Ska

[Forest_Fire]

ska sucks

[Kithkin]

ska sucks


You suck

[the-UK-ska-scene]

You suck

No, you suck.

Kith did I send you a song by The Scrub? And what did you think of the songs, you cockbadger!! :D

[Untitled]

Jas, because you love me so much, could you tell me the best bands offa Kithkins first posts :D

Also, some of the links where it says "ill give you this one" dont work :(

[PrinceCaspian]

join the Reel Big Fish isquad
http://i-squad.com/link/link/Mjg0MzYwfDgy

[Kithkin]

Jas, because you love me so much, could you tell me the best bands offa Kithkins first posts :D

Also, some of the links where it says "ill give you this one" dont work :(


I uploaded a lot of songs to a website that eventually got shutdown. So anything that says ACE doesn't work anymore. All of the rest are links to offical sites and should work. If they don't it means the url was changed or something.

And since you asked Jas, I'll let Jas answer:)



Jas, the cheap answer is I liked everything you sent me:) You sent me fine time by scrub. They are damn good. You also sent me the Stickybacks - You Stacked It who totally stole the riff from the voodooglowskulls. But that's ok because they do it better;). You had amnesia and sent me sonic boom six who I already loved:p and I think the Junglists and Captain Everything saying one was a good pop punk band and you weren't wrong. I don't remember what you said about the other one... but it was probably right too.

[pedro durruti]

Listen to Lesdystics

[sketchyjoe]

Jas, the cheap answer is I liked everything you sent me:) You sent me fine time by scrub. They are damn good. You also sent me the Stickybacks - You Stacked It who totally stole the riff from the voodooglowskulls. But that's ok because they do it better;). You had amnesia and sent me sonic boom six who I already loved:p and I think the Junglists and Captain Everything saying one was a good pop punk band and you weren't wrong. I don't remember what you said about the other one... but it was probably right too.
Not to mention the hawt nudes!

[Untitled]

I uploaded a lot of songs to a website that eventually got shutdown. So anything that says ACE doesn't work anymore. All of the rest are links to offical sites and should work. If they don't it means the url was changed or something.

And since you asked Jas, I'll let Jas answer:)


Ok, no problem, im sure i can find them all on soulseak or Kazaa Lite, or something.

I only asked Jas because she was online at the time i asked and stuff, any opinions are welcome :thumb:

[Jas]

Jas, because you love me so much, could you tell me the best bands offa Kithkins first posts :D

Well some of my favourites would have to be (offa his original posts)...

Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution/Streetlight Manifesto
Big D and the Kids Table
Chris Murray
Distorted Penguins
King Apparatus
King Prawn
Link 80
Mad Caddies
Mu330
Mustard Plug
Operation Ivy
The Planet Smashers
Sublime
The Supertones
The Forces of Evil
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

... And if you try to get a little something from some of them, you should get a nice broad variety of ska and stuff.

And since you asked Jas, I'll let Jas answer:)

:rolleyes: kthx. And I'm glad you liked everything, sorry I sent you SB6 though you'd already heard them! Ahh, going to see them again in a couple of weeks, really can't wait. Should pick up some CDs by a couple other hard-to-get-hold-of local ska acts that day as well, including one of my friend Alex (http://www.punkermentality.com)'s favourite bands at the moment, The Lock Up... Who are apparently 2-toney and good. Cannae wait :D

Not to mention the hawt nudes!

There was a reason he wasn't mentioning them, it was confidential!!


I have been listening to BOTAR, and a little bit o'Streetlight today, and I am so loved-up with music and life and those bands right now. It's unbelievable. The BOTAR EP just takes my breath away every time I listen to it.

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Thanks :D

[Hyposomnaic]

Anyone know some good Spanish Ska Bands. I like Unidad, Cerveza y Ska by Inspector and Tres Veces Tres by Panteon Rococo, which got me into spanish ska. So anything that you think I would be interested throw them my way. Also I don't wanna hear the Clash sing in spanish, so don't even post that.

[pedro durruti]

Skamoondongos, Ska Cubano (Cuban, obviously, but they sing in Spanish- not all the time though), Jamaica 69

[sketchyjoe]

Skamoondongos, Ska Cubano (Cuban, obviously, but they sing in Spanish- not all the time though), Jamaica 69
I introduced the entire internet to Ska Cubano.

[pedro durruti]

Who told you about them or how'd you find out

[Nyabingy]

awsome thread..good job
my fav. ska bands are
first wave> toots and the maytals
second wave> the specials or the english beat
third wave> capdown
first wave revival> hepcat

[SKA MAN]

hey do the ska bands get that sound? is it like some weird effect cuz i'm buyin a pedal soon and i need to know

[sweboy]

You're talking about the guitar? It aint no effects, it's all about the technique. I'm sure there's a lot of threads in the guitar forum about it, so check it out.

[Jas]

Upstrokes innit moosh ;)

Hey kids, might have some exciting information that I need your help with, but I'll have to sort out the details first so I'll ask you guys for ideas in a couple of days :D

Gosh, how cryptic!

[bearofintegrity]

the daycare swindlers are awesome and their last show was amazing

[bearofintegrity]

the daycare swindlers are awesome and their last show was amazing

[bearofintegrity]

the daycare swindlers are awesome and their last show was amazing

[sketchyjoe]

Who told you about them or how'd you find out
I read a short review of them in the Observer that was only a few lines long but said they were great so when I saw it at my local independent record shop a few months later I bought it then uploaded it.

[pedro durruti]

Observer?

Hey Kith how is the Rx Bandits show these days

[sketchyjoe]

British Sunday Newspaper.

[Permanent Solution]

Observer?

Hey Kith how is the Rx Bandits show these days
Not addressed to me but...I saw them a month ago about and it was good, real high energy and I love the jam sessions they do.

[Forest_Fire]

Nice avatar Jas

[Kithkin]

Observer?

Hey Kith how is the Rx Bandits show these days


I don't know. I've only seen them once and it was at Warped tour '02 and their stage was right in front of a dusty area so you couldn't dance without wheezing.

[Jas]

Nice avatar Jas

Cheers dude.

Ok kids, Adam announced my exciting announcement :rolleyes:

So I got an interview with Big D, I may need your help coming up with questions though because as much as I love that band's I don't usually pay attention to the members and such. Anyhow, we can save that for another week, you don't want to peak too early with your amazing suggestions. ;)

You lot should listen to Square if you haven't already. I was meant to be seeing them a couple of weeks ago but I couldn't :upset: But they're amazing anyway. Swedish (if I'm not mistaken) ska-punk. Innit.

[sketchyjoe]

So I got an interview with Big D.
I thought you were pregnant with Kithkin's baby. That would've been much more exciting.

[Jas]

I only wish :upset:





;)

[vallely2004]

woopwoop Big D interview

*dances*

I love you Jas!

[efdrummer89]

Wow dude, nice thread.... very informative

Whenever I hear Five Iron Frenzy, i just laugh, and laugh, and laugh some more....
If I remember one of their songs went like this....

WHEN I GO OUT I PLAY IN THE STREET
I GET HIT BY CARS
I MAKE MASHED POTATOES
I GET HIT BY CARS!

All of this was song in a Screamo style...... Very interesting

[Mizar]

I was at a pretty decent ska show over the weekend. My friends' band and four other bands from southwest Ontario played at a club in my city. It was definately the fullest I've ever seen the place compared to all the other shows which normally sell pretty well.

[mr.k]

Wow dude, nice thread.... very informative

Whenever I hear Five Iron Frenzy, i just laugh, and laugh, and laugh some more....
If I remember one of their songs went like this....

WHEN I GO OUT I PLAY IN THE STREET
I GET HIT BY CARS
I MAKE MASHED POTATOES
I GET HIT BY CARS!

All of this was song in a Screamo style...... Very interesting


Five iron frenzy was one of the best third wave ska bands

[efdrummer89]

Agreed...... I'm just saying some.... most of their lyrics are crazy.

[mr.k]

indeed :chug: :chug:

[PrinceCaspian]

anyone got the new rbf album? what do you think

[Kithkin]

Eh... RBF's side projects are where that band shines lately...

[mr.k]

Eh... RBF's side projects are where that band shines lately...

i argree entirly
:cool:

[TheNowhereman42]

FOE were good when I saw them

[pedro durruti]

I got a Rudiments album and two Asian Man Records pins in the mail today

[Jas]

I bought a Bosstones album for £4 the other day :cool:

I have a few now. A collection, one might say.

I bought a Suicidal Tendencies album yesterday, there's one song I've listened to so far (haven't listened to the whole album yet) where there's a kind of ska section. Coolios.

Nearly bought a King Tubby/ Scientist/ other dub vinyl today but couldn't decide on one.

[pedro durruti]

I think I know which song you're talking about, Half Way up My Head right?

[Forest_Fire]

I got my first bosstones cd the other day. I think it was "Question the answers" or something like that. It hasn;t come in yet, but what other of their albums would you recommend?

[Jas]

what other of their albums would you recommend?

Let's Face It. It's an awesome CD! I have 2 copies, cus I bought them both for about £1 each at charity shops :cool:

I think I know which song you're talking about, Half Way up My Head right?

Yeah that's the one :D


I also found my copy of the Adequate Seven EP the other day. It's not ska, but it's funkcore with horns - everyone check it out. You probably won't be able to get the EP, but they have a full-length album called "Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience", and they're about to release another full-length soon! They supported Capdown on a tour about a year and a half ago, and when I saw a show on that tour I thought Ad7 totally raped Capdowns arse :o

[Forest_Fire]

Adequate Seven are awesome. I've only heard about two or three songs, but they're on my mp3 player and I love them

[sketchyjoe]

They're really good live too.

[Jas]

Aquabats radio show here right now

http://www.nitroradio.com/

[Jas]

A Few Brit Bands - Maybe you'd like to add these to the first few posts in the thread Kith? So people can see them when they first look at the list of bands.


