Top 25 Ska Bands

[PhillyPunk]

name them in order of favorite to to least favorite

1. Reel Big Fish
2. Less Than Jake
3. Suburban Legends
4. Long Shot Hero
5. The Toasters
6. The Slackers
7. The Pietasters
8. Voodoo Glow Skulls
9. Street Light Manifesto
10. The Bosstones
11. Catch 22
12. Aquabats
13. Link 80
14. Edna Goldfish
15. One Cool Guy
16. The Know How
17. Peg City Skank
18. Johnny Socko
19. The Arrogant Sons of Bitches
20. Rx Bandits
21. No Doubt
22. Five Iron
23. Buck O Nine
24. Cousin Oliver
25. I Voted for Kodos

[jgirv17]

1. Streetlight Manifesto
2. Keasby Nights-era Catch 22
3. Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution
4. Reel Big Fish
5. One Cool Guy
6. Less Than Jake
7. The Pietasters
8. The Slackers
9. Big D and the Kids Table
10. The Bosstones
11. Dinosaur Sounds-era Catch 22
12. Aquabats
13. Long Shot Hero
14. Hijynx
15. Stray Bullets
16. The Skatalites
17. The Toasters
18. The Delegates
19. The Arrogant Sons of Bitches
20. Rx Bandits
21. No Doubt
22. Five Iron
23. Adam's Not Funny
24. High School Football Heroes
25. I Voted for Kodos

[ThriftWhore]

Ska sucks.

[MrChainsaw389]

Streetlight, Less than Jake, Reel Big Fish and Bandits of.. are the only ones I listen too, I'm not a big ska fan

[Alex Djaferis]

i dont thnk 25 good ska bands exist. theres only a few ska bands that i can appreciate. but thats just me

[jgirv17]

haha not too much love for ska...but that's cool. Everyone has their own opinion.

[worldstheory]

Ska is the pimp shit. I wish I had more ska bands in my selection of music.

I'd like to nominate a couple ska bands that no one mentioned, The O.C. Supertones and The Insyderz.

[wtfistheinternt]

SO happy to see Streetlight Manifesto in everyones top 25
That cd owns. Everyone cross your fingers with me that they tour.

Anyone who likes (or even liked) ska...pick that disc up!

[FarPastGone]

I honestly don't really like SKA all that much, but I do like a few bands a whole lot.........that includes:

1. Less Than Jake
2. Better Than Nothing (http://www.txska.com/) local one, but incredible.........
3. Rx Bandits
4. Buck-O-Nine (I love Buck-O-Nine)
5. Suicide Machines

And thats my complete list.........

[ThriftWhore]

Why would you even post that? Be a little respectful of people tastes in music. Why would you even take the time to click comment and type that out.

To say a entire genre "sucks" is ignorant because it is based on your opinion. It would be a much more polite thing to say not really my style of music or whatever like I think some nice kids did above me. Fool ska does not suck, just because you dont like it does not mean it sucks. asshole.

Oh man, it took me a whole 5 seconds to type "Ska sucks". A whole 5 seconds that could have been spent usefully doing something else. Wow, i'm a failure.

Ska does suck, in my opinion. And by me saying "Ska sucks" its me stating my opinion, not laying down the laws of god.

Oh yeah, The Lawrence Arms suck too.

[jgirv17]

SO happy to see Streetlight Manifesto in everyones top 25
That cd owns. Everyone cross your fingers with me that they tour.

Anyone who likes (or even liked) ska...pick that disc up!

1) They are touring...kind of. It's a very small one, mainly in the Northeast, but they are. I just saw them in Boston and will be seeing them on March 4th again in Albany (since I am lucky enough to be home that weekend).

2) Awesome username....reference to Jay and Silent Bob?

[jgirv17]

Oh man, it took me a whole 5 seconds to type "Ska sucks". A whole 5 seconds that could have been spent usefully doing something else. Wow, i'm a failure.

Ska does suck, in my opinion. And by me saying "Ska sucks" its me stating my opinion, not laying down the laws of god.

Oh yeah, The Lawrence Arms suck too.

I just have one request:

Please name every ska band ever and why you don't like each and every one.

Can't do it? Then don't say the whole genre sucks.

[PhillyPunk]

I just have one request:

Please name every ska band ever and why you don't like each and every one.

Can't do it? Then don't say the whole genre sucks.


another thread taken hold of by morons arguing about crap...unless anyone feels like sticking to the topic, im just going to delete it so i dont have to listen to you all argue

and ps. the lawrence arms fucking rule

[jgirv17]

^^hey, sorry for arguing (haha, if you did notice...i was first to respond to this)....I just don't see the point of posting on a thread like this if you aren't really going to say anything.

