as into it as I used to me (particularly in middle school) but I saw the slackers twice last year, which is seriously freakin' incredible. Oh, I saw reel big fish last november too, which was a flashback for sure...but I'm not as familiar with their new-ish stuff.
I think it's neat that someone mentioned Ted Leo in reference to ska, cause when I saw them a couple months ago (without knowing of their music AT ALL) I conciously thought that several of their songs had that infectious riff that I so much love.
the only problem is that my boobs are too big for me to comfortably skank. curses!
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Speaking of Catch 22, I just found their original demo (pre keasbey nights w/tom kalnoky on vocals, obviously) on a tracker site tonight, as well as the only full length by "Gimp"--Tomas Kalnoky's first band. I am pleased.
Ive got a real copy of that demo somewhere. When I was in HS I used to write a Zine, and somehow I was on Victory Records promotions list, so they sent me the demo tape to review. I didn't realize there was a different singer on the demo, and on Keasby Nights (which they also sent me when it came out). Is there yet another singer on the follow-up to Keasby? I didnt like that record, and fell out of love with c22 because of it.
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There was a new vocalist on "Alone in a Crowd", and yet ANOTHER new vocalist on "Dinosaur Sounds" and onward. I haven't heard Alone in a Crowd so I can't comment on that one, but Dinosaur Sounds is pretty awful. Keasbey Nights is one of my favorite ska/punk records, though.
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The moment less than jake went on tour with linkin park, they lost a lot of respect...their old stuff is still good, but i can't listen to it without thinking "errgg. projekt revolution..."
You know, LTJ did the Warped Tour for 6-7 consecutive years, I don't blame them (or possibly it was their pushy major label record company) for doing a different kind of tour to try and broaden their audience. Even though it was Linkin Park's tour. Hell, LTJ had the opening slot for Bon Jovi for their whole tour a few years back.
I love Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake, but I don't really consider either of them ska anymore. Maybe at one point you could make a strong case, but both have moved pretty far away from their earlier ska-influenced sounds in the past few years. I don't think I've seen Mustard Plug mentioned in this thread yet. They're a damn good band, although they probably peaked back in the mid-90's with the Evildoers Beware album. I also would like to second Hepcat and toss in Let's Go Bowling as good, more traditional ska bands to check out.
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LTJ are less ska nowadays, but id say that most of reel big fishes songs are still ska, punk-ska.
early goldfinger is great too, they have a wee bit of teh ska about them
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Goldfinger's first two albums had a really good dose of the punk/ska in them. It's a shame they became aggressive Vegans over their last two albums and don't write very good music anymore.
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Goldfinger's first two albums had a really good dose of the punk/ska in them. It's a shame they became aggressive Vegans over their last two albums and don't write very good music anymore.
aye, indeed it is.
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Ska is my second love! (My first love being Oi Punk)
My top five Ska Bands are (in order)
1. The Skatalites
2. The Suspects
3. The Toasters
4. The Adjusters
5. Maroon Town
*Notice the "The..." theme with ska bands? What's with that?! Or is that just bands in general?
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I think the "The" thing is more any band with horns, because there's a lot of Jazz bands with "the" in their names. Like the best Jazz band ever, The Seatbelts.
Ska is the shit, however most people who like ska liked emo for a while. Including my big brother who introduced me to ska. How the hell did that happen? To so many people, nonetheless?
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I think the "The" thing is more any band with horns, because there's a lot of Jazz bands with "the" in their names. Like the best Jazz band ever, The Seatbelts.
Ska is the shit, however most people who like ska liked emo for a while. Including my big brother who introduced me to ska. How the hell did that happen? To so many people, nonetheless?
i love the outro to cowboy bebop by yoko kanno and the seatbelts. its great
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I like Ska! Mad Caddies, Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, and such! Fun music, I enjoy running to it.
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Agreed about the Aquabats. They're too cool. I also really heart The Rudiments. I have a friend who promotes a lot of ska shows so I'm constantly skankin' it up. I'm seeing the Planet Smashers tomorrow *squeals*
You have helped to get the Rudiments stuck in my head now! Garghagh. It's a good thing but I don't think I have the CD with me for the bus ride after work.
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The Skatastrophes is a great ska band.
The English Beat.
Streetlight Manifesto, of course.
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Wow, 5 years ago in Music Talk. How long did you dig to find this topic?
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I just searched for ska and this was the first post I got:
I'm going to venture a wild guess that he searched for "ska".
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Dead thread, dead genre. There's a joke here somewhere.
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Ska's not dead. Santigold sells a lot of records. She's like Gwen Stefani as possessed by the spirit of Dov Charney.
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Santigold's actually got a couple good tunes, and she's a lot of fun live.
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Olympic-class thread necromancy. Gold medal, national anthem, screaming crowds... His ska itches and never fades.