The Best Modern Ska

[El_Jeffe]

yes i know i've missed most of the ska bands most of you know like reel big fish & less than jake & yes you may not have heard of some of these bands

but now is the time to check them out, the main point is to try get some ska discussion going

[El_Jeffe]

whats some of the best local ska bands in your area?

[smelltheglove]

hepcat is/was just...just so fucking good. i'm so glad i got to see them live 3 or 4 times. bought 'out of nowhere' after seeing them on warped 97...so impressed w/ the live show. godamn i love them.

pietasters are not to be fucked w/ live. great live show. but their albums are all hit and miss...even willis, arguably the best, suffers from a weak second half of the album.

after seeing the dead 60's open for social d i'm tempted to buy that album. how is it?

[El_Jeffe]

hepcat is/was just...just so fucking good. i'm so glad i got to see them live 3 or 4 times. bought 'out of nowhere' after seeing them on warped 97...so impressed w/ the live show. godamn i love them.

pietasters are not to be fucked w/ live. great live show. but their albums are all hit and miss...even willis, arguably the best, suffers from a weak second half of the album.

after seeing the dead 60's open for social d i'm tempted to buy that album. how is it?


agreed hepcat is a band that deserves to be called amazing

in my opinion the best pietasters album is Oolooloo
their live album as far as tracks go sounded great
but the immaturity between songs put me off a bit

the dead 60's, yea man they've got potential
you can hear the clash & specials mixed influences
very strongly, their album is great but i'd say their
next will be the one that counts

[ImpulZe]

I voted for lets go bowling just becasue bowlings cool

[smelltheglove]

agreed hepcat is a band that deserves to be called amazing

in my opinion the best pietasters album is Oolooloo
their live album as far as tracks go sounded great
but the immaturity between songs put me off a bit

the dead 60's, yea man they've got potential
you can hear the clash & specials mixed influences
very strongly, their album is great but i'd say their
next will be the one that counts

hmm, i might go pick up that dead 60's album

oolooloo is almost on par w/ willis for me BUT that hideous production kills it...that album sounds like it was recorded on a 4 track in my basement. but of course theres nothign quite like maggie may or girl take it easy...but the first 8 tracks on willis was always my favorite section of a pietasters album. the live one was damn good to.

[El_Jeffe]

I voted for lets go bowling just becasue bowlings cool

have ya heard the band
their really good


hmm, i might go pick up that dead 60's album

oolooloo is almost on par w/ willis for me BUT that hideous production kills it...that album sounds like it was recorded on a 4 track in my basement. but of course theres nothign quite like maggie may or girl take it easy...but the first 8 tracks on willis was always my favorite section of a pietasters album. the live one was damn good to.


willis is great with tracks like out all night etc
but i just love Oolooloo and their self tittled
your right though the production isn't great

[unwritten]

The Toasters. No Spring-Heeled Jack?

[El_Jeffe]

The Toasters. No Spring-Heeled Jack?


nah mate never really heard much of them.
what are they like?

[El_Jeffe]

get Brandon Allin in here!
need more ska talk people

[Jonas900]

Spring Heeled Jack ought to be on that list, although they didn't release a lot of material. they were the best ska band i've seen live (RxB outstanding, because they aren't really ska) and i saw em probably 7 or 8 times back in the day when they toured around CT all the time... such a solid band and a great bunch of guys.

[El_Jeffe]

Spring Heeled Jack ought to be on that list, although they didn't release a lot of material. they were the best ska band i've seen live (RxB outstanding, because they aren't really ska) and i saw em probably 7 or 8 times back in the day when they toured around CT all the time... such a solid band and a great bunch of guys.


yea i've heard about these guys
& its always been good stuff,
i'll check them one day.

favourite live ska bands & why anyone?

[oldprospector]

Rx Bandits

[El_Jeffe]

Rx Bandits


thier more ska influenced
than a ska band

great band none-the-less

[woodward9]

Edna's Goldfish, best ska band ever, i don't like ska that much but i love em

[Rxbandit22]

The Slackers fo sho.

[Midnight Aria]

The Busdrivers (RIP)! Then the Pietasters.

haha, someone mentioned ednas goldfish. . .funny, because their original guitarist derek now plays with us (Midnight Aria). . .not ska, but check out the links below. (shameless self promotion, I know)

[shermanology]

oh emm geeze no rbf???

All sarcasm aside, I have a ska show at my college radio station, and two bands I play the shit out of are the slackers and the pietasters. Pietasters mainly because they are from this area, but some good stuff. Also play alot of the planet smashers, and alot of ska influenced bands (RxB, Monty, High School Football Heroes.) Also play alot of reggae (not alot of ska in the library)

[Quikshk]

I'm feeling the Big D and the Kids Table....they've been my fav ever since "good luck" was released. It's also cool to hear a harder edge to ska...

Another one that deserves a mention perhaps would be Five Iron Frenzy. Never really got into them, but they were pretty big with a few of my buds back in the day.

[El_Jeffe]

i hope this works
not modern ska but some of the finest:

Bad Manners - Wooly Bully
http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?
id=2UTSM2UX5476P29WYZ04MYKPCU

[Groogz]

From that list, I'd have to say The Toasters. Definitely a great band to see live. Lots of fun.

[El_Jeffe]

From that list, I'd have to say The Toasters. Definitely a great band to see live. Lots of fun.


i'd jump at the chance to see any of the bands
on that list live
aswell as many others
but they don't tend to jump over my way

[dodge_3001]

I voted other. I like Catch 22

[manball788]

how bout best ska band of all time?
and then my answere would be suicide machines

[Screamcoremo]

streetlight.

[eldonhenley]

Five Iron Frenzy. They rocked it like it was 1999. (cuz it was)

[dontgrabtindy]

toasters

[sofaraway]

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones...yeah, i think they need to be commended even though they were in Clueless...i mean with songs such as "Rascal King" and "The Impression that I Get," you would have to go with them. At least i think so.

[mediocregeneric]

Streetlight Manifesto

[farvaxrepublica]

Not really into ska. But if i had to pick one group it would be voo doo glow skulls or mustard plug.

[irishpunk14]

What do you mean by Modern?

[Punkdc]

I put other for Mr. Chris Murray

[mogley]

The Skakabobs

www.myspace.com/theskakabobs

[Tony]

I voted for Hepcat. Easily the best on that list.

And as for the question at hand, I think the better way of phrasing it would have been to ask "what's your favorite modern traditional ska band?" That is, ska bands sans punk influences (which would remove from discussion LTJ, RBF, RxB, and SHJ among others).

Also, I'll just throw them out there, but I recently got the self-titled album from The Aggrolites. More reggae than ska, but still really fucking good. Everyone go buy it!

[Ambien]

I never listen to ska anymore but I was obsessed for a couple years awhile ago....my favs were always RBF, Fishbone, Less Than Jake....and does anyone remember Buck O Nine?

[Broken Parachute]

Reel Big Fish

[El_Jeffe]

woo almost forgot i made this poll. the reason behind making it, without the likes of less than jake, reel big fish etc was to try start some discussion about the more traditional & less known (to this site) ska bands around. if i had of thrown bands like that in amongst the works, it's rather obvious what every second vote would have been

[Cue the Sun]

streetlight manifesto

[Caitie Disaster]

My favorite Big D and The Kids table haha, maybe im lame

[Smash Adams]

I had to go with fishbone- they were so influential and are a great band

[Waitingtofall4]

Mustard Plug!

[El_Jeffe]

haha holy hell, i remember making this, trying to get people to discuss some ska way back haha those were the times