Moon Ska Records MEMORIAL Thread

[Dre Okorley]

Yeah, Moon Ska Records, Nyc 1983-2000. Put out some of the best ska bands ever, and got me into a lot of ska bands who I would have never heard of otherwise...ones across the globe, too.

[versus_god]

Pick it up, you guys.

[Dre Okorley]

Haha. You're my favorite poster thus far, next to Kilo.

[versus_god]

Haha Chris is the best, although I don't think he's that much into the ska thing.

I'm surprised that the love hasn't started a-flowin' in this thread yet. Amazing label with a seemingly endless number of amazing bands on its roster.

[Dre Okorley]

Agreed...Do you think it should probably be moved to the General section?

[versus_god]

I honestly don't know if it'd get any more replies over there.

[Dre Okorley]

..Damn.

[Dre Okorley]

So.... if you know about Kemuri, they had a reunion show in December that I wanted to go to so bad.

It was in Japan.

[KatieKutthroat.]

Moon Ska had some great bands. The Slackers, the Toasters, Bad Manners, Hepcat...good stuff. Some of my favorite ska bands right there.

[Dre Okorley]

Hellz yeah. Remember Laurel Aitken?

[KatieKutthroat.]

Oh man, Laurel Aitken was sooo good. I love The Story So Far.

[Dre Okorley]

Haha, fo sho, and now it's every poppy punk-emo-rock band's name/album title

[El_Jeffe]

bucket's label! although they had a crap load of pop-punk/ska bands on their roster (that weren't my jam), boy did they have some real beauties as well. probably the most significant label in supporting ska music since the days of studio one & trojan

[Dre Okorley]

bucket's label! although they had a crap load of pop-punk/ska bands on their roster (that weren't my jam), boy did they have some real beauties as well. probably the most significant label in supporting ska music since the days of studio one & trojan

I'm really glad you posted to this thread. I couldnt think of your username :)


I'll try to post the Moonska letter I wrote if I could find it..when I was 14 & starting a ska band(i praised their work efforts). haha. Well actually never mind, I guess they have it (or had it, depending on what they did with their 'fan mail'). Anyway, Big Abby or whatever sent me a package of awesome stuff.

[El_Jeffe]

haha good on ya. that's really cool, but also doesn’t surprise me in a way. that label was so generous, always looking after their fans & bands, & supported the music. they were a label that worked for their fans, not the other way around, all in an effort to spread the music we all cherished so much. it was a beautiful relationship, where everyone really looked out for everyone else, those were the times. it's a bloody shame more labels, ska or otherwise, don't take a similar approach. oh & what'd they send ya mate?


chris should get in on this thread, this label would be good for him. as much as i try get him into traditional ska, his heart lies with punk music haha. although i'm pretty sure he listens to westbound train now? so i haven't done tooo bad haha

[allhourcymbals]

haha good on ya. that's really cool, but also doesn’t surprise me in a way. that label was so generous, always looking after their fans & bands, & supported the music. they were a label that worked for their fans, not the other way around, all in an effort to spread the music we all cherished so much. it was a beautiful relationship, where everyone really looked out for everyone else, those were the times. it's a bloody shame more labels, ska or otherwise, don't take a similar approach. oh & what'd they send ya mate?


chris should get in on this thread, this label would be good for him. as much as i try get him into traditional ska, his heart lies with punk music haha. although i'm pretty sure he listens to westbound train now? so i haven't done tooo bad haha
i'm pretty sure he likes westbound train haha. i remember him mentioning it when i was talking about how the drummer is giving drum lessons around here now.

[Dre Okorley]

they were a label that worked for their fans, not the other way around, all in an effort to spread the music we all cherished so much. Truer stories were never told.

it was a beautiful relationship, where everyone really looked out for everyone else, those were the times. it's a bloody shame more labels, ska or otherwise, don't take a similar approach. Yeah, exactly. I want to say Kill Rock Stars is like how they were....but I'm not completely positive. I could always ask my friends who just got signed to them when I get a chance.


chris should get in on this thread, this label would be good for him. as much as i try get him into traditional ska, his heart lies with punk music haha. although i'm pretty sure he listens to westbound train now? so i haven't done tooo bad haha Streetlight Manifesto should change his mind real quick. Let's start the conversion process.

oh & what'd they send ya mate? Stickers, patches, a response letter, a tight ska zine/newsletter, etc(I cant remember the rest!) but it was 2sweet. They told me to keep up the dream, find my inspiration, and contact them in a couple of years or felt confident enough after I've played some shows and stuff. Never happened though, obviously.

[El_Jeffe]

i'm pretty sure he likes westbound train haha. i remember him mentioning it when i was talking about how the drummer is giving drum lessons around here now.

yea i told him a good dozen times to pick up an album or two from westbound haha. he's stubbornly punk rock that boy isn't he haha, gotta love him though

Truer stories were never told.


Yeah, exactly. I want to say Kill Rock Stars is like how they were....but I'm not completely positive. I could always ask my friends who just got signed to them when I get a chance.