Sonic Boom Six - A four-piece (recently reduced from five) from Manchester. They play a catchy, awesome mix of ska, hip-hop, punk, and more. They consist of one guitar, bass, drums, saxophone, and samples. Leila the singer also plays this crazy mouth-keyboard thing, I don't know what it's called. Signed to Moon Ska, they're amazing. People Acklike They Don't Know (http://www.moonska.net/mp3/sb6_acklike.mp3)

Solabeat Alliance - Another Moon Ska band, recently split which is sad. They combine skapunk, punkier punk, and more two-tone influences to make some bloody smooth tracks which can just wash over you on summer days (I'm thinking of Dusk Til Dawn). Heroes (http://www.moonska.net/mp3/solabeat_heroes.mp3)

APB - Based up North, these guys make sweet ska/dub. Lots of horns, you get the impression that the music is really important. Recently had quite a large line-up change, and "re-formed" though they never split. Will start gigging again soon. A band to check out!

Stickybacks - This band also recently split, but they mix ska with dark, screamier stuff, and it comes out damn well. If you like your ska dirty and rough around the edges, this lot are for you. Pin The Tail (http://artists.iuma.com/site-bin/mp3gen/58881/IUMA/Bands/Stickybacks/audio/Stickybacks_-_Pin_The_Tail.mp3)

Milk2Sugars - Ska-punk band, you might also recognise the legendary Matty Pee who helped out with TheSka and PunkerMentality (he's pretty smart at internet design things). Wiped Out (http://www.punktastic.com/~milk2sugars/mp3/vcv/wipedout.mp3)

The Filaments - British punk band, mostly play punk, but when they play ska they do it bloody well. There's a new ska track in the works which is amazing, let's hope it's on the next album! B.P.C. (http://www.punkrocksounds.com/FIL2.mp3)

Midnight Crazies - Ska-core band, making a lot of friends and a name for themselves at the moment. I might be seeing them with Streetlight Manifesto, should be good.

The Scrub - Excellent Bristol ska, I think Kith will agree that these guys are the mack. Recently been picked up by Do The Dog Records and released an EP, it's ace! Fine Time (http://www.thescrub1979.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ftmclip.mp3)

Catch-It Kebabs - Now legendary renowned local heroes of the Ilkley/Leeds area, Kebabs are a 10-piece with the recent addition of Beefy. They play jazz/ska/punk but don't pigeonhole them! Their combination of excellence and loveliness means they make friends and tour almost constantly, even though they're still in college/uni. Amazing. Download She Needs Protection here (http://www.purevolume.com/catchitkebabsuk/music)

Duff Muffin - Local to me skacore boys, they're also on Do The Dog and they rock hard.

3DayBenda - Another local band, one of Vallely's favourites, they blend ska/rock/emo/a bit of metal, and it comes up trumps! They've got better since I first saw them, and make you want to dance. Download The Understanding and A Thousand Pounds Good here (http://www.purevolume.com/3daybenda/music)

The Junglists - Another band that Kith can testify for, they're ska-ish with a violin. They are lovely guys, and are climbing the ladder of scene-ness fast. Download Lies and I'm Sorry Dave, I Can't Let You Do That here (http://www.purevolume.com/thejunglists/music)

Smoke Like A Fish - Two-toney 3rd wave from our fair isle, Toasters-esque with a keyboard to boot. Excellent band, make me feel good and I want to dance when I hear this music. Also snatched up by Do The Dog, excellent find there by our Kev!

[sketchyjoe]

You forgot Farse. They rocked.

[Jas]

Farse are already on the main list thing. There's just no bio or MP3 up for them.

[Forest_Fire]

Weapons of Brass Destruction?

[asdf]

I'll post some songs from the band that got me into ska. It was a local band. I started listening to them because the bassist was a family friend. They were called the cheapskates (which is taken by another band, I know). They really got me to listen to a lot more local punk and ska, and then to more well-known ska. They broke up, got rid of the bassist I knew, and formed a new band called one for the books, but it's not really the same to me. They now think that their cheapskates mucic is pretty lame, but I still enjoy listening to it occassionally.
So here's two songs:
Make a stand (http://www.angelfire.com/art2/asdf23/cheapskates_makeastand.mp3)
A-OK (http://www.angelfire.com/art2/asdf23/cheapskates_A-OK.mp3)

And their new band's purevolume site:
www.purevolume.com/oneforthebooks

[Jas]

Weapons of Brass Destruction?

Fair point.

Weapons Of Brass Destruction - This band is out of the westcountry, but is now based near me as well. They describe themselves as "Beachball skacore" and they're just ace. They're fun, a little unlucky, and they know how to work hard at making a name for themselves. They'll be getting bigger. Download Kapow!, Get Your Ska Out Of My Drive!, and Bull Dozers On The Playground here (http://www.purevolume.com/weaponsofbrassdestruction/music)

Some more local bands to me then:

Harpoon Larsen - Ska-punk stuff, sometimes reminiscent of Big D. I haven't brought a proper copy of their new EP yet, but I'm hoping it's better recording quality than the last. They've only been around a year, but they've been on nearly every ska bill in the area since (a combination of luck and judgement), and also the guitarist seems to be everywhere I go - even when I'm in London or at Reading! Listen to some tracks here (no download) (http://www.purevolume.com/harpoonlarsen/music)

Speaking Of Losers - More skapunk, the singer's voice really reminded me of Dickie from the Bosstones at times, and I thought these guys amazingly ace when I saw them. I met them all a couple of weeks later, and the singer seemed like a bit of a dick (I'm just biased cus he said Howards Alias were crap) but nonetheless good music I think. Listen (again, no downloads) (http://www.purevolume.com/speakingoflosers/music)

Zero Consent - Another skapunk band, they seem really nice and they gig a lot with bands who come through, and also Harpoon Larsen. I saw them advertise for a trumpet player once on Mx. Download Waster and Defeatist here (http://www.purevolume.com/zeroconsent/music)

Game Show Host - They call themselves ska-dub-reggae-core, and they are pretty much veterans of the local (Portsmouth) scene now. I really really liked them when I saw them, they seem really laid back and the saxophone player used to work at the bar at the venue. Useless information ++. I haven't seen them play anywhere for ages, I can only assume they're on some kind of hiatus, hopefully not permanent! Download Segregate, DHF, and A Change Is As Good As A Rest here (http://www.purevolume.com/gameshowhost/music)

Blame It On Edd - One of the best pop-punk/punkska bands (without horns) that I've seen successfully play ska. (Another good band to play ska without horns is Whitmore, but I don't like them so much.) The drummer (Edd, no less), has the most awesome hair ever. They've played with big bands to come through, including Rx Bandits.

[Jas]

Ska-P are splitting up after 10 years. They're going on a farewell tour covering Spain, Portugal, France, Italy... No England. Shame.

This is a lovely quote they made, and what wonderful English!! ;)

During 10 years , fueled with energy , passion and hard work , SKA P has been delivering its music and message all over the world . Now we have taken the decision to put our career into brackets for an indefinite length . Before this , we have decided to do a farewell tour we would like to share with all the people that have supported us during all these years ( the audience , our technical crew , promoters , medias , etc ....) . We know this is going to be a sad news for our fans and we present them our sincere apologizes . Due to this interruption in our career , we will not record a new album in the next future . Many thanks to all of you for your unwavering support .

[mr.k]

that sucks

[Forest_Fire]

Ska-P was okay most of the time.


/shamelessley tries to add a kentucky ska band into the mix

Five Hours - Ska/punk with no horns. This band was born when a metalhead befriended some ska kids. "Ska sucks" he said. "Even I could make better ska music than most of the bands you listen to". And so he teamed up with his friends to do just that. After about three years and one album, they broke up and the metal kid went on to be in amazing hardcore bands and the ska kids stayed back in town and continue with new ska and reggae bands.

Purevolume (http://www.purevolume.com/fivehours)

Download Download Download (http://music.download.com/fivehours/3600-8721_32-100367378.html)

Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=9599349&Mytoken=20050319101143)

[PoisonParadox]

I like it

[Untitled]

Hi all.

Quick question for any ska experts.

Does anyone know of a designer who has done the ska two tone black and white picture things. Kinda like whats in Kithkins avator.

If you could help me on my mission to make a ska related graphics project, i would be eternaly gratefull :thumb:

[sketchyjoe]

The guy's called Walt Jabsco.

Jerry Dammers (keyboard player in The Specials and architect of the 2-tone movement) came up with it with help from Horace Panter (the bass player). It's based on Peter Tosh (Jamaican Reggae/Ska dude.)

Here's a comparison:
http://www.thespecials.com/images/photos/history/toshtowalt.jpg
Peter Tosh : Walt Jabsco

[PrinceCaspian]

whatre the RBF side projects these days?

[Rise Me Up]

has anyone else heard of the planet smashers?

[Untitled]

The guy's called Walt Jabsco.

Jerry Dammers (keyboard player in The Specials and architect of the 2-tone movement) came up with it with help from Horace Panter (the bass player). It's based on Peter Tosh (Jamaican Reggae/Ska dude.)

Here's a comparison:
http://www.thespecials.com/images/photos/history/toshtowalt.jpg
Peter Tosh : Walt Jabsco
Woo, Thanks a lot :cool:

[sweboy]

Sup in the house ska people. There's a line stuck in my head, but I can't figure out what song it's from. I'm pretty sure it's a ska-punk song, but I can't put my finger on what band and song it is. It goes something like this: "... and I never was a fan of the way she moved, it's a little too slick, it's a little too smooth". Anyone know the song?

[Kithkin]

Thats the Stray Bullets - America

The members of Jaya the Cat that stayed state side are in that band.

[KingOfSka]

The guy's called Walt Jabsco.

