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Godofhardcore
Joined: Feb 22 2010
Posts: 351
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Going to High School in the 90s it seemed there were 2 kinds of kids in my school. Gangsta wannabes and Ska kids. IF not either they were into Punk and thus by proxy also dabbled in some Ska.
Anywho For whatever reason I went a Ska rampage this week and grabbed what I could. Save Ferris, Bosstones, Sublime, Goldfinger, Operation Ivy, Reel Big Fish, The Specials, the Beat ect (Fishbone is too weird for me)
While Ska isn't by any means my favorite music it's pretty much musical prozac.
Anyone else dabble in Ska? Any suggested bands while I build my Indie record store on an External Hard drive?
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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Goldfinger was pretty cool.
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NERO
Title: Mark Hamill
Joined: Apr 28 2008
Location: Chilliwack
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Go two-tone, it is twice as skankin'. The Specials, The Skatalites, The Selecter, you could even get some The Toasters.
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 It's not rape if you rape everyone who accuses you.
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Ross Rifle
Title: Rock N Roll God
Joined: Oct 29 2006
Location: Chilliwack, BC
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Dude, going to high school just a couple years ago, there were only wiggers and ska kids. The only bands in town are ska and 'punk' too.
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Alowishus
Joined: Aug 04 2009
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I saw the Specials last November they were really good.
I like Less Than Jake, Save Ferris, Madness and The Specials.
Maybe some Reel Big Fish.
EDIT: Nearly a year later.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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Does early No Doubt count? I played the shit out of that back in the day.
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
Joined: Dec 17 2007
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The planet smashers are pretty great.
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
Posts: 6544
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Agreed. I was also a huge Operation Ivy fan back in the day as well. Too bad they evolved into Rancid and got boring and abrasive.
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chazzlabs
Joined: Dec 28 2009
Location: New Jersey
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Check out Catch 22. They're one of my favorites, and they're from my home state. 
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Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
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I mostly dig on ska-punk, but even then I'm mostly limited to Mustard Plug and Operation Ivy.
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So here's to you Mrs. Robinson. People love you more- oh, nevermind. |
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Shut up, Dorn
Title: White Chocolate
Joined: Jan 04 2008
Location: Grate Whyte Norf
Posts: 1179
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Awesome.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
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| GPFontaine wrote: |
| What about grunge? |
In the mid-to-late '90s, there was a ridiculously short ska explosion (I refuse to say Skasplosion, since it was probably the name of half the god-damned albums that came out during then), the beginning point coming around the time Rancid's ...And Out Come the Wolves came out.
Oh, I also forgot about Slapstick and Less than Jake ("Automatic" is one of my favorite songs). They kicked ass.
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
Joined: Dec 17 2007
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streetlight manifesto is pretty sweet too
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chazzlabs
Joined: Dec 28 2009
Location: New Jersey
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| Optimist With Doubts wrote: |
| streetlight manifesto is pretty sweet too |
Absolutely! How did I not mention then along with Catch22? 
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Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
Location: Here I am.
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The first, last, and best Ska band was "Madness".
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3skulls
Title: Skinned Alive to Death
Joined: Mar 11 2010
Location: San Digital, Ca.
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Skeletones! Dr. Bones is classic! The Independents, Early Sucide Machines. (their new stuff is weak.) And to play devil's advocate download the track "Ska Sucks" by Propagandhi. Pretty much sums up the early nineties ska revival...hehehe.
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3skulls means you die.
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Alowishus
Joined: Aug 04 2009
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| 3skulls wrote: |
| Skeletones! Dr. Bones is classic! The Independents, Early Sucide Machines. (their new stuff is weak.) And to play devil's advocate download the track "Ska Sucks" by Propagandhi. Pretty much sums up the early nineties ska revival...hehehe. |
I'm listening to Skeletones now they kick ass!
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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Skaface, Skankin' Pickle
And they were more of a swing band, but ska and swing revival were big around the same time, so Squirrel Nut Zippers.
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
Posts: 6544
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Shut up, Dorn
Title: White Chocolate
Joined: Jan 04 2008
Location: Grate Whyte Norf
Posts: 1179
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
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Dorn, that sig is beyond awesome.
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Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
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OH GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT THE AQUABATS WHAT THE HELL.
*sigh* where's my thorny vine, it's time for serious repentin' after that sin.
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So here's to you Mrs. Robinson. People love you more- oh, nevermind. |
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alkaline388
Joined: Jan 01 2007
Posts: 6
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Reinhart_x
Title: Master of nothing
Joined: Oct 06 2009
Location: Ohio
Posts: 228
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If you're into Ska-punk, check out The Hippos. They've always been one of my favorites, although they only made a few albums.
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