Reccomend me some Ska/Punk and Reggae

1/2 man 1/2 bear 1/2 pig

Hey everybody, I was wondering if you could shoot some of your favorite Ska/Punk and Reggae my way. I got wrapped up into playing guitar for a Ska band and I'm trying to write a few songs but I don't have that much exposure to this type of music. Anything similar to Big D and the Kids Table would be appreciated, I'm willing to listen to almost anything, I'd just like to be able to expand my mind before our first practice.

Really any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Belruel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIqLz6LqMsU

and I love love Five Iron Frenzy, they have some good guitar sounds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql-6VEOWngc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rp9XvD5kXg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggwNypoNfQE

more baands to look up on youtube:
Less Than Jake
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Dropkick Murphys
Mighty Mighty Bosstones

that should give you plenty to get started

Matt_S

Oh YES

Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy - Healthy Body, Sick Mind

Rancid
Rancid - Time Bomb

Choking Victim
Choking Victim - Crack Rock Steady

Westbound Train
Westbound Train - Please Forgive Me
Westbound Train - I'm No Different

No Doubt
No Doubt - Spiderwebs

Selecter
Selecter - On My Radio

The Specials
The Specials - Message to You Rudy
The Specials - Ghost Town

Desmond Dekker
Desmond Dekker - Israelites
Desmond Dekker - 007 (Shanty Town)

Toots and the Maytals
Toots and the Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number
Toots and the Maytals - Pressure Drop

Alton Ellis
Alton Ellis - I'm Still in Love With You

Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come

Baba Brooks
Baba Brooks - Guns Fever
(Ignore the weird first few seconds)

Skatalites
The Skatalites - Guns of Navarone

Tommy McCook
Tommy McCook - Soul Serenade


And of course, cannot forget...

The Clash
The Clash - White Man in Hammersmith Palais



Really, for any good inspiration, check out any stuff released by Trojan Records. Five Iron Frenzy is a good third wave band. I don't listen to them too much anymore, but still have a huge amount of sentimental volume (see sig, icon, title and location), since theirs was the only music I listened to between the ages of 14 and 17.

Check out the Aggrolites too, good ska/funk combination.

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=m2nlzwXUttY

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Kaoz

Spring Heeled Jack USA and The Pilfers. Nothing else is needed.

Fubear

Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy - Knowledge


Great list up there, but how do you include Choking Victim and not mention 500 Channels (arguably one of its best songs) or Leftover Crack, which used to be the main project of those involved?


Choking Victim
Choking Victim - 500 Channels


Leftover Crack
Leftover Crack - Via Sin Dios
Leftover Crack - Gang Control

1/2 man 1/2 bear 1/2 pig

Wow guys, thanks for all the recommendations, I really appreciate it.

A Dabble Of Thelonius

I'm just here to further recommend the Bosstones. The new album is aces.

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Matt_S

Fubear wrote: »

Operation Ivy


Great list up there, but how do you include Choking Victim and not mention 500 Channels (arguably one of its best songs) or Leftover Crack, which used to be the main project of those involved?


Choking Victim


Leftover Crack

Shit, I knew I forgot something. 500 Channels is a great song.

And I didn't include Leftover Crack because I wanted to move on from Stza.

RazzleDazz

Mad Caddies
RX Bandits
The Toasters
Mustard Plug

Evil_Reaver

WARNING: This is a shameless plug because it's my former band.

I played trumpet in a ska band when I was in college. Our Myspace page is still up if you want to check out some of our tunes.

Special Disaster Team

I have all our albums in .mp3 format if you're interested in more.

DustyBottoms

Nobody mentioned Streetlight Manifesto yet? What the hell?

Lawndart

And then there's Madness:

One Step Beyond!

And The (English) Beat:

Mirror In The Bathroom

Xaquin

Matt_S, you get so many internet points for mentioning Desmond Dekker

Dog

Five Iron Frenzy is fantastic, they cover an extremely wide variety of Ska/Punk so you're not getting the same style of music every song/album.

I also would say (and many of these have been stated): Streetlight Manifesto, Less than Jake, Catch 22, Reel Big Fish, Dance Hall Crashers, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Kemuri, The OC Supertones, The Toasters, The Hippos, Op Ivy, Buck-O-Nine, Pietasters, Mad Caddies, Rx Bandits, Sublime, 311...

Zampanov

DustyBottoms wrote: »

Nobody mentioned Streetlight Manifesto yet? What the hell?