[mwhpunk]

i dont thnk 25 good ska bands exist. theres only a few ska bands that i can appreciate. but thats just me
agreed!

[The Bled 13]

I hate SKA with a passion. But if your going to include a top 25 for SKA, where the hell is Leftover Crack, Choking Victim .. the motherfucking Specials and The English Beat? Christ, is there no respect for not only the better SKA bands but the original ones? SHEET.

[charly horse]

don't know if this is exactly ska... but where the hell is sublime?

[ThriftWhore]

I hate ska, because in my opinion, the horns are annoying. REALLY annoying.

[worldstheory]

I hate ska, because in my opinion, the horns are annoying. REALLY annoying.
I love the horns. They give it its brassy sunshiney Orange County sound.

[jgirv17]

I love the horns. They give it its brassy sunshiney Orange County sound.

_________

[firecrackermank]

less than jake

[young@hopeless]

1. Sublime
2. Sublime
3. Less Than Jake
4. Sublime

[young@hopeless]

i like this guy :)
youre just gonna get bshed dude.....like i did

[charly horse]

1. Sublime
2. Sublime
3. Less Than Jake
4. Sublime
even though your name perplexs me at the fact how can someone be young at hopless, but you entice me with the sublime. I love sublime, end of story.

[mOvielife99]

great thread

in no order...

Reel Big Fish
Big D and the Kids Table
Less Than Jake
The Specials
Suburban Legends
Catch 22
Aquabats
I Voted for Kodos
Mustard Plug
The Hippos
The Forces of Evil
The Toasters
The Pietasters
Save Ferris
The Superspecs
Five Iron Frenzy
Tree Phort
Mad Caddies
The Planet Smashers
Link 80
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Operation Ivy
Sublime
Streetlight Manifesto
Rx Bandits

[jaheredudes]

25. Chase Long Beach
24. Rancid
23. Bad Manners
22. Voodoo GlowSkulls
21. The Pietasters
20. The Forces of Evil
19. Sublime
18. No Doubt
17. Mutstard Plug
16. Save Ferris
15. Five Iron Frenzy
14. The Toasters
13. The Aquabats
12. Mad Caddies
11. Less Than Jake
10. Madness
9. Suburban Legends
8. Catch 22
7. Big D and the Kids Table
6. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
5. Reel Big Fish
4. The Impossibles
3. Operation Ivy
2. The Specials
1. Streetlight Manifesto

[provethatIexist]

holy 6 year bump

[aolsux]

Streetlight are leading the way for 2010 ska.

[Anton Djamoos]

holy 6 year bump
RT @provethatIexist

[Charles777]

There's a band called I Voted for Kodos? That's amazing.

[poppa Q]

There are 25 ska bands?

[kemichels]

Are The Impossibles able to be included in this genre? Because they're amazing.

[provethatIexist]

There's a band called I Voted for Kodos? That's amazing.

there WAS a band called I Voted for Kodos...

funny how the dudes list from 2010 contains a majority of the same bands mentioned back in 2004...

[live.]

RX Bandits are no longer ska (if you ever considered them to be in the first place).

[stupidtyonparad]

name them in order of favorite to to least favorite

1. Reel Big Fish
2. Less Than Jake
3. Suburban Legends
4. Long Shot Hero
5. The Toasters
6. The Slackers
7. The Pietasters
8. Voodoo Glow Skulls
9. Street Light Manifesto
10. The Bosstones
11. Catch 22
12. Aquabats
13. Link 80
14. Edna Goldfish
15. One Cool Guy
16. The Know How
17. Peg City Skank
18. Johnny Socko
19. The Arrogant Sons of Bitches
20. Rx Bandits
21. No Doubt
22. Five Iron
23. Buck O Nine
24. Cousin Oliver
25. I Voted for Kodos

suburban legends are one of the worst bands in existence, and you don't even list big d (who brian klemm is actually playing in now instead of the suburban legends). moral of the story...your list sucks.

