So I have been listening to some ska bands from my teenage years and was wondering if there are any relatively new ones that I should check out. Thanks guys!
Ska Bands
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This is a question I can answer with a little bit of authority, being in a several ska bands myself.
It really depends on what you're interested in. Other than Streetlight Manifesto, there really haven't been many bands to achieve any sort of widespread success. Here are a few small bands that I've been listening to recently.. I know I'll think of more later.
The Long Johns
<spoiler=Female fronted Power-Pop Ska>The Flaming Tsunamis
<spoiler=Freaking awesome Boston Skacore>Chilled Monkey Brains
<spoiler=Another live video of marginal quality, trust me, they have recordings>
I've played shows with all of them, and I may or may not be a former member of one of them. So I can personally vouch that all of these are 100% solid bands.
It really depends on what you're interested in. Other than Streetlight Manifesto, there really haven't been many bands to achieve any sort of widespread success. Here are a few small bands that I've been listening to recently.. I know I'll think of more later.
The Long Johns
<spoiler=Female fronted Power-Pop Ska>The Flaming Tsunamis
<spoiler=Freaking awesome Boston Skacore>Chilled Monkey Brains
<spoiler=Another live video of marginal quality, trust me, they have recordings>
I've played shows with all of them, and I may or may not be a former member of one of them. So I can personally vouch that all of these are 100% solid bands.
I'd recommend Against All Authority, although they aren't really new, but one of the two ska bands I still listen to and they're not extremely well known. The other is Leningrad, if you don't mind Russian. And not the Leningrad Cowboys, different bands. Then of course there's always Operation Ivy.
Against All Authority
Against All Authority
Some good SKA bands:
The Specials
Madness
Potshot
Catch 22
The Specials and Madness is a must to listen too.
The Specials
Madness
Potshot
Catch 22
The Specials and Madness is a must to listen too.
The already mentioned Streetlight Manifesto, Reel Big Fish and Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Less than Jake, Big D and the Kids Table, Goldfinger, Catch 22 and Chase Long Beach
If you don't mind a bit of sloppiness (which in my opinion gives them more charm), Grim Luck put up one of their albums for free on their Band Camp page. [http://grimluck.bandcamp.com/]
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