Streetlight Manifesto should change his mind real quick. Let's start the conversion process.


Stickers, patches, a response letter, a tight ska zine/newsletter, etc(I cant remember the rest!) but it was 2sweet. They told me to keep up the dream and contact them in a couple of years after I've played some shows and stuff. Never happened, obviously.

streetlight fan are ya mate? they're a hard working band, with reasonable talent, but i can't get into them. i'm a traditional man haha. heard the new slackers? as always, that's a real goodie

oh wow that's really cool of them. sometimes all it takes to make a change in a life is a little encouragement & belief. exactly the sort of thing that makes that label so missed

[allhourcymbals]

yea i told him a good dozen times to pick up an album or two from westbound haha. he's stubbornly punk rock that boy isn't he haha, gotta love him though



streetlight fan are ya mate? they're a hard working band, with reasonable talent, but i can't get into them. i'm a traditional man haha. heard the new slackers? as always, that's a real goodie

oh wow that's really cool of them. sometimes all it takes to make a change in a life is a little encouragement & belief. exactly the sort of thing that makes that label so missed
i'm glad he's getting into ted leo now haha. we need to find something to get him into more ska than punk... i can't remember if he ever listened to pilfers.

[allhourcymbals]

yea i told him a good dozen times to pick up an album or two from westbound haha. he's stubbornly punk rock that boy isn't he haha, gotta love him though



streetlight fan are ya mate? they're a hard working band, with reasonable talent, but i can't get into them. i'm a traditional man haha. heard the new slackers? as always, that's a real goodie

oh wow that's really cool of them. sometimes all it takes to make a change in a life is a little encouragement & belief. exactly the sort of thing that makes that label so missed
streetlight (being from my town) is the band that got me into ska in general, great guys, even if i prefer more traditional bands.

[Dre Okorley]

streetlight fan are ya mate? they're a hard working band, with reasonable talent, but i can't get into them. i'm a traditional man haha.
Yeah, but in order for these kinds of transitions to work, you gotta take a band thats pretty similar to the tastes that bind you, or can remind you of them. I totally agree w/ the traditional though, with the exception of a FEW bands like Voodoo Glow Skulls.


heard the new slackers? as always, that's a real goodie

Nope, Al Green's new one + Slackers, Bad Astronaut...god I gotta write this down!


oh wow that's really cool of them. sometimes all it takes to make a change in a life is a little encouragement & belief. exactly the sort of thing that makes that label so missed

Seriously. I cant even describe how much that meant to me and how much of a shock it was. I think today I'd compare it to the equivalent of a Myspace message response from your favorite band,haha.

[El_Jeffe]

i'm glad he's getting into ted leo now haha. we need to find something to get him into more ska than punk... i can't remember if he ever listened to pilfers.

yea a lot of people seem to be lately, it's crazy, but great. ted's the man. i got my first scene points on ap (when they existed back in the day) for being a big ted fan haha

streetlight (being from my town) is the band that got me into ska in general, great guys, even if i prefer more traditional bands.

i started with the slackers & just fell headfirst into a world of music i could never had imagined had i not taken that plunge. the roots side of ska will always have me calling

[El_Jeffe]

Yeah, but in order for these kinds of transitions to work, you gotta take a band thats pretty similar to the tastes that bind you, or can remind you of them. I totally agree w/ the traditional though, with the exception of a FEW bands like Voodoo Glow Skulls.



Nope, Al Green's new one + Slackers, Bad Astronaut...god I gotta write this down!



Seriously. I cant even describe how much that meant to me and how much of a shock it was. I think today I'd compare it to the equivalent of a Myspace message response from your favorite band,haha.

yea i see what ya saying, as i was saying above, i feel in love with the slackers very early on & just haven't looked back. traditional all the way, i just love it. enjoy tracing the roots right back to some of the first ever ska records, taking in world music, funk, soul, swing, just everything that surrounds the real sounds of sweet ska

yea must of been great. haha i don't do myspace, so no idea. i think it must have been great many many years ago to have been recommended to studio one by a young bob marley (who was working as a talent scout for them during his teens haha)

[Dre Okorley]

yea i see what ya saying, as i was saying above, i feel in love with the slackers very early on & just haven't looked back. traditional all the way, i just love it. enjoy tracing the roots right back to some of the first ever ska records, taking in world music, funk, soul, swing, just everything that surrounds the real sounds of sweet ska

yea must of been great. haha i don't do myspace, so no idea. i think it must have been great many many years ago to have been recommended to studio one by a young bob marley (who was working as a talent scout for them during his teens haha)
I'm not on Myspace either, but that's what kids are like about it. Oh well, epic joke fail on my part!

[Dre Okorley]

So...the Specials reunion, how sweet is that?

[El_Jeffe]

oh haha sweet as. i'm behind on all those sorta things

for some reason i never thought it would happen, lucky buggers who get to see it. it's the original release, aka that of their debut album, isn't it?

[Dre Okorley]

Yeah, actually all of their first album and half of their second.

This was the first and only news I've submitted to AP, very worth it, but it never ended up getting posted.

