Ska! Ska! Ska!

[.pie.]

Name your favorite ska bands!

1st wave:
Prince Buster
Desmond Dekker
Derrick Morgan
The Skatalites
Judge Dread

2nd wave (Two Tone)
The Specials
The Selecter
Madness
The English Beat

3rd Wave/Ska-punk
Operation Ivy
The Filaments
Rancid (some stuff)
Leftover Crack

[It'sFae]

I'm not sure if they're Ska, but I consider them ska. They're called Save Ferris.

[zeronoah]

save ferris is ska..

my favorite ska bands include:

reel big fish
save ferris
the specials
the aquabats
the toasters
the skatalites
operation ivy
less than jake
buck-o-nine
catch 22
madness

[grindqueen]

less than jake
goldfinger
reel big fish
mad caddies
buck-0-nine
operation ivy

[NIGhtMAre]

goldfinger

[robiskewl]

oh my. you people. you are all depraved. seriously, check out streetlight manifesto. they're the best thing to happen to ska since horns.

also:
big d and the kids table
the aquabats
reel big fish
save ferris
catch 22 (pre formation of streetlight manifesto)

[.pie.]

Me being from NJ I should like them, but I don't.

[shamoncowboy]

the specials
catch 22
very very early no doubt
Mighty mighty bosstones(ska-core but still)
ruskabank
gold finger
the skatalites
both the clash and rancid when they experimented with ska
theres this local band called 8th wave
less than jake
id have to say my favorite is the specials

[rankz]

What is ska? I don't think i've heard any of those bands

[zeronoah]

unenlightened i see.

mighty mighty bosstones are really great.

why dont you like catch 22, they frickin rock. well anything before "Dinosaur Sounds" kick ass. i think "Keasbey Nights" is probably the best Catch 22 album.

[robiskewl]

i like catch 22. i think they're great. i've seen em like three times. i just think they're going downhill

[Eric Koston8]

suicide machines

[JesusRodeAFlip]

Im Kinda new to the genre. So far i love the Aquabats, The Voodoo Glow Skulls and The Forces of Evil. Can anyone gimme any suggestions on new stuff to try? Thanx

[Skate or Try]

haha, sorry to be pointing out the obvisious. Check the lists above

[JesusRodeAFlip]

i mean that aren't posted here.

[ROCKon]

I used to like ska, when I was about 9 or 10. I was into Goldfinger, Less Than Jake and some other stuff, can't remember that much.

[Snaker]

Has anyone heard of the Code? I guess you could consider them like hardcore punk-ska. Political and heavy, but with bits of ska kinda thrown in. It's cool; I like the Code, but I don't like any other ska.

www.myspace.com/thecode

[.pie.]

http://www.thefilaments.com/filaments/index.php?page=sounds

[zeronoah]

yeah they are good as hell live though, i dont like dinosaur sounds.

[pr0o boarder]

I dont listen to ska but if i had to it would be less than jake. goldfinger. and real big fish.

[Rastabilly]

Major props to anyone that had aquabats on there list. Best ska band ever.

Catch 22
Goldfinger
Reel Big Fish
The Toasters
Operation Ivy
Rancid (select few)
Leftover Crack
Sublime (some stuff)

[Griptape Flip]

The Ethiopaths
Jackie Mittoo
Baba Brooks
Desmond Dekker
Laurel Aitken
Prince Buster
Stranger Cole
Delroy Wilson

Gotta love the Ska mon...Jah...

[paul_13]

clash
rancid
catch 22
reel big fish
goldfinga

[robiskewl]

no.no.yes.yes.no

having a ska song here and there doesnt make you a ska band, and goldfinger got rid of their horns.

[.pie.]

Aka. Crack Steady bands...

SkaCorePunk, where you from? I know like 10 people who are in love with Crack Steady bands...

[SkaCorePunk]

i am from kansas

and what the hell happened to my post

[snakeyes17]

that's a good question eh matey

[DARKSTAR4ever]

ska?

