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While both are pretty good I give it to Mustard Plug just because it opens with shouts- You can open with it, close with it, whatever.
"Beer" (as well as it's "sequel" "drinking") just don't grab my attention as much.
But let's not rule out the entirety of the compilation Skankaholics Unanimous... ;)
Oh, and if you missed it, frontman Ryan Eldred put out some solo tracks this past fall. Maybe they'll turn into Catch 22 tracks?
http://www.reverbnation.com/skagoessolo/song/19167666-ryan-eldred-the-diviner
That guy looks like movie director John Landis and I don't trust myself not to make a tastelessly morbid reference to the fatal helicopter crash from 'Twilight Zone: The Movie', so instead I'm going to focus on thinking about what made someone look at the cover for the 1990 instructional reference book 'Identifying Wood' and feel that it deserved to be adapted into a ska meme, because I have to admit I adore their esoteric line of thought.
I play bass in a south east London band! We're called The Pisdicables and we currently have gigs with The Toasters, King Hammered and Chewing On Tinfoil coming up this year!!
http://www.reverbnation.com/thepisdicablesuk/album/58639-the-pisdicables
I own a copy of this and not long ago I realized the same thing, that it's nowhere to be found online. Heck, there's not even a clear scan of the album art anywhere.
There's one for sale on Discogs for $4 and one for sale on Amazon for $10. The former is probably your best bet. A tip for searching: though they started as Goldfish Don't Bounce, I believe they had officially changed their name to "GDB" by the time this album came out.
I've always considered this album an underrated gem. It's worth checking out if you're into proggy ska and reggae-influenced rock a la Rx Bandits and Passafire, though I don't think it's quite as good as either of those bands.
No need to be sorry this shit is hilarious. We were sorta borrowing a style from the sax players brothers band who were actually pretty good, here is a link to probably their most popular song - https://myspace.com/cutawayska/music/song/the-coke-song-52524657-56717177
A review of the track from allmusic.com:
>Song Review by Jo-Ann Greene
>It took Lord Tanamo exactly 25 years to make this song a hit. Of course, it wasn't his song, but a sumptuous cover of "I'm in the Mood for Love", with which Jack Little and his Orchestra kindled a thousand romances back in 1935, when he took it to the top of the US chart. The Chimes brought "Love" to a new generation, when they took the song back into the Top 40 in 1961.
>In 1965, Jamaicans were in the mood for ska, and The Skatalites were more than happy to provide the perfect platter to please them. The rhythm team of Lloyd Knibbs and Lloyd Brevett fuel the fun with insistent beats and thumping bass line, with Jackie Mittoo's piano riff adding sparkle. Overhead, the brass join in to add further lushness to the melody, while the rich, jazzy solos take the song back to its roots. And all the while Tanamo smoothly sings out, his sweet, warm vocals an absolute delight, even if he never actually changes the lyrics to fit the new title, producer Coxsone Dodd had invented.
>This 1965 single won the hearts of lovers and dancers across the island and beyond. In 1990, the song was resurrected in Britain for a Paxo gravy TV commercial, and put Britain straight back into the mood, and Tanamo into the UK chart after the single was reissued.
You registered that account name 3 years ago and you didn't know?! You totally missed out! They started a kickstarter on 22nd November 2011 announcing a reunion, along with a rockin new song!
The kickstarter hit the target in under an hour and it was a brilliant day for all and the rewards were great. As Valostar already mentioned, their new album is due out around spring (so you're just in time to be hearing about this!) and they have played a few shows and I would imagine that they're going to do a full on tour this summer. Their site is down for a redesign at the moment, but they also have some new merch and stuff!
Five Iron played Nashville back in November. I too have been looking recently...
Nashville based Soul Radicals seem to have a gig July 17 in East Nashville
My band 4 aspirin morning is playing. Plus killer acts like deals gone bad, something to do and the invaders. Actually every band here is killer. Come and skank with me and I will reward you with a chain wallet and a bowling alley!
Matt Wixson! A Michigan local sweetheart. He used to be prolific as hell, so if you like this you have a lot to go through. This song, Double Agent, is about the racist/homophobic shit people would tell him at work.
You're probably correct, interesting find!
About a year ago I researched the earliest US ska recordings (all stemming from the 1964 worlds fair and Millie Small's hit), but didn't think to check for anything that may have emerged from the Chicano population.
You're probably already aware of it, but for those who aren't VampiSoul put out a compilation of Spanish language 60s ska a few years back called "Skanish Sound" mostly from Spain but also some tracks from Latin America. Jamaican music was especially popular in parts of Central America.
Wisconsin is experiencing a ska resurgence right now. Check out The 4 Aspirin Morning from Madison, 40 Oz Face Plant out of Green Bay
There are plenty of other Ska bands around (First Chairs, Orpheus, other bands that played at Skappleton that I enjoyed but was too drunk to remember...damn all you can drink mimosas...
