nothing. Really?
i found the oundtrack last night and listed to it on the way to school so awsome..Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Impression That I Get
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2oTp3mBm1w
Heard it in Digimon the movie xD. I love this song. It's got a summery vibe to it.
Time to listen to some of these and see if I like anything else in this genre.
As for ska i listen to :
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
Aquabats
less then jake
catch 22
reel big fish
Mighty Mighyt bosstones
but not really into ska now adays
Guess I should look for a good album to pick up next month from Amazon (if they have one for $5).
Nigel.ctrl + F, "hepcat"
nothing. Really?
So Good.
Right On Time is one of the best ska albums ever made.
Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/album/29w16Lj8AgN4O4CJ2FtvB6
The Planet Smashers:
Hey Hey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7dA8-pRFKU
Surfin' In Tofino:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX-J-VrYeWY
Fabricated:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_2U8l2hUFg
You can thank me later.
The Slackers
Aggrolites
Mobtown
English Beat
The Zodiacs
The Upsetters
Toots and the Maytals
Stubborn Allstars
Dr. Ring Ding
Laurel Aitken
Derrick Morgan
The Skatalites
Derrick Morgan
Desmond Dekker
Babba Brooks
Don Drummond
Justin Hinds & the Dominoes
Alton Ellis
Tommy McCook
The Clarendonians
John Holt
Lee "Scratch" Perry
I am partial to Rocksteady, due to the more relaxed down beat and less bright horns. If you saw a ska show in Phoenix, Az between 1997 and 2006 it was me or one other guy putting on shows. I seemed to bring the Slackers every year and we would collaborate on getting the Skatalites to play, even before McCook and Alphonso passed.
Love the music, not a fan of third wave, unless it is bands like Hepcat, The Slackers and Aggrolites. The punk-ska was perfected by OpIv, imho and even then I like them more for their punk.
The Toasters
2 Tone Army:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22bHUADv7vk
90's Nickelodeon kids should recognize the song.
My man!People, people!
The Planet Smashers:
Planet Smashers - Holiday
Planet Smashers - No Self Control
Those are my two favorites by them.
If anyone cares, you should check out "Cat Man." It's an older flash series from japan that uses music from the Planet Smashers.
Don't know how easy it is to find nowadays, but definitely worth watching.
Good God, this is glorious.Originally Posted by The Awesomest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vEMkvjnAfo(featuring that one amazing jazz piano lady)
Yeah it's kind of a shame, but I love me some ska-punk too. Like one dude said earlier in the thread, there was a point in my life where all I listened to was ska/punk. I would sometimes drive two hours to another city to pick up albums. I still regularly listen to Hepcat, Desmond Dekker, and The Specials. All my other past favorite bands just don't resonate with me anymore.People don't really think of contemporary tradska when the genre gets brought up.
Some of my favorite tracks:
Hepcat - "Earthquake and Fire": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0UNK4VVbwU
Desmond Dekker - "Unity": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrQjI0xFmxQ
Bro-fist. I once drove ~7 hours on a whim to Atlanta to see the Skatalites play. I nearly died on the way home from falling asleep at the wheel.Originally Posted by desertdroog
I am partial to Rocksteady, due to the more relaxed down beat and less bright horns. If you saw a ska show in Phoenix, Az between 1997 and 2006 it was me or one other guy putting on shows. I seemed to bring the Slackers every year and we would collaborate on getting the Skatalites to play, even before McCook and Alphonso passed.
Love the music, not a fan of third wave, unless it is bands like Hepcat, The Slackers and Aggrolites. The punk-ska was perfected by OpIv, imho and even then I like them more for their punk.
Probably doesn't even count as ska or punk, but it is related and it is awesome:
It's a Wonderful Life
Outside of the aforementioned Slackers, Hepcat and Mobtown, there weren't many with any staying power outside of an album if any.
Stubborn Records made the in-roads King Django did with the New York sound through collaborations at Version City with Victor Rice, DJ Mush-1 and Crazy Baldhead who were about the only carriers of the traditional ska flame. (before Europe did a switcharoo by sending us their Psychobilly music and took up the mantle of traditional ska) The supergroups formed, which exist on Stubborn Records, contain members of bands from the Toasters, Skatalites, Slackers, Rancid, you name it, if they were touring back then, more than likely Jeff Baker had them in the studio and laid down some collaborative tracks.
