Aquabats are comming to CANADA!!!!!!!!!!

Date: 2006-04-17
Bands: Toots and the Maytals
Venue: Phoenix - Toronto, ON
Doors: 8pm, $27.50,
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Dude you really don't know your ska well enough to be posting stuff like that if that's truly what you think. The variety of ska bands for what i interpretted to be a guide for someone new to ska was fairly limited, though it would set them off on their way to learning about other bands fairly quickly.
What i'm concerned with here is the flippant dismissal of choking victim. I'm not disputing the fact that a lot of choking vicim songs are appallingly recorded and i respect your right to an opinion, but i think you've missed something when listening to them, perhaps not heard enough of the right songs. I get the impression that you have the wrong approach to music, most of the bands you mentioned have a lot of well polished material, which i think is why you've perhaps missed the talent behind choking victim, there's a mentality there only be understood fully by listening to the message they're trying to get accross, it's a lot easier if you've been through that kind of pain yourself, though i'll let that can that go as it is maybe too punk for you to understand.

Stop taking your cues from 21 dead monkeys!! it's not on at all! it is just plain stealing!!! and anyway there are better ska resources on the net than a badly drawn nn2s rip off!

no disrespect to 21 dead monkeys, i was just trying to make a point.

There's something wrong with pretty much everything you posted so i don't have time to go through it all,but i think it's safe to say that you're a moron and your opinion on music will only ever be valued by morons until you learn some sense! ska isn't about horns and trumpets, it's a spirit of music and until you understand that you'll never learn anything.
Good luck acquiring some taste and try not to make an arse out of yourself on the internet again until then.

sorry that was meant 2 b 4 kithkin it got added late for some reason

[QUOTE=french]sorry that was meant 2 b 4 kithkin it got added late for some reason[/QUOTE]
I gotta say, you are an incredibly intolerant and arrogant [SIZE="2"]a[/SIZE]sshole. And you're not gonna last long if you insult a moderator in your first post, completely unprovoked. Thank God for that though.

[QUOTE=french]stuff[/quote]

I said they may have written the best song ever. The reason why I dismiss most of their songs is because Crack Rock Steady is well recorded, the singing isn't abysmal and it's actually a ska song.

I don't know much about Choking Victim other than they did a lot of crack and squatted. If I could understand what they were singing on most of their tracks, I might know a little more. If recording quality kept me from listening to bands I wouldn't listen to Operation Ivy or Chris Murray.

[quote]Stop taking your cues from 21 dead monkeys!! it's not on at all! it is just plain stealing!!! and anyway there are better ska resources on the net than a badly drawn nn2s rip off![/quote]

I don't take any cues from 21DM. I love her art and she recommends good bands, but in most cases they aren't new to me.


[quote]There's something wrong with pretty much everything you posted so i don't have time to go through it all,but i think it's safe to say that you're a moron and your opinion on music will only ever be valued by morons until you learn some sense! ska isn't about horns and trumpets, it's a spirit of music and until you understand that you'll never learn anything.
Good luck acquiring some taste and try not to make an arse out of yourself on the internet again until then.[/QUOTE]

says the kid who typed this: "2 b 4"

What is this ska spirit you talk about? Please educate me to how Choking Victim has anything to do with the Ska spirit. How are stealing and smoking crack and suicided relate to that unified spirit that originated in Jamaica a half century ago?


I'm going to assume you only read the first page and thus missed these two posts:

[url]http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11359394&postcount=1425[/url]
[url]http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11385152&postcount=1441[/url]

Which are the newest additions that I haven't yet added to the first page.

So I saw the Planet Smashers last week and got to talk to Matt their guitar player/singer. He's a really cool guy and he was out selling t-shirts before and after the show. Really down to earth and cool and their peformance was great.

Next year the school radio station is expected to have a ton of money (the music director shot out $30K, but I doubt that much) and we're hoping to put on a concert series of we can find a sponser. Planet Smashers are definitly a band we're thinking of booking.

Choking Victim is punk/ska. Not ska/punk(in my opinion). They sing about topics associated with the punk genre and sound the part. They dont really hold the "mentality" of ska. They hold more of a "mentality" of punk. Its not always fair to label, but you cant get your knickers in a twist just because someone isnt on the same level as yours on a particular band. As a casual listener of Choking Victim, I think they are okay. But it is unfair to not allow someone to have bias, even if it is in a guide. People can usually decipher their own idea of the band even if he doesnt like them. :chug:

21 dead monkeys has a guy with " The Donuts" on his shirt, I suggest you all check them out, theyre amazing. The girl ( i forget her name) Came to our ska fest, and crashed at my friends house ( mike also on the comic) for a while.