Jerry Dammers (keyboard player in The Specials and architect of the 2-tone movement) came up with it with help from Horace Panter (the bass player). It's based on Peter Tosh (Jamaican Reggae/Ska dude.)

Here's a comparison:
http://www.thespecials.com/images/photos/history/toshtowalt.jpg
Peter Tosh : Walt Jabsco

Hey he looks farmiliar.

[sweboy]

Ah, thanks Kith-rock, that's the song.

[mr.k]

has anyone else heard of the planet smashers?

yes

[pedro durruti]

Guys listen to The Rudiments! http://asianmanrecords.com/media/The_Rudiments-Wailing_Paddle.mp3

Big D covered that.

[pedro durruti]

http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7531857#post7531857

[Kithkin]

I'm guessing thats the dvd release, cause I think i have the video at home.

[pedro durruti]

Yeah, it is. How is it?

[Kithkin]

Its good enough. I don't really watch music videos as a general rule, but its got a good variety of bands on it.

[pedro durruti]

Do you know if the only Link 80 stuff on there is that Verbal Kint video?

[Kithkin]

There was just one video per band on the vhs. But this is a dvd with extra stuff...

[mr.k]

sounds cool

[lessthanjackie22]

Has anyone heard big d's cd porch life? i luv good luck and how it goes but supposedly this one's hip hop?? i dunno...someone help me out and tell me about it :)

[KingOfSka]

For anybody thats interested, I just found a really good explanation (although Kithkin's was excellent) of the evolution of Ska & Reggae, Two Tone Ska, and 3rd Wave Ska.

http://www.skasummit.com/ska_history.asp

Enjoy

[GabeSHL]

Has anyone heard big d's cd porch life? i luv good luck and how it goes but supposedly this one's hip hop?? i dunno...someone help me out and tell me about it :)
I have it...I sort of bought it by mistake. I don't really reccomend it. It's basically them just ****ing around and freestyling and making prank calls. If you're a really hardcore fan, maybe you'll appreciate it and get the jokes, but I don't really get it. If you love ska, don't buy it. If you love Big D, then go for it.

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Check your gmail K-rizzle. And why haven't you added my hard-laboured band descriptions onto the first posts yet?!?!?!?! Was all my effort for nothing??!!?

Teehee, just joking. You're the man.

[Kithkin]

Cause I'm lazy...


and it never really occured to me to do that:)

[the-UK-ska-scene]

I knew it was because you're lazy :p Nah, just kidding, it's even in alphabetical order! Amazing!

There's a ska-fest all-dayer happening near me on my birthday, I think I've decided how I'm celebrating ;) Fancy coming over on 13th August Kith? We can skank, and I can drink legally and it'll be good times!! That goes for the rest of you, too :D

[Kithkin]

I would if I had money, but I don't even have a job lined up for the summer yet:p

Can you add a bit more of a description to Duff Muffin please. That they rock is fine for me, but not everyone else;)

And maybe a bit more to Midnight Crazies.

[Kithkin]

And anyone else who wants to do any bands are welcome to. Just try to find a song for free somewhere and include a breif description of their sound and maybe what makes them special.


Copy this and put information in where it is needed:

Band Name[/b] by your name: Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description. Find songs at type url here]Name of song or website for downloading from


which will look like this:

Band Name by your name: Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description Description. Find songs at Name of song or website for downloading from (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=185472&page=1&pp=25)

[Kithkin]

alright, I updated the first few pages with Jas's stuff and a few other people's stuff and cleared out most of the .ace files that don't link anymore, updated a few of the bands, added the Stray Bullets and The Hippos.

Ihate, write something for link 80.

If anyone else has written up a band in the past between the first page and the last 2 or 3, find it, then quote it and ill add it soon enough.

[pedro durruti]

I did kith ya bastard, like 20 pages back! But I'll write a better one.

Oh yeah, and if you guys haven't already, check out Rico Rodriguez's live album Togetherness, it's seriously one of the greatest things I've ever heard.. the man is amazing

[pedro durruti]

The Rudiments by Peter (ihatecelebrities): Another Asian Man Records band, also from the East Bay, that I like to describe as Fishbone meets Operation Ivy. They are pretty crazy in their songs, and have silly/funny lyrics. Most of their ska can be found on the album Circle Our Empire, but you can also hear some great punk on their album Bitch Bitch Bitch. Find songs at Asian Man Records (http://asianmanrecords.com/media/The_Rudiments-Wailing_Paddle.mp3)

Link 80 by Peter (ihatecelebrities): Asian Man Records skacore straight out of the famous East Bay. The band is currently on hiatus and has been since 2002, but most fans anxiously await their return. Link 80, although having one name, is basically two bands- Nick Traina Link 80 and Ryan Noble Link 80. Same band, two very different sounds, yet always played that good ol' skacore. Punk vocals and hardcore breakdowns with an occasional ska riff and many catchy horn lines. RIP NICK. Find songs at Asian Man Records (http://asianmanrecords.com/media/Link_80-Intolerance.mp3)

[sketchyjoe]

I did kith ya bastard, like 20 pages back! But I'll write a better one.

Oh yeah, and if you guys haven't already, check out Rico Rodriguez's live album Togetherness, it's seriously one of the greatest things I've ever heard.. the man is amazing
I have his Man From Wareika album that's pretty awesome.

[mr.k]

ya i tohught it was good

[the-UK-ska-scene]

I bought The Specials s/t 12" today for £5 in a second hand record shop. I've been going in there ages, and I only just found the ska vinyl...... It's in the rack labelled "reggae", all mixed up with the reggae stuff :rolleyes: Well, I guess it's forgivable, seeing as ska came from reggae.....

[Kithkin]

Yeah, I see that a lot too.

Turn up the Ska has gotten better since I first saw it a long while ago. Now on campus I listen to it instead of wasting my mp3 player's batteries.

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Kith did you like that Splitters track I g-g-g-g-gmailed you? Or have you not heard it. It's proper mint, son!

May have some more UK ska pour vous. Just lemme know if you want it, like.

[Kithkin]

Heh, now I'm just ignoring you for the fun of it:)

They are right good trad music. That kind is always good live stuff. Doesn't kill you after 3 songs.

I want, I always want.

[pedro durruti]

Is Slightly Stoopid a ska band? I'm at their site right now listening to some live song and it's rap, not necessarily bad rap but I could have sworn they were ska. ANyways they're playing with Fishbone on June 9th

[Kithkin]

They are about as close as you can get to sublime. They don't stick to one style. They range from pop-punk to ska to reggae to rap.

They are a good live band. A bit to jam bandish for me, but not overly so. I imagine even less so if they aren't the headliner.

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Heh, now I'm just ignoring you for the fun of it:)

SLAP :p

Yeah, it was mint at the gig cus everyone was just skanking down the front (wasn't particularly busy), just dancing, minding their own business, as it should be. Then $up came on and everyone down the front (including me) got absolutely mullered. Mullered, I say.

Fez from Splitters sent me this mix CD I got this morning, it's mostly like trad ska he's taken off all his old vinyls, I've been listening to it all day, it's ****ing brill!! :thumb:

[non sequitor]

im seeing reel big fish w/ the pietasters tommorow night

[GabeSHL]

I'm seeing Big D with the Stray Bullets may 6th. It's going to be amazing.

[stiff_little_fingers]

Im going to go see the english beat may 10th i think, thats going to kick
Streetlight manifesto is june :thumb:

[pedro durruti]

http://www.purevolume.com/acousticstreetlightcoverband

Interesting, but gets boring after you listen to it for awhile

[sketchyjoe]

I'm going to Howards Alias on the 18th of May and Ska Cubano on the 22nd.

[pedro durruti]

:( Can I come?

[the-UK-ska-scene]

I'm going to Howards Alias on the 18th of May

Mint, might be seeing them in July but we'll see (if I can be bothered). The all-dayer I might be going to on my birthday has Skylar (they have Howards Alias members, ****ing brill band), Blame It On Edd, Pickled Dick, Complex GSL, Encyclopedia, Duff Muffin, Plug, Suburbia Fears, and should be more tbc.

I reeeaally want to go to the Saturday of Wasted this year, but that looks like it might not happen. There's still a chance, though - I really want to see Mumrah, APB, Splitters, Catch-It Kebabs, Zen Baseball Bat, The Supatones, King Django, Random Hand, Freaks Union, Sonic Boom Six, Adequate Seven, MU330, The Filaments, Howards Alias, NoComply, Captain Hotknives, Stza Crack, The Undertones, and The Stranglers who are playing that day. Best day of the fest with my musical taste. Mint!

However, gigs I am going to..... That'd be Streetlight Manifesto, in about 8 hours, and then Streetlight again tomorrow. Then maybe Wednesday. And then maybe again next Sunday (but then I wouldn't be able to see The Toasters). Hmm, decisions!!

[Kithkin]

SL played Under the Sea from the Little Murmaid as an encore and a bunch of songs I didn't know during their set.

[d-money229]

You should add Secret Agent 8 to the list.

Out Of Control (http://www.crumie.com/goodmusic/Secret%20Agent%208-%20Out%20Of%20Control.mp3)

[non sequitor]

axis of evil are a really good local band from worcester, MA...they opened for reel big fish and the pietasters and way more people were dancing to their set than to the pietasters

jeffries fan club are good...kinda like less than jake before they went pop punk but with a less annoying singer

[Forest_Fire]

My first ska show is friday... I can't wait.

Mustard Plug, plus a bunch of kick a'ss local ska bands.

[pedro durruti]

Everyone get Satori's debut album tomorrow!

A fresh mix of reggae, bluebeat, rocksteady, and ska. The debut album by SATORI sounds like it came straight from the streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Instead it comes from Huntington Beach, CA. This new project is the brainchild of Steve Borth of the RX BANDITS and features all the members of the band including guest spots from Chris Murray, Ben Brewer (THE EXIT) and Gunnar Olsen (THE EXIT). Inspired by STEVIE WONDER (brown cover albums), DUKE ELLINGTON , JOHN COLTRANE, KING TUBBY, LEE "SCRATCH" PERRY, and THE SKA-TALITES. DIGIPAK with booklet.

