Ska

I see nothing about ska here, that sadly disappoints me.

i love ska, i have for many years, so lets discuss some of the better ska bands eh?

I really like Suburban Legends and mad caddies, they have really nice long horn sections and fast-er paced music.

ANYONE ELSE WITH ME?

I really like to listen to ska but I think it’s hard to find ska artists in stores. Therefore, I don’t know any artists of ska. I’ll look at the ones you have listed there then…

well since no one else really posted… ill post some more really good bands up

these two are mainstream 3rd wave ska

older catch22 stuff – fast paced punk rock with horns
streetlight manifesto – a more refined version of the old catch 22

heres some mainstream 3rd wave ska that are more well known

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones- Great band, fairly old but still amazing…
Less then Jake
Reel Big Fish
Goldfinger – well known for a track called superman which was in the original Tony Hawk Pro Skater and their cover of 99 red balloons
The Aquabats – funky 3rd wave ska with alot of different sounding songs, generally meant to be funnier then serious

Some other random 3rd wave ska that is really good

Dance Hall Crashers – Female lead singer, but still great.
The Hippos
Something To Do
Big D and the Kids Table – not for everyone
RxBandits – also not for everyone
The Impossibles – harder to find but pretty good none-the-less
The Gadjits – Interesting band

Thats a good chunk of ska, theres much much more…you just need to know where to look. there used to be an internet radio station for ska…but it has alot of downtime…6 months to a year, then its up for a while…then down again…etc. listen to it if you ever get the chance, and write down some bands.

the ones without comments i just couldn’t think of anything to say about them at the time. Have fun with that, ska is great music, and each band has an original sound…and theres at least one ska band out there for everyone that they will like.

goood ska bands errrrrr i love ska oi and punk hah Citizen Fish they are aweosme or The Planet Smashers 7 seconds of love brilliance soupy george best song by them ever heard of [spunge] its in brackets so the letters dont fall out

Ugh, showing my age here but Operation: Ivy probably was the best Ska band in my opinion.

They later went on to become Rancid.

haha i forgot about op ivy and the planet smashers. both great bands.

I’m a gigantic fan of ska. Check out Bomb the Music Industry . They’re borderline ska, I guess, but fun as hell. And I spent some time this week partying with them.

Anyways, my favourite ska bands are probably the Skatalites, the Slackers and The Planet Smashers.

reel big fish and mustard plug are my favorites of all time!

Reel big fish just because of the fact of how great a show they put on. I just saw them last weekend in PA at my friends college.

Yeah RBF is a really awesome band but there is this Japanese band called “Oreska Band” its all girls so sure it’s all girly but it’s real fast paced ska, really awesome. You can check them out on myspace music.

reel big fish, planet smashers, less than jake are all amzing.
im just starting to get into listening to ska music and im really liking it

Ya Less Than Jake are amazing.

old catch 22 is quite good i must say along with RBF

i dont know if they are really considered ska but sublime was pretty good

Some more good stuff: Suicide Machines, Arrogant Sons of Bitches, MU330, Flaming Tsunamis, Against All Authority, Voodoo Glow Skulls

Edit: The Clash also has some good ska even though they’re not a ska punk band

Every ska band i know is danish, but i can dig some up for you if you want to. And as nerdrock said, then its hard to find it in stores, but there’s a lot of live around in Copenhagen.

operation ivy are my favorite but another good band sorta ska is sublime i love santeria by them

Slightly Stoopid is awesome. Not sure if they count as ska though.

Reel Big Fish. Maybe the only ska I’ve ever heard, but they are great.

I like “The Forces of Evil” semi-ska and awesome.

Ha, I love The Aqua Bats and almost all the bands you mentioned, JJ; and some of the newer Catch 22 is pretty good, but Catch 22 is really angry at Tom Kalnoky (Streetlight Manifesto’s lead singer and lyric writter). Thats what “A Moment of Silence” was about, as Catch 22 detested Tom leaving the band to go to college in one of thier songs yet still played the songs that Tom wrote like “Keasby Nights” and “On & On & On”.
If you like Streetlight check out Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution (BOTAR). Its an acoustic band that plays some Streetlight songs and some of thier own songs. They are pretty cool.

I really like this ska band: The Specials… one of their best songs are (monkey man) &(gangsters)…

heh. i really enjoy ska, these are all the bands i consider to be ska.

-311
-catch 22
-goldfinger
-less than jake
-mad caddies
-mustard plug
-operation ivy
-rancid
-reel big fish
-skankin’ pickle
-steetlight manifesto
-sublime
-the aquabats
-the flatliners
-the specials
-the toasters

i definately need more… :x

the specials own

i’m into
reel big fish,
the aquabats,
no doubt,
they might be giants,
goldfinger, ect. im mostly into 3rd wave.

why has no-one mentioned this-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chW2kp7x-6Y