[stupidtyonparad]

1. big d and the kids table.
2. reel big fish
3. mad caddies
4. the specials
5. suicide machines
6. goldfinger
7. op ivy
8. nofx (yep, they play ska)
9. illScarlett
10. the slackers
11. less than jake
12. the bosstones
13. mustard plug
14. no doubt
15. catch 22

all you're getting out of me. genre is beat at this point, minus big d and reel big fish

[pound121]

yeah i like ska but i like certain type of ska. the slowish reggae original ska just bores me. but like bands with ska thrown in i really like. like i like some Reel Big Fish, i love Streetlight Manifesto, i can handle some of The Planet Smashers, i love Less Then Jake, and i just recently fell upon this band and i am already in love with them is called We Are The Union. they are basically a mix of Set Your Goals and Less Than Jake. they even said so themselves.

oh and also i listened to this band i think they were call High School Hero's and i really really liked them but all i could find was a couple of youtube videos and i used every downloading thing i could think of. i even risked limewire. if anyone would happen to know where i could get some of there music it would be greatly appreciated

[kafe]

There are 25 ska bands?

Dammit dammit you stole my awesome joke :-d

[Regards]

Five Iron Frenzy. That's about it.

[El_Jeffe]

Yea, I know this is like a 6 year bump, but someone has to list more than pop-punk haha.

1. The Skatalites
2. The Slackers
3. The Heptones
4. Desmond Dekker & The Aces
5. Prince Buster
6. Hepcat
7. Delroy Wilson
8. Pat Kelly
9. Slim Smith
10. Bob & Marcia
11. Stranger Cole
12. The Melodians
13. Alton Ellis
14. Dennis Brown
15. Hopeton Lewis
16. Ken Boothe
17. The Uniques
18. John Holt
19. Derrick Morgan
20. The Techniques
21. Nicky Thomas
22. The Pioneers
23. Beres Hammond
24. The Paragons
25. Laurel Aitken

[recall reality]

Yea, I know this is like a 6 year bump, but someone has to list more than pop-punk haha.

1. The Skatalites
2. The Slackers
3. The Heptones
4. Desmond Dekker & The Aces
5. Prince Buster
6. Hepcat
7. Delroy Wilson
8. Pat Kelly
9. Slim Smith
10. Bob & Marcia
11. Stranger Cole
12. The Melodians
13. Alton Ellis
14. Dennis Brown
15. Hopeton Lewis
16. Ken Boothe
17. The Uniques
18. John Holt
19. Derrick Morgan
20. The Techniques
21. Nicky Thomas
22. The Pioneers
23. Beres Hammond
24. The Paragons
25. Laurel Aitken

Craig, I love you.

[WarpSpeedChewy]

1. The Specials
2. Sublime

Pretty much it for me. Though I fucking love The Specials.

[poppa Q]

Dammit dammit you stole my awesome joke :-d

I should have let you say it then so people actually would have laughed : /

[Full Effect Ed]

My Top 10:

10) Cherry Poppin' Daddies
9) Voodoo Glow Skulls
8) Mad Caddies
7) Goldfinger
6) Reel Big Fish
5) Mighty Mighty Bosstones
4) The English Beat
3) Less Than Jake
2) The Pietasters
1) Fishbone

[Rawrr]

1) The Specials
2) The Specials
3) The Specials
4) The Specials
5) The Specials
6) The Specials
7) The Specials
8) The Specials
9) The Specials
10) Operation Ivy

[DrStrong]

What about Save Ferris?

Wasnt Sublime kind of considered ska?

[codybretto13]

Five Iron Frenzy:)

[*crying stars*]

Streetlight Manifesto is playing at my school on Sunday. I'm so stoked.

[showmethefever]

1. Bomb the Music Industry! (if they're even considered ska)
2. The Arrogant Sons of Bitches

As you can see, I basically know next to nothing when it comes to ska, but those bands are fucking awesome.

[kafe]

I should have let you say it then so people actually would have laughed : /

People never laugh at my jokes either :-(

[mht]

SiseUswNEo8

[SubStylee]

Sublime
Less Than Jake
Rancid
Operation Ivy

[Locolopez09]

If everyone That Hates Ska so Much, Why Are You on This Forum?if I Hate Somethin Then I Try My Best To Stay Away From it As Much As i Can, So Seems Like 1. Yer Dumb, Or 2. You hav No Life. but Thats Only What it seems like To Me. Im Just Sayin If I Hav Time To Kill I Jack off Or Something More Meaning Full Then Tellin People How Much I Hate A Type of Music.

[JTMcKrackles]

No order, not 25. Oh well.

Streetlight Manifesto
I Voted For Kodos
Mustard Plug
The Skatastrophes
Folly
Choking Victim
Morning Glory
Big D and the Kids Table
Reel Big Fish
Less Than Jake
Operation Ivy
Save Ferris
The Arrogant Sons of Bitches
Bomb the Music Industry!