[the-UK-ska-scene]

You know when it's out in England? The Reel Big Fish album isn't out til next month :( I asked the shop to order it in early but no luck.

Here's my Streetlight pictures from Sunday night, please excuse the one of me looking mullered at the end. I was actually dead. It was so hot at the show that Chris the Streetlight drummer nearly fainted and had to go outside for air in the middle of the set. So they only played a few songs. They also had to turn all the lights down, meaning I used the flash, and didn't want to take so many pictures and so there's only a few.

http://photobucket.com/albums/v306/jazm2/Streetlight%20Manifesto%20Southampton%20Joiners/

I asked Tomas if they could play We Are The Few the next night, and sure enough he got them to, in the encore. It was awesome, and I shook his hand after and he remembered me and everything.

So I've seen them play pretty much everything I want them to, except I asked for They Provide The Paint... and Tom said the new members didn't know it yet :upset: But I have seen them play A Moment Of Silence, A Moment Of Violence, Everything Went Numb, Point/Counterpoint, Keasbey Nights, Hell, If And When We Rise Again, A Better Place A Better Time, We Are The Few, The Big Sleep, Here's To Life, Dear Sergio, and they played the start of One Mississippi, and also the start of Smells Like Teen Spirit, which was so awesome.

Their trumpet isn't with them on this tour, he got stopped by US security on the way out of the country. Guys, your system is ****ed up :mad:

Brilliant, though! So brilliant! Everything just rules.

[Kithkin]

Asian Man will ship to england I think...

That sucks about the trumpeter. The only thing they haven't played for you that they played for use is Hey by the suicide machines.

[pedro durruti]

Rx Bandits was sold out :(

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Ok finally got around to improving Duff Muffin, as I saw them last night. Amazing.

Duff Muffin - Local to me skacore boys, they're also on Do The Dog and they rock hard. They mix skacore and jazz stuff, and blend it in with tight-but-simple beats to make excellent live music, which scrubs up well on CD. Still a young band, expect the debut full-length soon (summer '05).

Unfortunately I didn't get to see Midnight Crazies last Wednesday so I can't really improve the thing I wrote about them.

Check it out I spent my May Day bank holiday Monday evening making a BOTAR shirt...

Front:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/DSCN1007.jpg

Back:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/DSCN1008.jpg

Me:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/DSCN1009.jpg

[pedro durruti]

That's awesome. Make me one!!

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Hah, okay, it'll take me about 5 hours though!! You know, sometimes I think I should've taken art at school ;) Well, like stencil-t-shirt-art anyway..... I made some BOTAR/Streetlight patches before, too

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/DSCN1010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/DSCN1011.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/DSCN1012.jpg

... By the way, my bag is covered in crap, but before this turns into a "Jas picture thread" if you want to see the famous sack itself, just look here (the Motion City Soundtrack things are just stickers) http://photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/bag/ :cool:

[Kithkin]

The BOTAR Here's to Life shirt with the guy toasting is probably my favorite shirt of all time.

My backpack has everything columbia covered and patches wherever they fit.

I see at least two asian man patches on there:)

I have the Mu330 one too;)

I'll edit the original posts later. They are starting to run over in the 10,000 character count...

[Forest_Fire]

:eek:


I wish I could stencil like that. I'll probably try over the summer

[MulletsRiot22]

Im going to Streetlight june 5th, which is amazing because no one ever f'ucking plays in maine.

[pedro durruti]

Well, they're playing in A Portland

[MulletsRiot22]

Ya, thats why its cool because someone is actually playing in Maine for once.

[asdf]

Hah, okay, it'll take me about 5 hours though!! You know, sometimes I think I should've taken art at school ;) Well, like stencil-t-shirt-art anyway..... I made some BOTAR/Streetlight patches before, too

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/DSCN1010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/DSCN1011.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/DSCN1012.jpg

... By the way, my bag is covered in crap, but before this turns into a "Jas picture thread" if you want to see the famous sack itself, just look here (the Motion City Soundtrack things are just stickers) http://photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/bag/ :cool:
You do a good job with patch-making :cool:

[Black Ink]

So I saw Mustard Plug, Pie Tasters and LTJ in the last month. I've got some pics from LTJ so whenever I can get those up I'll post them up here because we got wicked close, which means I was basically humping the stage. I too am seeing Streetlight in June.

[6Stringer]

I saw Mustard Plug and Mu330 last weekend. I really want to see Streetlight so bad.

[Forest_Fire]

I saw Mustard Plug last weekend. Amazing show

[blacklungfever]

I saw Mustard Plug and Mu330 last weekend. I really want to see Streetlight so bad.

Streetlight is playing near me in June... but its a Wednesday so i cant go :upset:

[Kithkin]

Listen to the World Inferno Friendship Society. If only for the awsome name.

http://www.myspace.com/worldinferno

[sketchyjoe]

I have 4 WIFS albums, 3 EPS and 3 live albums. I win.

[Rise Me Up]

I saw Mustard Plug last weekend. Amazing show


Were you at ska weekend? I was I saw planet smashers Mustard Plug MU330
Go Jimmy Go,and lotsa local bands.

[Kithkin]

I have 4 WIFS albums, 3 EPS and 3 live albums. I win.


I've only got 3 albums:(

[/steals Weapons of Brass Destruction]

[Jam2Me]

I haven't read any of this thread, you might talk about these guys all the time, but anyways, can someone tell me about Long Beach Shortbus? Eric Wilson of Sublime and Ras1 of Dub Allstars are in the band so I'm guessing they're really good. Can someone confirm that for me, I wanna know if I should see them this summer.

[GabeSHL]

I saw Big D last night. Un****ingbelievable.

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Rub it in Jas's face that she couldn't see Big D. Go on, I dares ya. Everyone's going to see ska bands at the moment, it's ace.

Jam2Me, I've never seen Long Beach Shortbus but a friend who's a BIG Sublime fan and also a bassist went to see them on the UK tour a year or so back, and he didn't think they were too great live. Although, to be in the same room as a Sublime member, I think made up for that.

How was Ska Weekend for whoever went? Did anyone go see Howards Alias? If not, shame on you!!

Mustard Plug and MU330 are two bands I've often fancied seeing but not yet have. I mean, Mustard Plug said they were playing a venue near me, then cancelled ( :angry: ), and MU330 are playing a local venue next Wednesday and I can't go ( :upset: ).

Reel Big Fish seem to be playing a small club venue tour here in June (very under-publicised), and there's a date near me in a gap between my exams.... So I need to convince some people to go, if that's possible. These are big exams, so we'll see.....

And Kith, what's up with the sudden obsession with World/Inferno? You strange kid :p

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/skaska/streetlightomas2.gif

/Jas creams

[pedro durruti]

Big D are my favorite live band

[Kithkin]

I haven't read any of this thread, you might talk about these guys all the time, but anyways, can someone tell me about Long Beach Shortbus? Eric Wilson of Sublime and Ras1 of Dub Allstars are in the band so I'm guessing they're really good. Can someone confirm that for me, I wanna know if I should see them this summer.



Yeah, it isn't the same without Brad. They are an ok Reggae band now. If you like the Dub Allstars go for it.

The World Inferno Friendship Society's myspace blew me away, but I haven't really listened to anything else except the song on the first Rock Against Bush.

www.21deadmonkeys.com linked them on friday.

[sketchyjoe]

Get on Soulseek Kith. I have all their stuff on there.

[the-UK-ska-scene]

So I'm going to see Reel Big Fish at the Wedge on 1st June :cool: The Wedge is my local, by the way, capacity of 400.

The last 2 times RBF toured, they've played Southampton Guildhall, which is 2000 capacity, and the time before that (around 3 or 4 years ago) they played Pyramids which is 1200 capacity. The time before that (?) was when they played with Sum 41, at Portsmouth Guildhall which is over 2000 capacity. So this is wayyyy smaller than I've ever seen them at.

Oh, and I saw them at Reading festival with about 60,000 other people last year.

They did a small club tour about 2.5 years ago, but it didn't come here. They are just playing a few venues on this new tour. Jeez I can't wait :D

[Kithkin]

Its going to be really crowded and you won't be able to move;)

Our local club holds 300-400 and that happens everytime the come.

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Yep, I remember one of the last sold-out shows I went to at Wedge, it was around 1.5 years ago, and it was horrible. I couldn't see a damn thing, plus the music wasn't great (but it was ok cus I had got in for free and went backstage... But that's a different story). But I don't care! Because this time there'll be dancing and stuff, bloody righteous! I assume I'll collapse and die after, but isn't that what it's all about?

I'm so glad ska's not too popular here. Means I go to a lot of shows which aren't too packed.

This place I'm going to with a capacity of 400, the tickets have been on sale 2 days and this afternoon when I went in there were only 40 left :eek:... That's one of the fastest selling shows ever there. Plus it's hardly advertised at all. Mental.

[MalcolmXInTheMiddle]

Everyone should listen to Ska Cubano.

http://www.linea1.com/ska/

[Black Ink]

http://photobucket.com/albums/y249/blackink001/

Pics from the LTJ show I went to. The last one is me with the guitarist from Allister.

[pedro durruti]

I'm so glad ska's not too popular here. Means I go to a lot of shows which aren't too packed.al.
Yeah, that's the only advantage to a small scene. I think the most amount of people I've seen at a show here is 150 at tops

[Kithkin]

RBF draw far more than just ska kids though. We get a lot of pretty boys in nice clothes with their girlfriends in the pit who don't want to get pushed. They never look happy.