Yeah, that's one of the only bands listed so far that I like (not that I've heard of all the bands listed).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyhIjhIsh0I

I'm not a big fan of the genre, but streetlight brought the lyrics, so I had no choice but to like them.




Oh and The Clash goes without saying. Everyone likes The Clash. Bank Robber is a fuckawesome song.

CowShark

Mephiskapheles

darkmayo

Seconded for Streetlight Manifesto, if you like what you hear then pickup Catch 22 album Kesbey Nights, or the Streetlight Manifest does Kesbey Nights.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuuJRsBiPho

Aldo

Probably far out of the league of a start-up band, but I like the orchestras a lot.

Skatalites was already mentioned, but

Pannonia All-Star Ska Orchestra is awesome (especially live)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdin3ozo2PU&feature=related

The most impressive orchestra is Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ). They have tons of stuff on YT, so I'm just going to link one song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDeW-6yc3tA

Jademonkey79

The Scofflaws are always a good Ska band to have playing in the background. Great listings here.

mere_immortal

The Planet Smashers, Bouncing Souls, Capdown, Adequate Seven, King Prawn, Lagwagon, Rancid, RX Bandits.

Everything else has been suggested.

Other stuff that you will probably like: The Dead 60s, Flogging Molly, Hundred Reasons, Social Distortion, Strung Out.

Captain Cthulhu

Has no one mentioned The Toasters? Just torrent Hard Band For Dead and Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down. Two of my favorite Ska albums of all time. Also, if you're looking for fun but cheesier shit, I've always loved Goldfinger. Their Darrin's Coconut Ass album is just an album of really awesome ska covers.

Aldo

I was sifting through my playlist and noticed we hadn't mentioned Hepcat yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Km2J3zKes

Nor have we mentioned the Adjusters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj2BzXCV9Ws

*edit: captain cthulhu suggesting folks to torrent albums is not kosher on Penny Arcade, you should omit that word from your post.

PantsB

1/2 man 1/2 bear 1/2 pig wrote: »

Hey everybody, I was wondering if you could shoot some of your favorite Ska/Punk and Reggae my way. I got wrapped up into playing guitar for a Ska band and I'm trying to write a few songs but I don't have that much exposure to this type of music. Anything similar to Big D and the Kids Table would be appreciated, I'm willing to listen to almost anything, I'd just like to be able to expand my mind before our first practice.

Really any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Big D and the Kids Table was one of my local bands in Jr High/HS in the late 90s. We used to go see them play at VFWs and the like. They used to often play with
Mission 120 (pop punk) - Natalie
Kicked in the Head - Churn it up, their labelmates ska/punk
Edna's Goldfish- Veronica Sawyer
seargent scagnetti
and others

The general recommendations have covered most of the good ones but some second tier you've got Aquabats, the The Allstonians
The Porkers
Johnny Socko
Bim Skala Bim
Voodoo Glow Skulls
Save Ferris and their famous cover
And the Ultimate Cover Superband- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes(although its less ska-y its more or less in the same 'scene')

mcdermott wrote: »

A Dabble Of Thelonius wrote: »

I'm just here to further recommend the Bosstones. The new album is aces.

Haven't checked out the new one, guess I should. Bosstones have been solid for forever, though.

Hometown Throwdown is pretty much the only show I still go to. They are solid on CD but a different league live, especially in a small venue.
Bosstones - Dr. D 12/30/07 at the Middle East

which reminds me, Darkbuster is more or less in that scene too and opened for them this year...
I hate the Unseen

I guess that's straying pretty far into punk though. Then you have like Amazing Crowns for punkabilly
Amazing Crowns
or Tossers for Irish-punk?

Tossers

Edgie

Since everyone has named the bigger 'national' bands, here's two from Gainesville. Chupaskabra is a poppy third-wave ska band, rather popular amongst the youth of Gainesville. The Duppies, meanwhile, is a great second waveish reggae ska band. Both put on a great show and would highly recommend either of them should they ever tour near your town.

Captain Cthulhu

Aldo wrote: »

*edit: captain cthulhu suggesting folks to torrent albums is not kosher on Penny Arcade, you should omit that word from your post.

oh really?! I'm new here lol.

Aldo

I think we forgot to mention Sublime, too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLifSFBs_Lk

Captain Cthulhu wrote: »

Aldo wrote: »

*edit: captain cthulhu suggesting folks to torrent albums is not kosher on Penny Arcade, you should omit that word from your post.

oh really?! I'm new here lol.

