The Best of Ska: i want to get a list of the greats
 

I want to collect a list of say the 20-30 greatest ska bands and i would love some opinions here cuz fairly new to ska. I plan to buy/download all i can of this list. Less well known ska is welcomed also.

and this is just a quick list of some ska bands ive heard mentioned
I Voted For Kodos
Slackers
Toasters
Madness(personal favorite)
Desmond Dekker
Skatalites
The Planet Smashers
catch 22
streetlight manifesto
catch it kebabs
mustard plug
leek and the bouncing uptones
the specials
Random Hand
Harijan
Adequate seven
The pietasters
The aquabats(but they aren't ska anymore)
Sonic Boom 6 (in parts)
Sublime
The skunks
The bluebeats
The allstonians
The mighty bosstones
Madness
Suburban legends
The filaments(in parts)
The assorted jellybeans
The Beat
Capdown

indeed
 

skavenja
suicide machines
the superpineapples
the cohorts
the fandangles
the uptown creepers
hepcat
MU330
the flatliners
bigd and the kids table
buck o nine
the independents
regatta69
kingpins
got milka
bim skala bim
dance hall crashers
judge dread
skaladdin
the tray surfers
operation ivy
bandits of the acoustic revolution


That should help you out

a local band....the midnight crazies
www.myspace.com/midnightcrazies

Here you go...
Add Laurel Aitken and third wavers The Slackers, Let's Go Bowling, and Hepcat.

who sang that song
it went , naked women naked mman where did you get that nice sun tan

voodoo glowskulls

Sublime
Sublime
Sublime
Sublime
Sublime
Sublime
Sublime
Big Reel Fish
Sublime
Sublime
Sublime
Sublime
Sublime
Sublime
Big Reel Fish
Big Reel Fish
Sublime

add five iron frenzy and i'd say thats the worst list ive ever seen.

One man's trash is another man's treasure......??

You already have a good couple of lists going.
If you really like Madness, perhaps you would like The English Beat or Bad Manners.
Johnny Socko and Mad Caddies have some songs with catchy horns.
If you like MU330 and Assorted Jelly Beans, you might like the Blue Meanies or Jeffries Fan Club.
For a little more variety check out Skankin' Pickle.
Cheers

right on!!! lol

thanks guys keep em coming ive been saving up some money to buy some of their cds

am i missing something here or isnt it reel big fish?

wow
 

u dont know **** about ska

What about Happy and Naked? Good band there

Jeffries Fan Club is an AWESOME band!!!! Go have a listen :)

The Hippos definitely.

............."Take him Away"!!!........
.....It's called Stupid Marriage by The Specials

yiou must get bob an the wailers JUDGE NOT ALBUM
COMES ON SONGS OF FREEDOM BOX SET

No mention anywhere of Alton Ellis, Donald Drummond, Ernest Wranglin, Allentons, Chris Murray, Aggrolites, King Django, Eastern Standars Time, Westbound Train, Justin Hinds, or Tommy McCook? For shame for shame for shame.

i saw Chris Murray last summer in colorado , he was solo9 and the **** was great he does have a band in LA , and for King Django, i have a couple tracks on a collab cd
good stuff

Yeah King Django is pretty good. And, I like the Aggrolites too.

slackers, common rider, op ivy, mad caddies, big D and the kid table, blue meanies

i know some of them are ska-punk bands. but isnt it really all about the horn section?

No it is NOT all about the horns section at all. If slipknot got a horn section would they be playing ska? Hell na, so why do you thin ka punk band with a horn section is ska? Your lucky I don't have the time to go off on a tangent right now, but I've said it all before and don't have the time now. SO look here instead http://musicbanter.com/showthread.php?t=5639

oo, i'm intimidated. of course if slipknot got a horn section they wouldn't be ska, pull you're head out of you're ass i was making a generalization. i said SKA-PUNK, its got elements of both, and the horn section is what gives it the ska feel, along with the fast reggae riffs between more punk oriented power-chord type riffs. its still got the feel of ska.

Why would horns give it a ska feel? Why not a jazz feel? Or a classical feel? Or a bop feel? You do realize ska isn't the only music with horns right? Do you also know that ska isn't enirely based on horns? More so guitar than horns any day. Why would a fast reggae riff be related to ska? Most ska isn't really that blazing fast hence the reason it draws an lder crowd. But anyway I don't know why your being so ****y and stuff or why you posted a bunch of "ska punk" (with exception of the slackers) in a ska forum anway.

People are free to post what they wish. I mean, I can understand stand where you're coming from. I feel the same way. That ska is not just about the horns and mainly about the guitar/bass/drum beat. But still, let him/her post as they please!