[sketchyjoe]

RBF draw far more than just ska kids though. We get a lot of pretty boys in nice clothes with their girlfriends in the pit who don't want to get pushed. They never look happy.
and you wanna be just like me, i wish i could
be myself and you wanna be just like me, i
can't think of no one else. and you know it's
really great to punch somebody right in the
face gonna push some little girls tonight
look out fag there's gonna be a fight

[lessthanjackie22]

I saw Big D last night. Un****ingbelievable.
Awesome! I'm seeing them may 28 @ the bloomfield ave cafe...everyone go!!!:)

[whatthedeath?!?]

(I've only read the first page, so call me lazy)

KithKin, I applaud you. No one that I know would take the time that you have to write half as much as you did about pretty much anything.

However, I think most of your information is crap, and my reasons for saying so are these:

1) There is no such thing as ska-core.
2) Offbeats and horns does not equal ska.
3) There is a HUGE difference between Ska-influenced _(whatever)_ and ska.
4) WHERE ARE THE SPECIALS?!?
5) You had nowhere NEAR enough stuff on ANY of the bands you should've had. Specifically, The Toasters and The Skatalites, and The Specials. Bands that DEFINED ska-booms.
6) Rob Hingley is the most important man in ska today, and you didn't even mention his name.
And lastly...
7) There is no such things as waves.

If I wasn't on this stupid computer, I could give you a few links to pages and pages of stuff that you could read, proving all of these points, but this computer is stupid.

Heck yes I pretend to be an elitist.

[sketchyjoe]

1. Ska-core is ska with breakdowns.
2. Where does he say that they do?
3. Everyone knows this.
4. This is primarily third wave thread.
5. Everyone knows these bands. There are separate profiles on them elsewhere ion the forum also.
6. He references how The Toasters set up Moon Ska. So what if he doesn;t mention him by name.
7. Yes, there are. The waves are the points when ska was in the public eye.

[whatthedeath?!?]

1. Ska-core is ska with breakdowns.
2. Where does he say that they do?
3. Everyone knows this.
4. This is primarily third wave thread.
5. Everyone knows these bands. There are separate profiles on them elsewhere ion the forum also.
6. He references how The Toasters set up Moon Ska. So what if he doesn;t mention him by name.
7. Yes, there are. The waves are the points when ska was in the public eye.

1. I repeat, there is no such thing as ska-core.
2. I never said he said he did. I said that offbeats and horns don't equal ska.
3. Well, okay, but nobody does anything with it.
4. Waves do not exist. Pretty much anything you call third wave, I call rock with horns.
5. Well, this is my first venture outside of drums and percussion, so I wouldn't know about these other threads. I meant he didn't go into enough detail, because they were so important.
6. No. Rob Hingley set up Moon Ska. Then he founded The Toasters. Then Moon Ska died. Then he set up Megalith Records. Somewhere in there, he also set up Moon Ska Europe, and Moon Ska Japan.
7. Waves do not exist, and if I wasn't on a stupid computer I could provide a link that goes into much more detail than I'm ever going to touch.

[pedro durruti]

Why doesn't skacore exist? Sure, it may be a silly word, but it's a combination of hardcore breakdowns, ska, and punk, and the term makes sense. Some skacore bands could be labeled just hardcore punk or whatever, but if you said [insert band here] was a punk to some punk fan they wouldn't believe you, what with the ska chords (who cares if they're usually distorted?) and the horns.

As Joe said, this thread is mainly about third wave bands. And third wave is generally characterized by skapunk bands, but it is also made up of trad-sounding bands/artists like The Slackers and Chris Murray, which he listed.

[Kithkin]

1) There is no such thing as ska-core.

Wrong, ska-core is the combination of ska or skapunk and metal breakdowns. When punk and metal breakdowns are thrown together, it is hardcore. When you do the same with ska substituted for punk, you get ska-core. You don't have to call it ska-core if you don't want, but the music exists regardless of what you call it and people will understand what you mean without having to explain the amalgamation of two forms.

2) Offbeats and horns does not equal ska.

You already responded

3) There is a HUGE difference between Ska-influenced _(whatever)_ and ska.

Yes, but all forms of ska fall under into the genre ska. It is easier to say ska than ska-punk. Most of the bands on this list are third wave bands, and 90% of them are ska-punk bands.

4) WHERE ARE THE SPECIALS?!?

As I said, most are third wave bands. The specials simply are not.

5) You had nowhere NEAR enough stuff on ANY of the bands you should've had. Specifically, The Toasters and The Skatalites, and The Specials. Bands that DEFINED ska-booms.

Yes, well the punk in me doesn't care much to toot the horn of bands that anyone who has spent any independent time researching in a genre will have found scads of information about anyway. This is far more for bands that you might not have heard rather than bands you probably already know something about. And the toasters didn't define the 3rd wave ska-boom. The booms are defined by a mainstream surge in popularity and while the toasters are certaintly a popular underground band, they weren't responsible for the surge in the Bosstones, No Doubt, Sublime, and to a lesser extent RBF and LTJ's popularity. I would say that Moon Ska is a large reason why ska didn't die when those bands lost their mainstream appeal

6) Rob Hingley is the most important man in ska today, and you didn't even mention his name.


I mentioned two or three names, Chris Murray because he is a one man band, and Thomas Kalakony because he defines the bands he is in, and possibly Mike Park. Other than them, I don't know the names of anyone in any other ska bands. That said, I now know that he founded Moon Ska. And, before it went under, it would be right to say that he was the most important man in ska of the day. I don't know who runs Moon Ska Europe now, but that person might hold to title today, as they are certaintly picking up a lot of great bands. Mike Park is another canidate, though his label isn't picking up as many ska bands as it used to. I'm not a hanger on from the most recent ska-boom. I remember it, but I wasn't a part of it. I barely started listening to music until the middle of high school. By the time I got into ska In college Moon Ska was closed and the toasters were back to being a hard working touring band.

For those of us who haven't been in the ska scene long enough to remember the day Moon Ska closed it's doors, Robert Hingly isn't going to mean as much as it does to you. Most of the people on this forum are in the same boat as me (though most of them because they are younger). In terms of generating nationwide excitement, whoever put together the ska is dead tour has done far more than any label has in the recent past. Its the only national tour that ran with a ska name and not just on the strength of the headliner.

7) There is no such things as waves.

Just because you say it, doesn't make it true. The waves are simply a genre classification that is unique to ska. No genre sits well with everybody, but if I tell you a band is second wave, you have a pretty good idea of what it is going to sound like, which is the point of genre classifications.


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[the-UK-ska-scene]

Plus the thing that everone should remember is just because we classify a genre as something here, doesn't mean that's what it is actually. Wherever you go, you'll be told something different because mostly, people have their own interpretations of what each genre is. So whatever "links" you were going to provide us with to "prove us wrong", will be just as meaningless as this thread.

[sketchyjoe]

4. Waves do not exist. Pretty much anything you call third wave, I call rock with horns.
Third wave has a huge range of styles. I call Hepcat or The Slackers third wave and they have a trad sound.

[whatthedeath?!?]

1) There is no such thing as ska-core.

Wrong, ska-core is the combination of ska or skapunk and metal breakdowns. When punk and metal breakdowns are thrown together, it is . When you do the same with ska substituted for punk, you get ska-core. You don't have to call it ska-core if you don't want, but the music exists regardless of what you call it and people will understand what you mean without having to explain the amalgamation of two forms.

Like I said, ska is not simply offbeats with horns. That's what these bands use to call themselves skacore. They are not skacore, they are with ska influences. Thats the difference. Many a metal guitarist will tell you that they have jazz influences, doesn't make them jazz guitarists does it?

2) Offbeats and horns does not equal ska.

You already responded

Yes.

3) There is a HUGE difference between Ska-influenced _(whatever)_ and ska.

Yes, but all forms of ska fall into the genre ska. It is easier to say ska than ska-punk. Most of the bands on this list are third wave bands, and 90% of them are ska-punk bands.

Most of these bands incorporate simply upstrokes and horns to give themselves the ska title. This doesn't make them any more ska than it does swing. It just means that they are a punk band with ska-influences. Not ska-punk.

4) WHERE ARE THE SPECIALS?!?

As I said, most are third wave bands. The specials simply are not.

[b]I guess if you were going for a "third wave" thread, then having them wouldn't really work, so let me rephrase the question.

WHERE IS DR. RING DING?!?

..And if it is a third wave thread, why mention Skatalites, and Toots and The Maytals?

5) You had nowhere NEAR enough stuff on ANY of the bands you should've had. Specifically, The Toasters and The Skatalites, and The Specials. Bands that DEFINED ska-booms.

Yes, well the punk in me doesn't care much to toot the horn of bands that anyone who has spent any independent time researching in a genre will have found scads of information about anyway. This is far more for bands that you might not have heard rather than bands you probably already know something about. And the toasters didn't define the 3rd wave ska-boom. The booms are defined by a mainstream surge in popularity and while the toasters are certaintly a popular underground band, they weren't responsible for the surge in the Bosstones, No Doubt, Sublime, and to a lesser extent RBF and LTJ's popularity. I would say that Moon Ska is a large reason why ska didn't die when those bands lost their mainstream appeal

True.

6) Rob Hingley is the most important man in ska today, and you didn't even mention his name.

I mentioned two or three names, Chris Murray because he is a one man band, and Thomas Kalakony because he defines the bands he is in, and possibly Mike Park. Other than them, I don't know the names of anyone in any other ska bands. That said, I now know that he founded Moon Ska. And, before it went under, it would be right to say that he was the most important man in ska of the day. I don't know who runs Moon Ska Europe now, but that person might hold to title today, as they are certaintly picking up a lot of great bands. Mike Park is another canidate, though his label isn't picking up as many ska bands as it used to. I'm not a hanger on from the most recent ska-boom. I remember it, but I wasn't a part of it. I barely started listening to musi il the middle of high school. By the time I got into ska In college Moon Ska was closed and the toasters were back to being a hard working touring band.