Hey Catchthe22, I haven't listened to those bands yet, but I've got them in my log manager

[QUOTE=french]though i'll let that can that go as it is maybe too punk for you to understand.[/QUOTE]

:lol:

I love this kid he got us talking again.

I don't like ska.

[QUOTE=Kithkin]Hey Catchthe22, I haven't listened to those bands yet, but I've got them in my log manager[/QUOTE]

alright awesome

I hope The Aquabats and Streetlight come to Chicago. That'd be a cool show.

catch 22 are great, ive just discovered them a few months ago ,i dunno if im into ska or not yet,but im deffo going to check out some of the other bands mentioned

[QUOTE=graciex]catch 22 are great, ive just discovered them a few months ago ,i dunno if im into ska or not yet,but im deffo going to check out some of the other bands mentioned[/QUOTE]

If you like Catch 22, then you'll like Streetlight Manifesto.

According to The Aquabats official site. They will be touring mostly in the west (sucks for people like me in the east). Though they did say that, that is not the entire list of shows so hopefully they will come towards the east. I only remember them coming to florida once since I have been listening to their music.

Ska Cubano are playing the Jazz Cafe in the summer. I might go see them. It's quite expensive but the last time I saw them was one of the best gigs I've ever seen.

Ohhhh fit when are they playing? Nothing like a bit o'ska in the summer. I saw Pama International the other day at Cargo, was sweet. They were supporting Mad Professor but we couldn't stick around for him. Was some mint dub/ska DJs playing between bands though. & Pama did that King Django cover they always do....Who's going to see Django in 2 weeks at Underworld? I'm well excited!

Bloody AMAZING gigs coming up, it's truly gig season again, I'm gonna be on the breadline...
Youngblood Brass Band
Arrogant Sons Of Bitches
The Filaments/Deadline
King Django/Babar Luck
Planet Smashers/Captain Everything!/Kenisia/Random Hand/Catch-It Kebabs
Nekromantix
Slackers
A Billion Ernies/The Junglists
Sonic Boom Six/Random Heroes
Bouncing Souls
Suicide Bid/Kebabs etc.
Rx Bandits
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes
The Beat/The Big
Smoke Like A Fish/Splitters/Skylar/Duff Muffin/Kebabs
Toasters/Skaface/The Scrub/The King Blues
Suicide Machines

I'm seriously dead excited :D

Ska Cubano are playing 2nd June. Did you go to Gogol Bordello on Friday?

I'm definitely going to The Bouncing Souls, The Filaments/Deadline and Against Me! I'm probably going to Reverend Horton Heat, The Slackers, Latterman, The Toasters and The Grab[u]a[/u]ss Charlestons.

Suicide Machines are coming to my little town at the end of April. Great small venue that can only hold 120 people and i already got my ticket :) . Saw them a couple years ago and they put on an amazing show, even if you arnt a huge fan.

[QUOTE=the-UK-ska-scene]Ohhhh fit when are they playing? Nothing like a bit o'ska in the summer. I saw Pama International the other day at Cargo, was sweet. They were supporting Mad Professor but we couldn't stick around for him. Was some mint dub/ska DJs playing between bands though. & Pama did that King Django cover they always do....Who's going to see Django in 2 weeks at Underworld? I'm well excited!

Bloody AMAZING gigs coming up, it's truly gig season again, I'm gonna be on the breadline...
Youngblood Brass Band
Arrogant Sons Of Bitches
The Filaments/Deadline
King Django/Babar Luck
Planet Smashers/Captain Everything!/Kenisia/Random Hand/Catch-It Kebabs
Nekromantix
Slackers
A Billion Ernies/The Junglists
Sonic Boom Six/Random Heroes
Bouncing Souls
Suicide Bid/Kebabs etc.
Rx Bandits
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes
The Beat/The Big
Smoke Like A Fish/Splitters/Skylar/Duff Muffin/Kebabs
Toasters/Skaface/The Scrub/The King Blues
Suicide Machines

I'm seriously dead excited :D[/QUOTE]


/jealous

the only ska band coming here relatively soon is catch-22 and i dont think im going to go see them.