[El_Jeffe]

even though it'd never happen for obvious reasons haha, i'd love it if hall performed a couple fun boy three songs while they're at it

seriously? some of the only news worth reading & it doesn't get posted...

[Dre Okorley]

Ha, yeah...I actually posted a thread (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=322097) about that, wondering what was up. The Specials are a big deal, at least to some of us. Some of my q's were pretty much answered.

[SanePsychotic]

Because I'm too lazy to read though all the text and other threads, someone recommend me some good ska for getting into the genre.

[versus_god]

Try The Slackers first. Any album will do.

[big mondo]

slackers
westbound train
hepcat
the specials
the selecter
desmond dekker

or pick up a trojan box set.

[CellarGhosts]

Haha Chris is the best, although I don't think he's that much into the ska thing.

I'm surprised that the love hasn't started a-flowin' in this thread yet. Amazing label with a seemingly endless number of amazing bands on its roster.

Haha. You're my favorite poster thus far, next to Kilo.
:blush:

aww shucks. haha.

but yeah, I actually am into ska, I just don't spin it quite as regularly as I do most of my other jams.

[SockMonkeyRiot]

<3 this label

[Dre Okorley]

slackers
westbound train
hepcat
the specials
the selecter
desmond dekker

or pick up a trojan box set. :thumbup:

And I'll add to that list: (i mixed old school stylee w/ new)

Bad Manners (http://www.myspace.com/badmanners)
Mephiskapheles (http://mephiskapheles.com/) * you must admit, they were damn awesome. Satanic themed ska band, you gotta love it.
The Pietasters (http://www.myspace.com/thepietasters)
Streetlight Manifesto (http://www.myspace.com/streetlightmanifesto)
The Toasters (http://www.myspace.com/toasters)
Issac Green and the Skalars (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofi le&friendID=76414113) * HIGHLY underrated, one of my favorite favorite groups. You can listen to clips of their album "Schoolin with the Skalars" here (http://www.amazon.com/Skoolin-Skalars-Isaac-Green/dp/B000000FUO). Notable track: "High School".
Dancehall Crashers (http://www.myspace.com/dancehallcrashers251)
78 RPMS (had members from Skankin Pickle)...
the Skatalites
the Chinkees (http://www.myspace.com/thechinkees)
Kemuri (http://www.myspace.com/kemuri)
Toots and the Maytals *

[Dre Okorley]

:blush:

aww shucks. haha.

but yeah, I actually am into ska, I just don't spin it quite as regularly as I do most of my other jams.
Duh.
and by "spin" you mean "pick it up", right? haha

[Dre Okorley]

<3 this label

:D

[allhourcymbals]

:blush:

aww shucks. haha.

but yeah, I actually am into ska, I just don't spin it quite as regularly as I do most of my other jams.
Your love for TLA and your newfound love for Ted Leo makes that okay.

[CellarGhosts]

Duh.
and by "spin" you mean "pick it up", right? haha
Haha, of course!

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Your love for TLA and your newfound love for Ted Leo makes that okay.
awesome. :-D

[Dre Okorley]

Haha, of course!

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hhahahaha. that guy's an inspiration to us all.

[CellarGhosts]

Haha, I love that video.

[Dre Okorley]

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[SanePsychotic]

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Ha, why Patrick? Oh how I loathe Spongebob Squarepants and his crew. Nickelodeon went downhill after that cartoon.

[big mondo]

:thumbup:

And I'll add to that list: (i mixed old school stylee w/ new)

Bad Manners (http://www.myspace.com/badmanners)
Mephiskapheles (http://mephiskapheles.com/) * you must admit, they were damn awesome. Satanic themed ska band, you gotta love it.
The Pietasters (http://www.myspace.com/thepietasters)
Streetlight Manifesto (http://www.myspace.com/streetlightmanifesto)
The Toasters (http://www.myspace.com/toasters)
Issac Green and the Skalars (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofi le&friendID=76414113) * HIGHLY underrated, one of my favorite favorite groups. You can listen to clips of their album "Schoolin with the Skalars" here (http://www.amazon.com/Skoolin-Skalars-Isaac-Green/dp/B000000FUO). Notable track: "High School".
Dancehall Crashers (http://www.myspace.com/dancehallcrashers251)
78 RPMS (had members from Skankin Pickle)...
the Skatalites
the Chinkees (http://www.myspace.com/thechinkees)
Kemuri (http://www.myspace.com/kemuri)
Toots and the Maytals *

i didn't want to overwhelm the poster,so i gave them a list to kind of start with and digest that first.

also, if anyone wants any gogo 13 music( band who made the pick it up song) let me know. I can hook it up.

[Dre Okorley]

Ha, why Patrick? Oh how I loathe Spongebob Squarepants and his crew. Nickelodeon went downhill after that cartoon.

Haha, yeah, I dont understand it. I like the Op Ivy cover more, haha.

[Dre Okorley]

i didn't want to overwhelm the poster,so i gave them a list to kind of start with and digest that first. That's cool, just letting him know what else there is.