For those of us who haven't been in the ska scene long enough to remember the day Moon Ska closed it's doors, Robert Hingly isn't going to mean as much as it does to you. Most of the people on this forum are in the same boat as me (though most of them because they are younger). In terms of generating nationwide excitement, whoever put together the ska is tour has done far more than any label has in the recent past. Its the only national tour that ran with a ska name and not just on the strength of the headliner.

Rob Hingley still runs Moon Ska Europe and Japan, unless I am very much mistaken. He now runs Megalith records. The most important label in the states today, and maybe the world.

Call me ignorant, but I don't know much about Mike Park's label, or even Mike Park. Except that he once said that on a scale of 10, playing in Utah rated a 9.

I'm 16 years old. Hardly old enough to remember when Moon Ska closed. Until about a year or two ago, I didn't even know what it was.

I don't know much about the guy (or guys) that are in charge of Ska Is , but it seems to me that the only ska band that has ever been on it, or will be on it, is The Toasters. The rest are punk bands with ska influences. Or just punk bands.


7) There is no such things as waves.

Just because you say it, doesn't make it true. The waves are simply a genre classification that is unique to ska. No genre sits well with everybody, but if I tell you a band is second wave, you have a pretty good idea of what it is going to sound like, which is the point of genre classifications.

This is one of those things that I could explain a lot better with a link. But again, my home computer is pretty stupid. I'll get you the links I'm talking about by Monday for sure.


Plus the thing that everone should remember is just because we classify a genre as something here, doesn't mean that's what it is actually. Wherever you go, you'll be told something different because mostly, people have their own interpretations of what each genre is. So whatever "links" you were going to provide us with to "prove us wrong", will be just as meaningless as this thread.

Interpretations don't mean diddly-squat if they are wrong. I could say that the Bible is telling me to go kill all the people in Israel, because thats how I interpret it, but I'd still be wrong, because thats not what it says.

They are not meaningless. They are very informative.

[Kithkin]

Interpretations don't mean diddly-squat if they are wrong. I could say that the Bible is telling me to go kill all the people in Israel, because thats how I interpret it, but I'd still be wrong, because thats not what it says.

They are not meaningless. They are very informative.

But if thats how you interpret the bible, you are in the minority. Most people will agree that there are waves and know what I am talking about. Most people know what I mean by ska-punk. Not many people know where ska-core comes from, but my description comes from hard-core, which I where the core part of ska-core comes from. Many use ska-core as a substitute for ska-punk, as if there is no difference. There is.

Jas, you are being to accepting. The terms we use here are generally accepted by the majority of people (except perhaps ska-core) and all you are doing is calling them meaningless and lies without any backing information. I put a lot of time into this a while ago, and I hate to be wrong. Nothing in the information section comes from less than two sources. I did research and I saw nothing anywhere that indicated that waves simply didn't exist.

[shadows_forbid]

is Leftover Crack Ska?

[pedro durruti]

Overall, they are punk, but they do have ska songs

[whatthedeath?!?]

But if thats how you interpret the bible, you are in the minority. Most people will agree that there are waves and know what I am talking about. Most people know what I mean by ska-punk. Not many people know where ska-core comes from, but my description comes from - , which I where the core part of ska-core comes from. Many use ska-core as a substitute for ska-punk, as if there is no difference. There is.

Jas, you are being to accepting. The terms we use here are generally accepted by the majority of people (except perhaps ska-core) and all you are doing is calling them meaningless and lies without any backing information. I put a lot of time into this a while ago, and I hate to be wrong. Nothing in the information section comes from less than two sources. I did research and I saw nothing anywhere that indicated that waves simply didn't exist.

If the majority of people are wrong, it doesn't make it correct, or right.

Ska history is probably one of the most muddled, and incorrectly-correct topics in the world today. EVERYBODY has it wrong. Everybody thinks that ska started in the 60's. By one man, or one group. Depending on who you talk to, it will be about 10 different men or groups. Your theory on Ernest Ranglin is the first I read about him being the first to record a ska song. I've also heard that The Skatalites were the first, or Tommy McCook and Lloyd Knibb, or Prince Buster, or Laurel Aitken, or that Don Drummond paid a couple of musicians to play something he was working on, and all of these sound like very real possiblilities. The fact is, I have no clue who it really was, but since most of these people were in The Skatalites at one time, and they were the first nationally famous group, I credit them with being the first.

Another fact that has nothing to do with your post is that ska actually started in about 1956.

I'm going to go back on what I said before. Sure waves exist, but they are redundant. They are amero-centric. They are also pointless.

Here, this will make you do the work, but the links can be found at . . /forum. Do a search for threads called "Reel Big Fish Is Ska", and "Waves Do Not Exist". Read through those. They are very long, but very informative, and will go into much greater detail than I ever could've.

P.S. Yes, I am also whatthedeat?!? on that forum.

[whatthedeath?!?]

I've also heard that The Skatalites were the first, or Tommy McCook and Lloyd Knibb, or Prince Buster, or Laurel Aitken, or that Don Drummond paid a couple of musicians to play something he was working on, and all of these sound like very real possiblilities. The fact is, I have no clue who it really was, but since most of these people were in The Skatalites at one time, and they were the first nationally famous group, I credit them with being the first.

I actually just found a really cool page. Well, thats a lie. I knew about it, but never took the time to read it, but after I typed this, I saw it and had to read it. It answers the question as to who came up with the ska beat.

http://incolor.inetnebr.com/cvanpelt/knibb.html

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Jas, you are being to accepting. The terms we use here are generally accepted by the majority of people (except perhaps ska-core) and all you are doing is calling them meaningless and lies without any backing information. I put a lot of time into this a while ago, and I hate to be wrong. Nothing in the information section comes from less than two sources. I did research and I saw nothing anywhere that indicated that waves simply didn't exist.

Kith, I know you put a lot of effort into this. But I'm just saying, some of the punk etc. stuff I read on here is ultimately "wrong" in the eyes of other sites I read. I love this site for ska, which is pretty much the only reason I keep coming back. You guys are excellent, great people, so what does it matter if we are right or wrong anyway? What matters is we actually care about the music, and (I hope) always will.



Ok, so I'm drunk, but I think I will stand by what I just said in the morning.

[sweboy]

Say First, Second or Third wave to anyone who is down with the ska and he/she will know what you're talking about.

[whatthedeath?!?]

so what does it matter if we are right or wrong anyway? What matters is we actually care about the music, and (I hope) always will.


I know that this wasn't directed at me, but the reason I'm saying this stuff is because I care about the music, and I figure if you're going to care about something, its only natural to learn about it, and educate people who have the wrong idea about it.

[asdf]

Listen to the World Inferno Friendship Society. If only for the awsome name.

http://www.myspace.com/worldinferno
Thank you, kithkin! I'm absolutely loving this music! I wish they were coming to the US.

[whatthedeath?!?]

It says they're from Brooklyn.

[asdf]

It says they're from Brooklyn.
Yeah, but they're touring in europe right now.

[Jessizzle]

Why do I always forget about this thread :(

[whatthedeath?!?]

Hey, everybody go to http://myspace.com/sauce and tell me what you think of these guys.

[pedro durruti]

I like it

[Jessizzle]

If ya want a real good listen Check out The Johnstones, Their a really good local Toronto Band.
http://www.purevolume.com/thejohnstones

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Ok so I've heard about a rumoured tour happening this summer with Tomas Kalnoky, Dan Potthast, and Sean P. Rogan going out and doing their solo thang....... That would be seriously the best tour ever, you Americans are so lucky :eek:

[Mizar]

If ya want a real good listen Check out The Johnstones, Their a really good local Toronto Band.
http://www.purevolume.com/thejohnstones

The Johnstones are great, I saw them in Sarnia a month or two back when they played Ska Thaw here, it was a great show.

[whatthedeath?!?]

Ok so I've heard about a rumoured tour happening this summer with Tomas Kalnoky, Dan Potthast, and Sean P. Rogan going out and doing their solo thang....... That would be seriously the best tour ever, you Americans are so lucky :eek:

...Is it a bad thing that I have no idea who those guys are? Except that Dan Potthast sounds really familiar?

[Kithkin]

Dan Potthast is the frontman for Mu330 (I had to look it up). He has 2 cds of his own material and is the only one of the three that has toured on his own before.

Thomas Kalnoky is the singer from Catch 22/Streetlight Manifesto/Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution

Sean Rogan is the guitarist from Big D and the Kids Table (also had to look up). He's has a degree in music education from Berkely which is interesting.


What forum were you talking about? SEarching for ../ forum doesn't turn up anything.

[whatthedeath?!?]

Dan Potthast is the frontman for Mu330 (I had to look it up). He has 2 cds of his own material and is the only one of the three that has toured on his own before.

Thomas Kalnoky is the singer from Catch 22/Streetlight Manifesto/Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution

Sean Rogan is the guitarist from Big D and the Kids Table (also had to look up). He's has a degree in music education from Berkely which is interesting.


What forum were you talking about? SEarching for ../ forum doesn't turn up anything.

Oh no wonder Dan Potthast sounds familiar. I almost went to a concert where he was performing. Someone told me that Mu330 sucked and Catch 22 is horrible live, so I skipped it. :lol:

Does it only show up as two periods? Or is that just my computer? If thats what it is, then that means that my stupid computer is even stupider than I thought.

I'll get on from the school, where it isn't so lame, and I'll give you the links.

[Kithkin]

Catch 22 hasn't had thomas as the lead singer for years. I wouldn't say they suck live, but they aren't nearly as impressive as Streetlight Manifesto. Mu330 has a lot of shitty songs that they play live. They also have a lot of amazing songs that they don't play live. Why they do that, I don't know.

[pedro durruti]

Dan Potthast (by himself) is good live. He was really funny and since it was a small club he got in the of the crowd and talked to everyone

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Sorry guys I assumed everyone would know who they were... Looking back on it I'm a 'tard. I missed Dan Potthast when I was here, I was very annoyed but that's just the way it goes. He played Brighton Punk Rocks, which would've been excellent with him there.