I figured as much, which is why I just posted it instead instead of jumping on the report button. :P There's quite a few rules, but most boil down to: don't suggest to anyone to do anything illegal and don't be a jerk. Oh and you can't say n**** and don't call people names, unless it's "silly goose"...silly goose is OK.

LewieP's Mummy

Strictly speaking, Madness are Two Tone, not Ska.

Amigu

A few of the bands I like:

Bad Brains, Gorilla Biscuits, Minor Threat, Articles of faith. They're more old school hardcore punk rather than punk/ska (although bad brains do have a few reggae songs) but yeah if expanding your mind is the goal then check them out.

Also more along the punk line: Propghandi, Bad Religion, NOFX although you've probably already ehard of them. Oh and listen to Shook Ones (the band not the Mobb Deep song hah)!

KingMole

Most of my favourites have already been mentioned.

So instead I will link a great Vancouver band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMoBPSh4Hfk


EDIT: Also Bel, why Dropkick Murphys? I mean, they're a great punk band, but I can't remember anything they've to be ska/reggae sounding.

EDIT2: And I see Matt_S already beat me to everything I was going to suggest. Except I would've chosen Life Won't Wait instead of Time Bomb for Rancid.

Eeveelution

One of the Best:


Thomas Kalnoky Leader of B.O.T.A.R, Catch 22, Streetlight Manifesto:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlfNo4DusLA&feature=related


Totally forgot to mention two no name bands, well three:

Something to Do
Patent Pending
Flip the Switch ( listen to their Hot in Here cover)
I voted 4 Kudos ( Their old Stuff)


For Reggae style:

Pepper ( Bring me along)
Slightly Stoopid

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Epiphany

You might like some Sonic Boom Six, good British Band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1XalWiJt6g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKo3MhcG4ZM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRl12vcOk9g&feature=related

Aldo

LewieP's Mummy wrote: »

Strictly speaking, Madness are Two Tone, not Ska.

And Big D & The Kids Table pop-punk, Sublime is stonerpunk, Adjusters is funk, Lagwagon is punk-rock, Aquabats is nerd-rock, Five Iron Frenzy is christian rock, Less Than Jake is pop-punk, Mighty Mighty Bosstones is punk-rock, Rancid is punk, No Doubt is pop-punk, The Clash is punk-rock, Choking Victim is shock-punk, Mad Caddies is pop-punk.

Or you can just - you know - don't be picky on what you call ska and just consider it a music genre that is as broad as hip-hop, jazz or rock.

*e: has been in too many arguments with people giving him shit for calling a certain band ska even though according to their definitions it is clearly post-punk-rockabilly with slightly cheerful overtones.

*e²: I made up half those genres. :P

Sponk

Rancid and The Suicide Machines were probably the two bands that got me into Ska/Punk.

Suicide Machines first two and last two records are all great (the middle two on Atlantic records kinda suck). They later veered more towards the skacore/hardcore side, but their first record Destruction by Definition has a ton of great ska tracks on it.

S.O.S.
No Face
Hey!

Another good band that has yet to be mentioned is Bedouin Soundclash. They have a much more reggae-ish laid back, acoustic sound.

When the Night Feels my Song
Shelter
Walls Fall Down
St. Andrews

TyrantCow

Streetlight Manifesto is the best 'newer' SKA band out there right now.

Aldo

TyrantCow wrote: »

Streetlight Manifesto is the best 'newer' SKA band out there right now.

I really didn't like their second album. Way too much of the same for my tastes. They're good, though. And their side project Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution is amazing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMJnShBRSq8&feature=related

Monolithic_Dome

More on the Reggae end of the spectrum, you really gotta check out Cas Haley. He kinda had a 15 minutes of fame thing with "america's got talent," but he's got a fantastic reggae sound for a fat white dude.

Also search for Woodbelly, same guys as appear on the record, but after Cas made it on the TV show they released the album under his name.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NObs8jBv_tE

Also, his version of Walking on the Moon kicks the shit out of Sting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO1PGesehko&feature=related

Forkes

No one mentioned illScarlet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6UaI3ipyuo

And Bedoiun Soundclash is pretty reggae-ish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfYOTy2o_7M

Both really good Canadian bands!

Garlic Bread

Suburban Legend's first two albums (Origin Edition and Rump Shaker) are ska and I like them a lot. Their later albums get into more pop/funk sounds but are still enjoyable.

Plus they had a job playing at Disneyland