OT: SKA fans

[DTP]

You can’t mention ska on a Miami forum without these guys

 

[RVACane]

I would disagree regarding "multiple waves of ska," unless you want to call The Clash ska (and hey, they were influential on the genre). That late 90's movement was basically it as far as making any mark on the main stream. No Doubt, Sublime and the Bosstones (or, rather Knock On Wood, precisely) were at the forefront and there were a ton of lesser-knowns. Yes, they still tour, but I don't know of anyone doing anything new in ska.

It's basically just punk rock with horns and a little reggae bass. You can't do all that much with it musically.

I've seen most of those bands (all it takes is going to Warped Tour once). Reel Big Fish were atrocious live. The two lead guys just chatted up inside jokes ad nauseam. Goldfinger put out some decent stuff, and Sublime could have been all-time greats had they lasted. Personally I'll stick with the hardcore punk that influenced ska over ska itself.

Punk with horns - sounds like Madness. Is that ska?

 

[theribdoctor]

Punk with horns - sounds like Madness. Is that ska?

Theres a lot of ska punk bands.

but Madness wasn't one of them.

 

[Tad Footeball]

Anyone remember Blinking Underdogs? They were a local UM/South Miami ska band in the very late 90's and early 2000's. One dude from that group blew up beyond all imagination.

 

[thereds]

One of my favorites growing up

 

[theribdoctor]

Anyone remember Blinking Underdogs? They were a local UM/South Miami ska band in very late 90's and early 2000's. One dude from that group blew up beyond all imagination.

He was also part of the Worms.

 

[RVACane]

Theres a lot of ska punk bands.

but Madness wasn't one of them.

Madness wasn’t a ska band with One Step Beyond?

 

[Tad Footeball]

He was also part of the Worms.

Yup. Another dude from Blinking Underdogs was now part of the band Orgy the last time I heard too.

 

[theribdoctor]

Madness wasn’t a ska band with One Step Beyond?

no, I said ska punk. They were part of one wave of Ska. Two tone.

 

[theribdoctor]

Yup. Another dude from Blinking Underdogs was now part of the band Orgy the last time I heard too.

thats not something to celebrate.

 

[RVACane]

no, I said ska punk. They were part of one wave of Ska. Two tone.

I didn’t know it had so many layers. **** I guess I missed that genre.

 

[IndayArtHauz]

I see this is one of those topics where I bring my thimble full of experience to the internet and find out there’s six oceans and seven seas beyond my understanding, ahahahaha.

Well done, all

 

[theribdoctor]

I could have days of conversation regarding Ska and punk and hardcore. days.

 

[theribdoctor]

I didn’t know it had so many layers. **** I guess I missed that genre.

Knowledge.

this is where Rancid came from.

 

[IndayArtHauz]

I could have days of conversation regarding Ska and punk and hardcore. days.

I’d love to hear what defines the different waves, etc.

 

[theribdoctor]

I see this is one of those topics where I bring my thimble full of experience to the internet and find out there’s six oceans and seven seas beyond my understanding, ahahahaha.

Well done, all

I used to go to all the different record stores and look through the old vinyl and cd's and just collect.

 

[theribdoctor]

I’d love to hear what defines the different waves, etc.

I think it was more of the times it came out and where it originated.

wave 1 was from Jamaica...it predated reggae.

wave 2 was England.

Wave 3 added more ska punk, ska jazz and I believe it was from the US.

 

[theribdoctor]

The 3 waves of SKA

This seems close.

 

[RVACane]

Knowledge.

this is where Rancid came from.

Sounds pretty punk.

 

[theribdoctor]

Sounds pretty punk.

this was punk. Always considered Rancid to be punk.