I also missed MU330 a couple of times when they've played, always been at bad times or in bad places. Like I was in a shop once when MU330 walked in, because they were playing nearby that night. But I had to go home before the show, I was kicking myself.

Seeing Sean Rogan would be ace, too, Big D is special. One of my favourite bands, but I've never seen them. (Despite having guestlist, and an interview, I suck at life.)

And seeing Tomas. Well. It's Tomas. I would.... That would be....... Just...... Tomas.


Wow.

[sketchyjoe]

I saw Ska Cubano last night. They were amazing.

[Kithkin]

Chris Murray asked to be my friend on myspace. I felt loved:)

[Kithkin]

Also, Adam Richman (http://www.adamrichman.com/) and Whole Wheat Bread (http://wholewheatbread.net/) are opening for Streetlight Manifesto in the next few days/weeks. Though neither are ska, both are rather good. WWB is an all black pop punk trio and Adam Richman is a solo indiepop artist.


So now I really hope that if I get my new job (at lowes) I'll be able to go to either the 5/31 or 6/1 show (or both).

[pedro durruti]

Streetlight won't come to the Northwest for sooooooo long

[the-UK-ska-scene]

so the dates are up for our three week northeast american (and canadian) tour with gym class heroes and whole wheat bread. as for the rest of the country, fear not, we'll be seeing you a bit later, in the very beginning of the fall.

Peter, there ya go. God bless 'em.

I can't believe this is the last EGN tour, it seems like the end of an era that only just started for us Brits! What I'd give to see the remaining few tracks I haven't seen thus far from that album live. Looking more remote, now, though. I want to see Failing, Flailing :upset:

Such an amazing band. I received all the artwork for A Call To Arms yesterday which someone lovingly scanned in, I want that CD so much. After seeing that art, I'm even more in awe of Tomas for writing all the music and words for that band, and doing all the art himself as well. He's one in a trillion, I tell thee!!

[Black Ink]

Reel Big Fish is coming back to CT. W00T!

[Black Ink]

Oh man, I just found out Big D and the Kids Table is playing here too. This is too awesome.

[sketchyjoe]

Chris Murray asked to be my friend on myspace.
Ditto.

[mshort813]

Big D...this weekend hopefully. and Streetlight Manifesto sometime in July or June?

Can someone explain to me what Keasby Nights 2 is?

[sweboy]

Yeah, what the funk is up with the Manifesto's new album? No news nowhere makes the Sweboy go schrazy.

[Kithkin]

Recording it this summer. Victory says it comes out in january

[Jam2Me]

Oh man, I just found out Big D and the Kids Table is playing here too. This is too awesome.
A fellow CTer?

Do you frequent Toad's much?

[kieranushurnusmcgee]

Recording it this summer. Victory says it comes out in january

I can't wait that long.

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Can someone explain to me what Keasby Nights 2 is?

In the liner notes of the BOTAR CD, it says:

On The Horizon
Streetlight Manifesto - The ------- Diaries
The second of the three K. Nights chapters. It's been a while, but it's finally underway. In this episode, we see a little bit of the old, a little bit of the new.

Don't know how accurate it is though, seeing as the other releases they proposed haven't materialised yet.

And also, didn't the BOTAR CD come out before the Streetlight CD? So this CD they are referring to could actually be the last Streetlight CD. Eh, we'll see.

As for rumours on whether it's a Keasbey re-release, I've heard so many either way I just don't care any more. If it's a Keasbey re-release, then have no doubt Streetlight could do it better (or at least just as good) but what's the point? They could write their own stuff that's just as amazing (or more so). But anything they release will be gratefully lapped up by me.

[Kithkin]

Long before the Streetlight CD

Your Botar cd has liners? Mine just came with the cover and a bunch of stickers:(

I wouldn't mind seeing Keasby Nights given the treatment Hey Sergio got. I would obviously rather see new material, but they took Sergio and made it significantly better with the addition of one fairly simple verse.

You do have to remember that there were a lot of years between Keasby Nights and Streetlight/Botar. Since Everything Went Numb they've been touring and training new band members. It may take him a long time to write new songs and I don't think he will release anything until he thinks its perfect, which is a good thing.

I wouldn't be surprised if they release an album that is part redone Catch 22 songs and songs Botar had that didn't make the demo. That way its something new to most of us, and something old.

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Apparently all the songs were penned a good few months ago. So the hold up is just probably down to how much time they will take recording/mixing with all the instruments, and whether they have a break from touring that long.

Keasbey Nights (the song) is so fresh and alive again when Streetlight plays it, they would make a heck of a job with a re-do of the CD. I wouldn't mind them sprucing up some Rules Of The Game stuff, maybe, give it the Streetlight makeover.

I don't have the CD for BOTAR, ****ing this is nigh on impossible to get hold of, seriously. But I do have all the original art and casing, due to the wonder that is the internet. I'll forward you the g-g-g-gmails with it all in now. The art is amazing. Tomas is, absolutely, amazing.

[whatthedeath?!?]

Wait...I was given a copy of a song my friend called Keasby Nights (live) and he said it was by Catch 22.

[mshort813]

Wait...I was given a copy of a song my friend called Keasby Nights (live) and he said it was by Catch 22.
it is?

Big D tomorrow, baby! anyone going?

[pedro durruti]

Wait...I was given a copy of a song my friend called Keasby Nights (live) and he said it was by Catch 22.
The song was originally done by Catch 22 and Catch 22's singer is the Streetlight Manifesto singer. He has an attachment to the sounds and lyrics from Catch 22's album Keasbey Nights, and shows that attachment in Streetlight and BOTAR songs

[sketchyjoe]

But SLM play Keasbey Nights live as part of Point/Counterpoint.

[Kithkin]

I don't think I've ever felt more out of place.

I'm 22. All the kids were in high school.

It was also the strangest show I've been to. A ska band. An emo/hiphop band. An all black pop-punk band and an indy pop band.

I finally got a SM shirt though: http://www.theriscgroup.com/riscstore/images/products/sm/clothing/shirts/tshirts/smshrt05.gif

I think I'm going to try to make a botar shirt using these images:

http://tinypic.com/5l9t2d

http://tinypic.com/5l9t9u

http://tinypic.com/5l9tfk

[Retarded Chipple]

I played my first gig a few weeks ago and the Des [spunge] guitarist, was there!

[sweboy]

I got this t-shirt (http://www.tshirtsville.com/acatalog/specials_stereotypical.gif) in the mail yesterday. It's badass to the limit.

[Black Ink]

http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=20QQ88A54MVNQ39SCGJWKU662J

There's that me in a gorilla suit skanking video I've been promising to post.

[pedro durruti]

Hahaha awesome

I got this t-shirt (http://www.tshirtsville.com/acatalog/specials_stereotypical.gif) in the mail yesterday. It's badass to the limit.
Nice. I should be getting a Common Rider shirt pretty soon. Peter those pictures would make a sweet shirt

Oh yeah. The Slackers are coming here on the 24th, and it's 21+ :mad:. There one of ym favorite bands and my first chance to see them for like a year is ruined because of alcohol!!

[Kithkin]

Thank you Peter.

A lot of the more traditional bands do 21+ shows.

They don't draw much of an underage crowd and people don't like to drink when there are a bunch of highschoolers around. The only way a club will book a band to play an all ages show is if they have a big enough draw to fill the club.

That said, I've never been to a 21+ show with a big headliner.

[pedro durruti]

Haha, do you think if I get a hold of someone in The Slackers I can get them to let me pretend to be a roadie?

[Kithkin]

It couldn't hurt...

At the very least you could implore them to come back for an all ages show.

[Kithkin]

http://www.myspace.com/thevagabonds
http://www.purevolume.com/thevagabondsli

NYC Ska-Jazz-Hardcore

[pedro durruti]

Haha, cool

[Kithkin]

Our thread is falling falling with the influx of non-other people!

Chipple if you have a site, post it.

[Black Ink]

Streetlight Manifesto was amazing. Truely one of the best bands I have ever seen.

[pedro durruti]

Our thread is falling falling with the influx of non-other people!

Chipple if you have a site, post it.
Was that a play on a Streetlight song?

[Kithkin]

Ha, no... I didn't even think about that.

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Streetlight Manifesto was amazing. Truely one of the best bands I have ever seen.

Yes, you ****ing knows it mate :D They seriously are. I can't wait til they come back over the pond!!!!! :D

[sweboy]

The pond? You bloody brits are bloody mad, matey.

[sketchyjoe]

Classic British understatement.

[pedro durruti]

My Common Rider shirt is too big and it's going to cost like $5 to ship it back then pay for shipping again :o

[Jessizzle]

Streetlight Manifesto was amazing. Truely one of the best bands I have ever seen.
Catch 22 with thomas > Streetlight.

[mshort813]

I was reading this review of Streetlight Manifesto and some guy called Thomas "a disgrace to the music scene." and he went on to rant about how Thomas is the worst thing to happen to music and he can't write or sing for his life.

wtf

[farkster]

I love the slackers- "Keep him away" is awesome- Does anyone know of anything that sounds simillar that i'd like?

---btw that first post was really usefull for someone just getting into ska cheers kithkin--

[Kithkin]

New York Ska Jazz Ensamble
The Toasters
Chris Murray
The Pietasters
Jump with Joey
Hepcat

and more

[pedro durruti]

Haha some lameass coffee commercial uses Our House in their commercials

[Kithkin]

Maxwell House?

That makes some sense. I've known that song for a very long time, didn't know it was a Madness song until recently though.

[pedro durruti]

I hate coffee!

[Kithkin]

Thats silly. Coffee comes in as many flavors as... well... I guess Kool Aid?

