My favorite genre of music, Ska, is one that is highly unknown these days. Many poeple, if they do know about ska, believe that Less Than Jake or Reel Big Fish started it, when in fact it has been around since the 60's! Reggae and Punk were both influenced by ska, and some of Mr. Marley's greatest hits were in fact ska.

Ska is often defined by the upbeat guitar strokes and of course, the horns. Bass is also a highly defining factor in ska music.

"I don't know any ska bands!" Well, culled from my own myspace, here's an awesome list of bands from all three waves of ska.

Catch 22, Streetlight Manifesto, Big D & The Kids Table, Bandits Of The Acoustic Revolution, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Goldfinger, Mustard Plug, Hepcat, Go Jimmy Go, RX Bandits, Reel Big Fish, Operation Ivy, The Specials, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, MU330, Less Than Jake, The Skatalites, Skankin Pickle, The Aquabats, The Toasters, Sublime, Suicide Machine, The Planet Smashers, Five Iron Frenzy, Desmond Dekker, Prince Buster, The Selecters

"I feel like inserting a shameless plug into this topic!" *points to sig* My own ska band. Music up soon.

"Why are you so awesome?" It was a gift from the gods.

"Please stop talking now" Ok.

ooo definitely...its one of the most taste in music that im definitely getting into ....one of my friends i know plays ska in greenwich village.......there band is called CoolieRanx

www.coolieranx.net

check them out

I dont'get the opportunity to listen to a lot of different kinds of music. I'm sure once I get to college and I have faster inernet I'll hear a lot more of them

I'm open to all music. I'll listen to anything. I have the oddest music collection.. so. I'm sure I'd like it

i dont really like ska. but reel big fish is good. have you ever seen someone ska dance? it's wild.

Five Iron Frenzy <3 Urgh, they're a must-listen-to.

Love ska.
Lovelovelove it.

Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, The Toasters, The Aquabats, Suicide Machine, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Operation Ivy, and a few local/semi-regional bands are my favorites.

I might see both Reel Big Fish and The Aquabats in August.
I really can't wait.


Hellz yeah. My friend Liz (sporadic) OWNS at skanking.

Ska, it's alright at times, but for the most part, it's too uppity and happy for me.

I've heard a few SKA bands, and from what I've experienced, I really like it ^_^

ska o_o?

Oooh--I'm a big fan of ska. The music is just so relaxing compared to a lot of stuff in many other modern rock genres.

Ska music is pretty cool.. i like the local bands playing ska too.. alot of ppl from my school had have this band called Beligerous and they been around since they were in 8th grade and now most of them graduated and are now senioirs and they play ska.. beligerous they are called.. lol.

im going to a show this friday with Patent Pending ( Ska band from Long Island NY) and beligerous and a whole lot of other bands.. should be fun

I like ska. I read about it in a homework assignment and I looked it up some more. Ahhh-now everyone's trying to get me to dance to ska. Sometimes it gets too...happy for me, though. It can get annoying.

i got sick of ska 2 years ago

The genre is not thee best, but the RX Bandits are one of my favorite bands right now. (:
& skanking is not dancing.

I didn't see any topics for ska music, third wave to be exact. Any ska fans out there? I just got this Mustard Plug cd the other day and I'm hooked.

I don't think I know any ska bands. maybe if some were named I would be able to name some I know.

Some ska bands are Reel Big Fish, Flatliners, Big D and the Kids Table, Mustard Plug, and Aquabats.

Big D and The kids table I like. I probably know more but I can't think of any. Does Less than jake count?

Yeah, Less Than Jake is ska, well, atleast they use to be. They've kinda lost their sound over time.

Third wave can be pretty awful sometimes. I'm not really much for punk with trumpets. It isn't awful, but I prefer that 1st wave sound in most cases.

Hepcat, Desmond Dekker, The Specials, Rx Bandits, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra.

Not all third wave ska bands use brass instruments, although I do agree they can be very annoying. I'm not much a fan of traditional ska. Complete reggae isn't really my choice of music.

i'm not into that much ska but RX Bandits are pretty good. and i like a couple of older Less Than Jake songs and i'm starting to get into the aquabats

New Jersey.. Home of Catch 22 and Streetlight Manifesto.

Bandits of the acoustic revolution ^^

^Two reasons why living in NJ rocks. I'm listening to Catch 22 right now. I want to go see them live with Mustard Plug, Big D & the Kids Table, and the Flatliners.<< The perfect ska line-up.

I believe there have been topics on this.

Big D played on Halloween over here. It's funny to catch people "skanking"

Meh Ska is nothing special to me.

I listen to Ska, Reel Big Fish, Catch 22, Five Iron Frenzie, Less than Jake, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and The Urge.

Actualllyyy

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ah i love sublime, 311, pepper, less than jake, mad caddies, go jimmy go...
many more but those are my main bands

eh, i thought i replied to this...

ska isn't that bad. i reallllly like sublime and streetlight manifesto.

I like Save Ferris and Reel Big Fish, but that's about the extent of what I still listen to, except maybe old No Doubt

I don't really like first wave ska much at all.

People still replying to this?

*shrug*

Note: The Arrogant Sons of Bitches and Bomb the Music Industry (http://snevesneve.com/btmi to download full albums, since they give theirs away) have been declared the greatest ska bands ever.

big in pennsylvania too. gotta love ittt :]