[GirlsCanSk82]

I didn't think that people still listened to ska. I went through a brief ska phase in high school -- haven't listened to it since then though.

[.pie.]

ska?
It's a genre of music, started in the 60's in Jamaica, and had pretty much 3 "waves", each getting a more rock/punkier sound as the years progressed. It is the origin of Reggae, even though people seem to get that confused. Bands such as The Ethiopians, The Skatalites, Prince Buster, Derrick Morgan, Desmond Dekker, Laurel Aitken, etc. are first wave bands/artists, and started the whole thing. Bands like The Specials, Madness, The Selector, The (English) Beat, etc. are Second Wave bands, or aka "Two Tone", and bands like Big D and the Table Kids, The Toasters, Mustard Plug, etc. are 3rd wave bands. Bands like Operation Ivy and Voodoo Glowskulls are ska-punk, which is closely related to 3rd wave ska, but not always the same. Another genre of ska is ska-core, which Im not too familiar with, but is a mixture of harcore and ska, like Link 80, Morning Glory, Choking Victim, or pretty much any Crack Steady band (not so much Leftover Crack), are examples of ska-core.

[GirlsCanSk82]

I used to love the voodoo glowskulls. that was a longtime ago -- though i just found my old op ivy tapes (yeah i said it, casette tapes).

anyways --- if you're new to ska, check out op ivy or goldfinger (even though they're more ska punk) -- those are two of my favorites. a lot of people really liked reel big fish as well -- but i don't really classify them as ska too much.

[DARKSTAR4ever]

It's a genre of music, started in the 60's in Jamaica, and had pretty much 3 "waves", each getting a more rock/punkier sound as the years progressed. It is the origin of Reggae, even though people seem to get that confused. Bands such as The Ethiopians, The Skatalites, Prince Buster, Derrick Morgan, Desmond Dekker, Laurel Aitken, etc. are first wave bands/artists, and started the whole thing. Bands like The Specials, Madness, The Selector, The (English) Beat, etc. are Second Wave bands, or aka "Two Tone", and bands like Big D and the Table Kids, The Toasters, Mustard Plug, etc. are 3rd wave bands. Bands like Operation Ivy and Voodoo Glowskulls are ska-punk, which is closely related to 3rd wave ska, but not always the same. Another genre of ska is ska-core, which Im not too familiar with, but is a mixture of harcore and ska, like Link 80, Morning Glory, Choking Victim, or pretty much any Crack Steady band (not so much Leftover Crack), are examples of ska-core.
oh thnx i was all like wat is ska?skate?skooter?escape?

[JesusRodeAFlip]

Mang... The Allentions, Aquabats (To die for!), Forces of Evil, Cherry Poppin Daddies, ... the list goes on and on

[evilcheese00]

No Comply

That's all that needed to be said but since you need to now post over ten words...

[.pie.]

Mang... The Allentions, Aquabats (To die for!), Forces of Evil, Cherry Poppin Daddies, ... the list goes on and on

Cherry Poppin Daddies aren't really ska, but they're good :)

EDIT: Now I'm listening to more their stuff, theyre like ska/swing.

[JOnes SOda Co.]

goldfinger


yea dude goldfinger is great, have ne of u heard the song spokesman

[JesusRodeAFlip]

yea dude goldfinger is great, have ne of u heard the song spokesman


That song is definetly not ska... that song falls into the Emo/Wannabe Punk/Crap category.

[rustyburrito55]

Streetlight Manifesto is seriously good. just heard them about 5 min ago actually.
Mighty mighty bosstones are pretty good
Longshot hero
Some reel big fish (only 2 or 3 songs)

Of course these are all 3rd wave ska bands. I dont really like much 1st or second wave

[.pie.]

I just started listening to Catch 22 and SLM, they are amazing. I didn't like Catch 22 before because I heard Dinosaur Sounds, which was a pretty shi.tty album. I am listening to Keasbey Nihts right now, its great.

[Francesco]

I dunno what it is, but that one ska song that goes tu rah, tu rah, tu rah, tu rah eyyy....

[Ramp]