Any Ska fans here?

I've recently re-found my love for Ska. Anyone else out there enjoy it? My favorite band has gotta be Streetlight Manifesto. Not only is their wholly original work awesome, their re-recording of Keasbey Nights trumps the original. Catch 22 was clearly not big enough for Tom Kalnoky's awesome song writing talent.

A runner up to Streetlight for me is probably the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Other notable mentions are Reel Big Fish and Five Iron Frenzy.

Streetlight is amazing. I used to listen to them all the time when they first came around, and saw them live about five times. Catch 22, and Streetlight are by far the best. MMBS are okay, though they're a little too popish I think, I dunno.

Want really good old school ska? Spring-heeled Jack is the way to go. You won't regret it.

I'll check 'em out, but yeah Streetlight are amazing. I've seen them three times already and probably seeing them again this weekend. Their lives shows are always so much fun.

They're a blast! Be sure to shrink your sig size down a bit, then re-host the image ;D

Originally Posted by Aeffles

They're a blast! Be sure to shrink your sig size down a bit, then re-host the image ;D

Yeah it's been sig nuked for a while now, I'm just lazy as hell.

Ska's dead, guys. :3

That being said, get me some Specials, Skatalites, Selecter, English Beat, and Desmond Dekker any day over this alterno-punk swill that you wannabes call Ska. :3

Originally Posted by andi

Ska's dead, guys. :3

That being said, get me some Specials, Skatalites, Selecter, English Beat, and Desmond Dekker any day over this alterno-punk swill that you wannabes call Ska. :3

Excuse me, but what is this, the ninja'd sig thread?

And spring-heeled jack was incredible.

Spring Heeled Jack U.S.A - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

And please dont' tell me you're going to go running around saying Sublime is so ska! yay!

Cause then I'd have to kill you.

Originally Posted by Aeffles

Excuse me, but what is this, the ninja'd sig thread?

And spring-heeled jack was incredible.

Spring Heeled Jack U.S.A - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

And please dont' tell me you're going to go running around saying Sublime is so ska! yay!

Cause then I'd have to kill you.

o.O Are you serious? Are you really that versed in your mommy's-basement-dwelling ways that you don't know even know what I'm talking about?

Read: that you don't even know what ska is?

Look up one of the bands listed above and then compare it to the totally edgy and completely original stuff that is "Spring Heeled Jack", also known as "Reel Big Fish Lite".

If you want real ska, you've got to go at least two-tone or earlier, man - you know, to when ska didn't have the option of selling out. Check out some Symarip and you'll know real ska, and you'll know that you don't like ska. But then again, most posers your age don't like songs that don't appeal to how hardcore they are and how much they think that everything around them sucks.

It takes a lot of stompin' to get to the moon, guys, and you adolesent whiners don't have what it takes to get there. :3

Whoa, it's not that I don't like ska, as you said, I just don't know a lot of really old ska. But I'd much rather listen to early 90s "ska" as you call it, rather than a lot of todays stuff, with a few exceptions.

Early 90's "ska":Ska::Wiggers:Black People

Just wanted to make sure everyone in this thread knew that. :3

Also, you guys should check out some real ska. Desmond Dekker's "The Israelites" is a very good song to start with. :3

Yeah, I quite like a lot of the old two-tone stuff. The Skatalites are great, but not all of the newer punk/ska stuff is bad. Streetlight, especially.

I had my ska phase in high school. I'd listen to pretty much everything from the classic two-tone to the "punk" ska third wave. The Specials, The Skatelites, Catch 22, Streetlight, Big D and the Kids Table, Reel Big Fish, Five Iron Frenzy, Madness, Less Than Jake, etc etc.

I still listen to a bit of The Specials and Madness, and Reel Big Fish as well. Less Than Jake is still one of my favourite bands. I still enjoy ska, but not the same way as back in high school when it was all I was about for about a year.

I've listened to a little bit of ska and really loved it. I want to get some really good ska music, so what bands would you guys recommend? I've listened to one Less Than Jake album, and I've heard a bit of Catch 22. Are those considered up there in the ska scene or should I listen to others?

I love ska music.

Originally Posted by andi

Ska's dead, guys. :3

So? :3

Originally Posted by Kemata

II've listened to one Less Than Jake album, and I've heard a bit of Catch 22. Are those considered up there in the ska scene or should I listen to others?

Whoa, I love both of those bands, but they're more of ska/punk than actual ska.

If you want to listen to some 100% ska, look no further than the almighty Skatalites. Can't go wrong there. :]

Other great ska artists:
The Slackers
Satori
Madness
The Bruce Lee Band
The English Beat
Westbound Train
The Specials
The Toasters

Originally Posted by Laika

Whoa, I love both of those bands, but they're more of ska/punk than actual ska.

If you want to listen to some 100% ska, look no further than the almighty Skatalites. Can't go wrong there. :]

Other great ska artists:
The Slackers
Satori
Madness
The Bruce Lee Band
The English Beat
Westbound Train
The Specials
The Toasters

Sweetness! I'll definitely look into those. Thanks for the suggestions. :3

Five Iron Frenzy is the only ska I have right now, but when I get a little more cash, there's some other bands I want to check out.