The Aggrolites get props from actual Jamaican artists, Hepcat and the Slackers also get any sort of recognition as Jamaica's view is that most ska is crap if it isn't done by the originators. Not my opinion, just what I have gathered over the years through various interviews both read and conducted by bands traveling through town.
The Toasters are to be commended as a result of bridging the tail end of the Two-Tone era to the Third Wave, and definitely for breathing new life into the scene through Moon-Ska Records, later to be devolved into Monolith. Skanic out of San Diego was a pretty awesome Two-Tone styled Third Wave act, which set them apart when everyone was trying to do pop-punk stuff. See-Spot was another traditional styled band out of the Third Wave, but unless you lived in L.A. or near the West Coast OR you were a hard core enthusiast, you might have missed them. Skavoovie and the Epitones bridged the Third Wave with some Jazz and Big Band way before the Cherry Popping daddies could agree to a specific sound they wanted to produce.
Respect.
Bro-fist. I once drove ~7 hours on a whim to Atlanta to see the Skatalites play. I nearly died on the way home from falling asleep at the wheel.
Justin Dillavou, frontman for the Skoidats, attended the Music conservatory out here in Mesa, Az. and was doing some fantastic Dub and Dancehall mixes. Last I heard he got a job in L.A. doing sound engineering. We lost touch, obviously. However, if you catch the one or two songs he did on this second Skoidats album and a few songs at Version City with Django, you can really get a feel for the late 60's rocksteady sound he was channeling.
Also to be recognized is "Venice Shoreline" Chris Murray, of the Canadian band the Kingpins. He moved to L.A. and started a solo act, which he excels at and is worth listening to. He fosters the Bluebeat sound, which is essentially the evolution of Rocksteady as it came to the U.K. shores.
edit :
What is those orientals with cats and ska ?Originally Posted by Typographenia
My man!
If anyone cares, you should check out "Cat Man." It's an older flash series from japan that uses music from the Planet Smashers.
Don't know how easy it is to find nowadays, but definitely worth watching.
This old korean series also uses ska
Chris Murray - http://chrismurray.net/
Rocksteady
Ex-Darling
Victor Rice
Dub Mix
See Spot
Robbery
Donkey Show - San Diego (Dave Hillyard, saxaphonist for The Slackers cut his teeth here wayyy back in the late 80s) Two-Tone style
Mister Brown
Hepcat
Hooligans
Bobby and Joe
Bim Skala Bim - another unique band like the Toasters which came out of the end of the Two-Tone era and forged on through the Third Wave
I took a Fall
Toasters
Dub 56
Scofflaws - NYC
Night Train
Time of the Season
The Arsenals Band from Eastern Canada that remind me of a mixup of Two-Tone and Fishbone.
Beer
Skoidats
Oi, when the rain comes <- not what you would expect by the name, give it a listen
Skoidats + Inspecter 7 collaboration
Night of the Droogs
Stubborn Allstars - King Django with one of his super groups - http://www.stubbornrecords.com/
Tin Spam
Tired of Strugglin
The Slackers - http://www.theslackers.com/ (focus on Rocksteady, dub and their own version of NY Soul)
Have the Time
Married Girl
Let's Go Bowling - L.A.
Spy Market
Inciters - San Francisco group specializing in Northern Soul
Manifesto
The Aggrolites <- focus on early Reggae - http://www.aggroreggae.com/
Faster Bullet
Mr. Misery
Dr. Ring Ding - German Dancehall Skatter DJ
My Sound
Call Di Doctor
Skavoovie & the Epitones
Blood Red Sky
Blue Beat Players
Bank Robber
The Pietasters - Third Wave Two-Tone edge and Soul (trivia: this band had a standing feud with Goldfinger, to which Goldfinger never countered when being called out)
Out all night
Girl Take it Easy
Something Better
The Pacers - Millwaukee - Two-Tone with a bit of a faster edge
Hasenpfeffer
Straight outta my hometown here in Phoenix My homies.
Kongo Shock
Mokska Medicine
Ska vs. Spy
From Tucson
Dave's Big Deluxe
Fat
Murder Ska
Oh man, I remember There She Is. Isn't there like four of them or something now?What is those orientals with cats and ska ?