[QUOTE=sketchyjoe]Ska Cubano are playing 2nd June. Did you go to Gogol Bordello on Friday?

I'm definitely going to The Bouncing Souls, The Filaments/Deadline and Against Me! I'm probably going to Reverend Horton Heat, The Slackers, Latterman, The Toasters and The Grab[u]a[/u]ss Charlestons.[/QUOTE]

Nah I didn't go to Gogol on Friday! I went to see them last week at Portsmouth - [url]http://scuffedculture.skascene.org/gogol%20bordello%20wedge.htm[/url] - I had a ticket for London but my friend couldn't come with me cus it was sold out on the day, and I just wasn't in the mood for a packed out Astoria alone, so I sold my ticket outside. Did you go? If so, how was it?

I wanted to go to Bouncing Souls, but my mate's putting on the Suicide Bid show on the same day (their first ever show) & he kind of made me promise I would go. plus it's cheaper and more bands are playing including some mates so I should go really :upset: I might go to Against Me!, my mate said she had a spare free ticket but I haven't heard from her in a while so we'll see..... When/where is Reverend Horton Heat?


Catchthe22 - yeah Suicide Machines are playing the town by me as well, at this little venue with like 200 capacity, in July. It's gonna get TOO hot and sweaty, I mean when Streetlight Manifesto played there it was like April and it still got so hot their drummer nearly had an asthma attack. So this will be interesting. & I think Captain Everything! are playing too so we're all gonna die.

Gogol Bordello were great despite the fact they didn't play my favourite songs and I really don't like the Astoria. The best bit was when the lead singer took the big drum from the dancers/percussionists, put it on top of the crowd, then surfed on it.

Reverend Horton Heat's the 14th April at the Mean Fiddler. I'm not sure whether I'll go or not as it clashes with the Grab[u]a[/u]ss Charlestons.

A friend and I was wondering what their name meant, since it has her last name in it, Gogol. Do you have any idea?

Aquabats announced a few more dates. Boise, ID; Hollywood, CA with Streetlight. Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; New York City, NY with Whole Wheat Bread and the Aggrolites.

Anyone else check out the Fashion Zombies music video? I thought it was great.

[QUOTE=PaintJessGreen]A friend and I was wondering what their name meant, since it has her last name in it, Gogol. Do you have any idea?[/QUOTE]
Gogol is just a surname I think. The only vaguely famous person with that name is some Russian realist writer from the 19th century. A Bordello is a brothel.

Took the words from my mouth. Yeah Gogol is a Ukrainian author.

My Sonic Boom Six cd just arrived :D

Does anyone know if they did a cd with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones cause i keep hearing about it but cant find anything about it...

No. They have released 2 CDs, the album in your hands and an EP called Turbo. I think they're releasing a comp with Turbo on, but it's not out yet.

I was browsing around on garageband.com and found this ska band called Charlie Sez. I downloaded a few of their songs and I really like it.

[url]http://www.garageband.com/artist/charliesez[/url]

Yeah, they are pretty good.

Ooooo just got in from seeing The King Blues. They were BLOODY good! Seemed nice as well. Got everyone singing along. Then some crap bands came on so we went to some all you can eat Chinese off Leicester Square and rammed ourselves. Success!

So i got a Mr. Review cd yesterday "One Way Ticket To Skaville" which i really liked... It reminded me of The Toasters a little bit... Anyone else like Mr. Review?

never heard of them. if theyre anything like the toasters then ill like them for sure.

[QUOTE=the-UK-ska-scene]Ooooo just got in from seeing The King Blues. They were BLOODY good! Seemed nice as well. Got everyone singing along. Then some crap bands came on so we went to some all you can eat Chinese off Leicester Square and rammed ourselves. Success![/QUOTE]
Yeah, they're awesome.

Ahh, King Django last night! Couldn't....Stop.....Dancing! It was soooo good. I think death by dancing would be the best. It was sweat fest 3000, even though we were wearing shorts and t shirts and stuff, you just can't stay fresh in a hot venue when dancing for an hour non stop.

The Flatliners are opening for the Loved Ones and Catch 22 at my old college town on the 9th. Thank god.


And I've been in Japan for the past week and a half, in case anybody wondered.

sweet! why?

You should have checked out Potshot...

So i found this great new ska band called Too Many Crooks... Anyone heard of them?