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[RVanhauwere]

As the title says, give me your top 10 ska, ska punk or ska-core bands!

[Floyd]

Bomb the Music Industry and The Disregardables are about as far into ska that I have ever ventured, and those bands are not ska at all.


I will leave this topic for Kevin.

[Sammysaint]

number 1 - 10 = the skints

[Skaz]

In no particular order

• Capdown
  
• Random Hand
  
• Imperial Leisure
  
• The King Blues
  
• Sonic Boom Six
  
• Streetlight Manifesto
  
• The Skints
  
• Sublime
  
• Madness
  
• Rx Bandits

[Skaz]

Sammysaint, on 06 December 2011 - 04:36 PM, said:

number 1 - 10 = the skints

This is a good list too.

[blah]

No order really:
1. Sonic Boom Six
2. Streetlight Manifesto
3. Bomb The Music Industry!
4. Catch 22 (Keasby and Rules of the game only)
5. Common Rider
6. Operation Ivy
7. Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution
8. Mr. Bungle (first album)
9. Star Fucking Hipsters
10. Choking Victim
11. Arrogant Sons of Bitches

Edited by blah, 06 December 2011 - 06:31 PM.

[Stab The Judge]

no order...
The Specials
Toots & the Maytals
Desmond Dekker
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Operation Ivy
Sublime

[All Dead]

I'll be posting in this thread when I have a keyboard that works. Until then download anything you can by the Slackers, Inspecter 7, Hub City Stompers, the Specials, and Madness. While you're at it, get the Trojan Records Mod Reggae, Skinhead Reggae, and Ska Rarities boxsets.

[All Dead]

Oh, and 90% of the bands in this thread are fucking traaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaash.

[All Dead]

Since I'm no longer using the on-screen keyboard:

First wave:

Derrick Morgan
Prince Buster
Laurel Aitken
Jimmy Cliff
Lloyd Briscoe
Eddie Perkins
Andy and Joey
Billy and Bobby
Lord Creator
Baba Brooks and His Band
Desmond Dekker and the Aces
Alton Ellis and the Flames
Tommy McCook and the Supersonics
Bryon Lee and the Dragonaires
The Vikings/Toots and the Maytals
The Zodiacs
The Skatalites
The Rio Grandes
The Cherry Pies
The Wailing Wailers
The Clarendonians
The Three Tops
The Techniques
The Slickers
The Upsetters

Second wave:

The Specials
The Beat
Madness
Bad Manners
The Bodysnatchers
The Selecter
Judge Dread
The Toasters (just barely 2nd wave)

Third wave:

Inspecter 7
Hub City Stompers
King Django
The Adjusters
The Slackers
Deal's Gone Bad
Hepcat
The Rudie Crew
Bigger Thomas
The Dropsteppers
Westbound Train

There's a lot I'm forgetting, but I'd say that's a good start.

[All Dead]

markbajcz, on 15 December 2011 - 02:02 PM, said:

rancid
star fucking hipsters
leftover crack
less than jake
suicide machines
have nots
the code
no cash
operation ivy
reel big fish

order is close enough

All Dead, on 06 December 2011 - 10:52 PM, said:

fucking traaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaash.

[punkd2493]

one of my favorites is slapstick

[iamfamousmakky]

less than jake
reel big fish
random hand
streetlight manifesto
big d and the kids table
Fandangle
Madness
RX Bandits
Sublime
Battleska Gallactica

[Skaz]

I'm adding these to my list

[Skytop]

Against all authority
Suicide Machines
Goldfinger (some)

That's about all the ska I have on my ipod.

[AYP]

All Dead, on 08 December 2011 - 11:28 AM, said:

Since I'm no longer using the on-screen keyboard:

First wave:

Derrick Morgan
Prince Buster
Laurel Aitken
Jimmy Cliff
Lloyd Briscoe
Eddie Perkins
Andy and Joey
Billy and Bobby
Lord Creator
Baba Brooks and His Band
Desmond Dekker and the Aces
Alton Ellis and the Flames
Tommy McCook and the Supersonics
Bryon Lee and the Dragonaires
The Vikings/Toots and the Maytals
The Zodiacs
The Skatalites
The Rio Grandes
The Cherry Pies
The Wailing Wailers
The Clarendonians
The Three Tops
The Techniques
The Slickers
The Upsetters

Second wave:

The Specials
The Beat
Madness
Bad Manners
The Bodysnatchers
The Selecter
Judge Dread
The Toasters (just barely 2nd wave)

Third wave:

Inspecter 7
Hub City Stompers
King Django
The Adjusters
The Slackers
Deal's Gone Bad
Hepcat
The Rudie Crew
Bigger Thomas
The Dropsteppers
Westbound Train

There's a lot I'm forgetting, but I'd say that's a good start.

Time to do some downloadin'

[All Dead]

I can help you out there.

Trojan Mod Reggae Boxset:
http://kingstonians....abel/Mod Reggae

Trojan Ska Boxset (vol. 1 & 2):
http://skafoundation.../04/trojan.html

Trojan Ska Rarities Boxset:
http://traditional-s...es-box-set.html

Trojan Skinhead Reggae Boxset:
http://kingstonians....Skinhead Reggae

Trojan British Reggae Boxset:
http://kingstonians..../British Reggae

Dancehall '69 (even more skinhead reggae):
http://kingstonians....l/Dancehall '69

Trojan Rocksteady Boxset:
http://kingstonians....abel/Rocksteady

Trojan Rocksteady Rarities Boxset:
http://indorockstead...es-box-set.html

Trojan Rude Boy Boxset:
http://skafoundation...oy-box-set.html

Trojan Sixties Boxset:
http://sixtiesfever....es-box-set.html

All of those links above should contain most, if not all "1st wave" artists I mentioned above. And that's several gigs of music right there, just warning you now. I have all of them, and I'd say it's definitely a good introduction to early ska, rocksteady, and reggae.

[AYP]

Thanks a lot man.

[All Dead]

Anytime. If you want any more links, just let me know. Since I don't have a job (or a life, for that matter) right now, I can spend plenty of time digging up good tunes.

EDIT: Two of those links were from Megaupload. I replaced one, but I can't find a decent link for the Rocksteady Rarities Boxset.

[Floyd]

You should still download stuff from The Disregardables.

http://thedisregardables.bandcamp.com/

http://thedisregarda...m/exit-strategy

http://www.reverbnat...edisregardables

http://www.reverbnat...regardablesposi

http://www.mediafire.com/?dooivjjm1e1

http://vampirefreaks...eDisregardables

http://www.purevolum...edisregardables

Some of that will be duplicates, some will require downloadhelper to save.
I have never asked James where the rest of their music is, or why it is so hard to find anything, but apparently half of Exit Strategy was released free digitally by a no-longer-existent online label and the other half is out of print. The Pissing People Off EP is supposedly on interpunk, but 5 dollars plus shipping is hardly worth it for a CD, when I could probably get James to burn me a copy for free. Since the only songs I have ever heard them play live are the ones on their bandcamp, I would not be surprised if the rest of it is gone forever. They never sell any merch but have been known to give shirts away. Next month they are playing a show and have said they will have tapes and shirts (I am supposedly getting both free) and they will have practiced at least once.

This is interesting:
http://deletionpedia..._2008_at_23:22)