Favourite ska bands? (jazz, punk, rock, album, The Slackers)

stakeraiser · 10-10-2007, 02:47 PM

check out The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It - amazing album

jackhammer · 10-10-2007, 03:29 PM

I,m really digging THE FLAMING TSUNAMIS at the moment. Ska Hardcore Punk is the best description, they really are extraordinary. An acquired taste though. Some people may find them too schizophrenic.

rocknrollrat · 12-11-2007, 01:19 PM

what are your top five favorite ska bands?!

peace

meg

jackhammer · 12-11-2007, 01:29 PM

What's yours?

Mine in no order

THE SPECIALS
MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES
THE TOASTERS
SKANKT
THE FLAMING TSUNAMIS (they do incorporate hardcore too!)

lucylamppost · 12-11-2007, 09:04 PM

Big D and the Kids table (old stuff not so much new stuff)
Catch 22
Streetlight Manfestio
The Aquabats
the toasters

cardboard adolescent · 12-11-2007, 09:26 PM

madness
catch 22
mad caddies
distorted penguins
aquabats

djchameleon · 12-12-2007, 06:33 AM

I don't even know if I've heard 5 ska bands but I have a question is streetlight manifesto considered ska?

enemyat_thesix · 12-12-2007, 01:28 PM

most the bands mentioned in this thread are technically ska-punk, but that's basically what the term 'ska' has come to mean

1. Streetlight Manifesto
2. Reel Big Fish
3. Catch 22 (Alone In A Crowd/Keasbey Nights)
4. The Aquabats
5. Mad Caddies

jackhammer · 12-12-2007, 01:36 PM

^^^
Three out of my five are just plain ska. I was hesitant to put THE FLAMING TSUNAMIS as they only have elements of ska. I'm surprised you have put REEL BIG FISH as they are Ska by numbers. I also like:

Toyko Ska Paradise Orchestra.
New York Jazz Ska Ensemble.

cardboard adolescent · 12-12-2007, 01:46 PM

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra rock.

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I,m really digging THE FLAMING TSUNAMIS at the moment. Ska Hardcore Punk is the best description, they really are extraordinary. An acquired taste though. Some people may find them too schizophrenic. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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rocknrollrat Groupie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3	Favourite ska bands? what are your top five favorite ska bands?! peace meg

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	What's yours? Mine in no order THE SPECIALS MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES THE TOASTERS SKANKT THE FLAMING TSUNAMIS (they do incorporate hardcore too!) __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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lucylamppost I'm a figure of forgotten Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: canada Posts: 349	Big D and the Kids table (old stuff not so much new stuff) Catch 22 Streetlight Manfestio The Aquabats the toasters __________________

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cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	madness catch 22 mad caddies distorted penguins aquabats

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djchameleon A.B.N. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NY baby Posts: 11,455	I don't even know if I've heard 5 ska bands but I have a question is streetlight manifesto considered ska?

12-12-2007, 01:36 PM	#29 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	^^^ Three out of my five are just plain ska. I was hesitant to put THE FLAMING TSUNAMIS as they only have elements of ska. I'm surprised you have put REEL BIG FISH as they are Ska by numbers. I also like: Toyko Ska Paradise Orchestra. New York Jazz Ska Ensemble. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra rock.