I don't know. I don't drink much coffee, but I know there are a lot of different levels. Stop discriminating against beverage races! Thats not what ska is about!

[pedro durruti]

Oh man, you're right. I gotta keep it two-tone

[Kithkin]

Damn straight.

I'm so two tone, I chase my black coffee with white cream!

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Ahh, there's this song for this REALLY ANNOYING magazine (one of those crappy womens magazines) on TV called "Full House" and Madness have re-recorded Our House, so it's "Full House"...... I was like "YOU SELL OUTS :eek:" although I'm not sure I'm allowed to say that seeing as they're old.

On the subject of coffee, I'm afraid I have to join the rebel side of hating coffee. And tea... Sorry. :upset:

[sketchyjoe]

They slaughtered that song.

[pedro durruti]

There are two shows on Thursday. Help me choose which one to go to

Nothing Wasted (http://www.purevolume.com/nothingwasted)

-Christian (The bad kind I think)
-Cheaper than Fishbone- $8

VS.

Fishbone/Slightly Stoopid

-$15!!
-Not Christian

[sweboy]

Slightly Stoopid are the ****. Fishbone are sweet too, so I would so go to that one, since I haven't even heard of Nothing Wasted.

[Kithkin]

Fishbone. Spend the money that you would have spent on the slackers show;)

[Mizar]

For anybody interested, there is a video of Streetlight playing Keasbey Nights up at http://www.punkrockvids.com/downloads.html
It should be near, if not at, the top of the page.

[pedro durruti]

So Fishbone and Slightly Stoopid it is. I listened to another Slightly Stoopid song and that is good ****. Now to get some of my non ska-liking friends to come with me..

[the-UK-ska-scene]

For anybody interested, there is a video of Streetlight playing Keasbey Nights up at http://www.punkrockvids.com/downloads.html
It should be near, if not at, the top of the page.

I'm in it. Being in the front row as I was. I believe you can catch a glimpse at the end, and also maybe at some other points. Minty.

I'm also in the Duff Muffin video. The person moving their head and not a lot else next to the skanking people, right at the front (I was conserving my energy for Streetlight).

[Black Ink]

Does anyone have any Ska-P albums they'd be willing to trade? I got two songs from Super Peer and I can't get enough of them.

[pedro durruti]

Haha when the crowd is singing along to Keasbey Nights you can faintly hear their English accents

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Haha when the crowd is singing along to Keasbey Nights you can faintly hear their English accents

That's what everyone on the Skachilles board is saying but you know I can't really hear it! Apparently it sounds Northern, how odd! Seeing as it was in London haha :lol:

[sweboy]

You schrazy brits and your music!

But anyway, can we all agree on that Bomb the Music Industry is one of the coolest bands ever?

[Kithkin]

But anyway, can we all agree on that Bomb the Music Industry is one of the coolest bands ever?


I can agree with that

[pedro durruti]

Is the music industry really tangible? I mean, sure, record label headquarters are. But how can you bomb so many? You just can't!

Damn my friends are lame. I asked one of them if he wanted to go (he is always anxiously asking me when the next ska show is, but everytime there is one he finds some excuse and doesn't end up going) and said sure as long as my other friend who has a car is coming. This guy has been to a couple shows with me, he really digs Streetlight but that's about it, and he plays soccer pretty much all year round with practice like every weekday. But the show starts at 8:30 and I knew he would be done by then, but it turns out he and the friend I initially asked had a project due the next day along with a final in the same class that day. WTF

But I got another friend to come with me, actually he's thinking it over right now because he's got a French final the following day, but I'm pretty positive he will come with me.

[Kithkin]

So...

I've been listening to the first Hippos album and not really liking it. I mean... I guess its good an all, but I love their second and third album where they're closer to Motion City Soundtrack than Mustardplug. Does that make me a bad ska kid:(

[sketchyjoe]

So...

I've been listening to the first Hippos album and not really liking it. I mean... I guess its good an all, but I love their second and third album where they're closer to Motion City Soundtrack than Mustardplug. Does that make me a bad ska kid:(
Yes. Neville Staples is on his way to your house now to remove your license to skank.

[sweboy]

He will also take your TV and give you a color one instead.

[pedro durruti]

Ok so I get there and I find out it's $18 instead of the advertised $15 price. No biggy, but my friend and I had to go back to the car and pay the rest in quarters. We get in and some band is playing, I didn't know who they were, so I just assumed it was one of the listed bands, Beautiful Girls. They were pretty good reggae from Australia, you guys should check them out. As most opening bands, they didn't get the crowd going that much, but people were moving. Their keyboardist had some crazy *** instrument that was like a mini-keyboard that you blew into with a hose, so I called it a keymarnica. Didn't see all the set, but great reggae 8/10

Inbetween sets I saw my neighborhood friend and his dad, and I was surprised because I thought all my friends liked bad music. Fishbone began with an air raid alarm or whatnot and crazy-talk from the singer. I'm not enough of a Fishbone fan to know what the hell this chit chat is from, but it was getting the crowd quite riled up. Their opening song was Party at Ground Zero, and I would have loved to skank to it, but it was really crowded and the pit was too far away. I'm too subconscious to dance by myself anyways. Throughout their set, I smell more and more weed and see more and more people lighting up, so that was pretty funny. Fishbone's performance is one of the greatest I've seen and extremely crazy. The singer is incredibly nuts and practically takes off all his clothes; he's one of the most energetic musicians I've ever seen (he did a few cartwheels during their set). I only recognized about four of their songs, but nonetheless they were all awesome. The only thing that was disappointing was that they didn't play Skankin' to the Beat and I didn't skank to their beats save a few times. OH YEAH, once when I started skaning I got pushed into some girl and she punched me in the back. One of my new favorite live bands 10/10

By the time Slightly Stoopid get on stage the place reeks of marijuana (:D :D) and the place is crowded as hell.Their set begins with the two drummers doing some crazy drum solo thing to get us riled up. Soon after the other members enter the stage and everyone's going crazy. After the first song (they were playing a fast punk song) I get pushed into the pit (by that time it was huge so it would have been innevitable) and get pushed all over the place, I was a little to the left of the stage about 15 feet back and at the end of the song I was near the front in the middle. Then they played some reggae songs, and everyone around me was singing along, so that made me feel a little awkward, being surrounded by all these die hard fans and I'm just bobbing my head with ym elbows crossed. Oh well, still good ****. So they begin to play another fast, somewhat ska song so a mosh/skank pit is made, and it gets really crazy. I think in this pit my shoe fell off, but I picked it up quickly and held on to it for the rest of the song and continued skanking. Fortunately the sogn ended about 20 seconds later. I stayed in the pit for two more songs, the last song I was in it I got knocked the hell down but some guy picked me up right away. That's what I love about shows, you get knocked down, but then someone's there to help you immediately. So after that song I get on the outskirts and relocate my friend who I had lost about six songs back. Unfortunately, he had to go so we had to go about two songs later, so we left and I said good bye to some senior friends there and my friend's dad. I hate having to miss like half a set of one of the main bands, but despite the punches and falling down and kicks to the shin, it was an awesome show, definitely worth the 18 bucks. Slightly Stoopid get a 9/10 only because I wasn't able to stick around for the whole set.

Summary for the lazy readers:
-Had to pay $18 instead of $15, almost didn't have the cash
-Beautiful Girls are an awesome reggae band from Australia
-I expected there to be lots of smoking there, but **** reggae people and their marijuana!
-Fishbone are insane.
-I got punched in the back for getting pushed into some chick
-Slightly Stoopid are awesome and get some intense pits going. So intense I nearly lost my shoe and got knocked down a couple times
-Great show

[Mizar]

I went to the Streetlight show at Call the Office in London, Ontario yesterday and it was an amazing show. Didn't really catch much of the opening bands but Streetlight was fantastic. They almost didn't play their encore because Tomas just recently found out he has asthma and the club being probably 50C+ degrees and sweaty didn't help much. Being a good guy, he did decide to come back out an play. A bunch of my friends hunt out with the band for an hour or so outback before we had to leave. All of them are great guys.

[Forest_Fire]

The Kodiaks have been one of my favourite bands latley. They're getting really good and are going to have their first full length out soon.

http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=3764289&Mytoken=20050609181653

[Kithkin]

By the time Slightly Stoopid get on stage the place reeks of marijuana (:D :D) and the place is crowded as hell.Their set begins with the two drummers doing some crazy drum solo thing to get us riled up. Soon after the other members enter the stage and everyone's going crazy.



How many people were in the band?

When I saw them there were just 3. Bassist, Guitarist and Drummer.



Does anyone listen to Pain (http://www.thepainpage.com/). THey have like 5 releases but I don't remember hearing anyone talk about them. The song Comeback off of their latest (i think) Jabberjaw is a sick song.

[pedro durruti]

They had three, but the keyboardist from Fishbone played with them in some of their songs

[Daniel!]

I just went to my local record store and was looking for a fishbone album, but they were all out. So I was just wandering through the used cd section and saw two Chris Murray albums for $6 bucks a piece. I bought The 4 track Adventures of Venice Shorline Chris and I love it. I'm going back tommorow to get the other one, which was called Raw. I might also check some King Apparatus. This guy is awsome!

[Jessizzle]

I was at a record store i found A huge cd with a billlion Ska/Regge Tracks but it was like 60 bucks and i didnt have the money.

[duffroxmysox]

I've liked ska for a while and have some stuff (like madness, mad caddies) but didn't really know where to go from there so I got some new CD thats out in the UK "Suited and booted: essential mod&ska" I think it's called.

May not have the best stuff on it for the bands that are on there...I wouldn't really know, but I think it's definitely gonna get me into some new stuff.

[Iron Bug]

Anyone know if The Aquabats are still touring with their horn section? They have no horns on the new album and I was wondering if this means that they arent playing their old songs on tour. Thanks in advance.

[Kithkin]

I don't think the would have.