This old korean series also uses ska
Takes me back to the days when I was first finding sites like newgrounds and other flash sites.
Here's a music video done for the Planet Smashers using CatMan - Blind.
Yes .. only saw that now too.... and be careful, the last ones gets into some deep territory ='|Originally Posted by Typographenia
Oh man, I remember There She Is. Isn't there like four of them or something now?
Takes me back to the days when I was first finding sites like newgrounds and other flash sites.
Here's a music video done for the Planet Smashers using CatMan - Blind.
used to love their hit songs on MTV back when i was a kid. "What I Got" and "Wrong Way" were awesome.
Ah, that reminds me!Loved the ska tracks on various video game soundtracks (like Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1/2/3/ect)
Guess I should look for a good album to pick up next month from Amazon (if they have one for $5).
Rhythm Heaven DS - Munchy Monk 2
Incredible Crisis for PS1 - TSPO did the entire soundtrack to this game. I think they also did something for Sly Cooper.
Five Iron is stupid and you are if you like them also, too.
favorite band since my elementary school days <3
They're coming back alive!!
Kemuri came out of Japan in the 90s. Very upbeat songs with some good messages. Fun stuff. Very good live band.
Kemuri - Ato Ichinen Live
Kemuri - Positive Mental Attitude Live
Ska-p is a Spanish ska-punk band also from the 90s. Most of their songs are pretty politically heavy.
Ska-P - Cannabis
Ska-P - El Gato López Live
"Melting Pot"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buIhuVfGnDI
"So Sweet"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vBjUV8fkDQ
DUUUUUUUUDESka is my favourite genre of music. As well as reggae.
The Slackers are my favourite band of all time.
Subscribed for later posting since I'm at work.
I'm glad to see The Slackers are well represented here. I've seen them about once every year for the last 3 or 4, they're back again in SF in February so will probably see them again! They put on a great, fun show. Always enjoyed it in a different way too.
Loved ska primarily in middle school and high school. Bosstones, Catch 22/Streetlight, Mustard Plug, Suicide Machines, Reel Big Fish (this was early middle school), Operation Ivy, The Planet Smashers, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. All I can think of at the moment.
If I didn't have a goiter
I recall getting some of their songs, including this one, on eMusic a few years ago when I had some free downloads.
Five Iron Frenzy RETURNS!!
WHY IN THE BLINKING HECK WAS I NOT INFORMED ABOUT THIS!?
Also, I'm a fan of Skankin' Pickle. In fact, I should listen to some tonight.
Not getting my hopes up after the last two albums, but I'll still buy it anywayDeserves its own post:
Five Iron Frenzy RETURNS!!
WHY IN THE BLINKING HECK WAS I NOT INFORMED ABOUT THIS!?
Hm, I might have to go to this.Originally Posted by AcridMeat
DUUUUUUUUDE
I'm glad to see The Slackers are well represented here. I've seen them about once every year for the last 3 or 4, they're back again in SF in February so will probably see them again! They put on a great, fun show. Always enjoyed it in a different way too.
Goldfinger's Superman really embodies everything ska is about to me. Not that it's the best ska song ever, but it's a wonderfully catchy and upbeat third-wave song. I also have sentimental attachment to it from my high school days, though ironically I never played Tony Hawk, which is where literally everyone knows it from.
In terms of more modern ska, I think Mad Caddies' Keep It Going might be my overall favorite album. They have a fantastic sound that juggles pop punk, rock and reggae bizarrely well. So damn good.
No Surprises
Fake Plastic Trees
Paranoid Android
I'm In the Mood For Ska
Over the River
Get Up Edina
Man, Desmond Dekker was the shit.
I met the guy once, but couldn't stay for his set, and he gave me a bunch of these huge "One Man Ska Band" stickers. I still have one plastered on the lid of the laptop I'm typing this on right now. c:
Such a nice guy.
Lip Up Fatty - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6fQnTyEniM
My Girl Lollipop - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_N1qQZL550
Skinhead Girl - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elUE3...eature=related
7 piece from Derby, England that were arguably the best live band I've ever seen (and probably my favourite Ska band, too).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIuAU6y79cs
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