The only honorable way to leave a Toasters set 20 minutes in involves bouncers, shots, and a bill you can't pay.

[QUOTE=Kithkin;13561320]Did Skylar really come out this year?[/QUOTE]

No it came out last year, well it was recorded aaages ago. But it was re-released this year on Do The Dog records (it was self-released before)


ps Got the new Suicide Bid yesterday. Ohhh, yes.

So, I've recently discovered The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and I would like some recommendations to similar bands. Thanks.

Oh, and something like Sublime would be nice, too.

Sublime:

Slightly Stoopid
Fugazish
Chris Murray
Jack Johnson
Jaya the Cat
The Hippos
Bedouin Soundclash

Mighty Mighty Bosstones:

Suicide Machines
Streetlight Manifesto
The Toasters
Sonic Boom Six
Operation Ivy
Filibuster
King Apparatus
Fishbone

That list is missing [b]Arthur Kay & The Originals[/b] :eek:

Defenitely check out Slightly Stoopid for Sublime vibes. Let me also add Long Beach Dub Allstars to the list. They're basically the Sublime crew without Bradley. You'd think it'd suck, since it was all about Brad the man, but they have some nice tunes.

Thanks, guys. I've already got [I]Everything Goes Numb[/I] by Streetlight Manifesto, which I love. Operation Ivy didn't appeal that much to me when I heard them some time ago, but I'll be sure to check out the other bands.

Eh, Long Beach Dub All-stars did absolutley nothing for me.

Well they're not really one of my favorite bands either, but they have some decent songs. But of course they can't come close the greatness of Bradley.

Half of Bradleys songs are really good.
The rest half is meh.

Yeah, but the good part of the good songs were the Vocals and the Guitar. The bass and drums were never anything more than competent.

[QUOTE=Kithkin;13595728]Yeah, but the good part of the good songs were the Vocals and the Guitar. The bass and drums were never anything more than competent.[/QUOTE]

The bass always complimented his guitar lines though. They were never too exagerrated for the song.

The bass was alright I guess. A bit more skilled drumming could have been nice.
I really like the first half of the s/t cd. After Seed most of the songs are below average.

[QUOTE=Henrik;13598307]The bass was alright I guess. A bit more skilled drumming could have been nice.
I really like the first half of the s/t cd. After Seed most of the songs are below average.[/QUOTE]

True. I usually don't listen to their whole cd at a time...

[QUOTE=TAND;13598200]The bass always complimented his guitar lines though. They were never too exagerrated for the song.[/QUOTE]

That's pretty much how I define competent.

I've been listening to A LOOOT of Goldfinger lately.

Such a great band.

Mehhh third wave really isnt ska...

It's got its ska moments. I'm mostly into 3rd wave, but I love it all.


anyone got some good 1st wave ska?

[QUOTE=Kithkin;13577524]Sublime:

Slightly Stoopid
Fugazish
Chris Murray
Jaya the Cat
The Hippos
Bedouin Soundclash[/QUOTE]

Alright I'm downloading some of this.

The best part of Sublime was Bradley's voice. Hopefully these bands have some solid vocals as well.

[QUOTE=White Riot!;13600295]Mehhh third wave really isnt ska...[/QUOTE]

It's called ska, therefore it is ska. A word only has the meaning people give it.

Yeah I hate it when people quibble over names of genres.

[QUOTE=White Riot!;13600295]Mehhh third wave really isnt ska...[/QUOTE]

Well, it is ska but it's the worst kind of ska.


Traditional or 2-Tone >>>>>> 3rd wave

by a long shot.

Traditional is too restrictive. The only real expression comes from the horns and the vocals.

2-Tone is a less restrictive, but still tied up by tempo and sound.

Third Wave is less a sound than it is a movement. The Slackers are better than 95% of first wave traditional bands. The third wave covers the Toasters to Streetlight to Sonic Boom Six to the Suicide Machines.

And third wave bands tend to tour more often than other wave bands. And comparing BTMI to the reunited Skatalites live show in terms of fun factor yields no real comparison.

I agree that The Slackers are indeed amazing. But The Slackers are a 3rd wave band playing traditional sounding ska. The 3rd wave bands I was refering to was bands like Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish. I should have specified. But don't get me wrong, I love 3rd wave bands that play Trad Ska like The Slackers and Westbound Train.

I think bands typically labelled skapunk are moreso punk than they are ska, and so that label should be reversed to punkska.

Link 80, Streetlight, The Forces of Evil, Mephiskapheles, and the likes all fall under this category.

Well, the latter part of a joined genre name usually implies the "base"-genre or whatever. Ska-Punk, just like Pop-Punk, Folk-Punk etc, came from the base genre Punk. But if like the trad ska scene on Jamaica would have started to incorporate punk elements into their music, that would be "punk-ska".

Or whatever.

And as for the battle of the waves, there are good bands in all of them. The third wave is probably the one which has the most bands that I personally like. But on the other hand, Toots and the Maytals are better than 95% of third wave bands. Imo.

Hey guys, I need to do an interview for a research paper about Ska(I read about someone doing this on the forums :rolleyes: ). And I cant think of anyone that is knowledgable/legit for an interview. Any of you feel knowledgable of the history or movements of ska pretty well? It would help if you were active in ska music somehow so I can convince my teacher that you are legit. First name that came to my head was UK-Scene? Maybe some others out there. If you know someone who would be a good interviewee and would be willing to do it that would work to.

Thanks

PS. If you want to email me it is [email]Bssromal@mtu.edu[/email]

soz can't help you there but surely wiki shall know the answer?

[QUOTE=Catchthe22;13622461]Hey guys, I need to do an interview for a research paper about Ska(I read about someone doing this on the forums :rolleyes: ). And I cant think of anyone that is knowledgable/legit for an interview. Any of you feel knowledgable of the history or movements of ska pretty well? It would help if you were active in ska music somehow so I can convince my teacher that you are legit. First name that came to my head was UK-Scene? Maybe some others out there. If you know someone who would be a good interviewee and would be willing to do it that would work to.

Thanks

PS. If you want to email me it is [email]Bssromal@mtu.edu[/email][/QUOTE]

Alright man I don't tend to get weighed down in all the arguments about the history of ska etc., I would probably get it all wrong to be honest. Kithkin would be the person to ask about that! But I would be happy to help you out talking about other stuff to do with current ska. As much as I know anyway! If you still wanna interview me, drop me a line at ...