The CD release show for S2D's new album is going to be in Milwaukee, and will be featuring some of the best ska bands from Wisconsin:
(from the S2d Site) Friday, July 27, 2012 *****CD RELEASE SHOW****** Miramar Theater, MILWAUKEE, WI Oh yeah, we just recorded a new album called "Music For Fine Dining" and we'd like to have a big and fancy CD release show. This show is gonna be all-ages and all-kinds of awesome and we really wants to see you there. We'll have copies of our new album and lots of other fancy things (like, uhm, snacks, waiters, other bands, etc.) Admission is $12 OR $10 if you dress up a bit and the $10 admission includes a copy of our brand spanking new album - pretty good, YES? To sweeten the deal more, there'll be other awesome bands playing: The First Chairs, 4 Aspirin Morning and Orpheus will all be lending their powers to this Voltron of a ska show. GET IT ON YA CALENDA!
A large number of Sublime songs are covers or utilize popular riddims from 80s dancehall and reggae.
http://www.whosampled.com/Sublime/covers/
EDIT: Looking through that list... it only covers a small fraction of what they cover and sample. i.e. Summertime
Step with me into the time machine, as we travel back to the 90s! A compilation cd was released comprised exclusively of female-fronted ska bands. Girls Go Ska
Some of my favorites from this comp are: Destroy - Metro Stylee (I picked up their full album after hearing them on this disc)
Don't Count - Isaac Green & The Skalars (ditto)
I Can't Touch You - Dunia & The Stable Boys
Miss Parks - Los Malarians
Shuffle Your Feet - The Skeptics
Hot Cat - The Jinkies
That's adorable, you think mentioning Hillary will get to me? She goes right up against the wall as well for having literally owned slaves.
Giants - Five Iron Frenzy lyrics >"This house is haunted by the ghost of Adam Smith The wealth of nations and the further death of innocence To rule the world, the desire of every man The earth is shaking, There are giants in the land."
The reference to Adam Smith (author of The Wealth of Nations [also mentioned]commonly referred to as the "Father of Capitalism), with the following lines that the "wealth of nations" is tied to the "death of innocence".
The USA isn't even the richest, and you're drinking the Stormfront Kool-Aid if you think we're the freest when we have #1 incarceration rate of all nations, while not even making the top 10 nations in personal/economic liberties.
I will say the exact same thing to you, since you're so accustomed to drinking from the McCarthyist nipple instead of applying a dialectical, materialistic analysis of the world you live in.
Nah. That Streetlight is a silkscreen that I got when we drove over 4 hours to their nearest show a few years ago. And it was the first concert my kid ever crowd-surfed at (and I got it on video). It's sentimental.
The Oi! Pillow was an Amazon find... Punks & Skins Ltd Music-Hardcore,... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BFK64JQ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
In fact, there were many nifty Ska pillows... I put several on a wish list before deciding which to get... https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1O3P85GNQQ328?ref_=wl_share
As a huge Bad Manners fan, I also recommend Nick Welsh (Aka King Hammond) The Life & Times Of A Ska Man.
https://www.amazon.com/Life-Times-Ska-Man-Offbeat/dp/1910705292
That would depend on your personal style. I'm partial to the old classroom tape recorders myself, but you strike me as a straight up boomboxer on the bus kind of listener so here you go:
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I amazed they were still around in the 2000s. If I had to guess I'd say I got the tape in like 1993 or so.
I just looked them up on discogs and it looks like both their CDs are available for purchase there, including the S/T album, which is selling pretty cheap.
I don’t know anything about embedding, but couldn’t you just post a link to the online player? Something like this: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1336366/8461624-ska-boom-stories-the-harder-they-come-the-birth-of-american-reggae
Not to toot my own horn, but I'd say the band that I was in/still gig with counts as a fusion of ska and various other things. Their name is Kabomba!. Not every song of ours incorporates ska elements, and in some of them, the ska is flavored heavily by funk, psychedelic, and cumbia.
If you go to the band's Reverbnation site, the song that probably incorporates the most ska-like elements that we have uploaded for public consumption is MeSH. The ska doesn't kick in until about 2/3 through the song, so I'd be interested to hear what you guys would consider the other particular genre influences.
Looks like they have also announced 4/14 at The Rex Theater in Pittsburgh, just saw a friend RSVP for the event on Facebook
EDIT: well shit, whole bunch of dates as I stopped being lazy and googled http://www.songkick.com/artists/246297-suicide-machines YAY CLEVELAND!!
Westward Tailgate
Chicago, Illinois
CpeanuT - Guitar, Vocals
New three piece ska/pop/punk band from Chicagoland. Equiped with just a guitar, bass, drums and two peoples vocals, we are to create great melodies and an overall happy, fun time.
facebook.com/westwardtailgate http://www.reverbnation.com/westwardtailgate
The Seven Dollar Sunglasses
San Diego, CA
Teuast - guitar/vocals
We do ska, punk, reggae, old-school rock, a bit of hip-hop, and basically whatever suits our fancy.
General Tso's Fury *Jacksonville, FL *Wexx - Saxophone, vocals(?) *More rock-y punk-y ska, with bits of reggae and a lot of other shit thrown in. It's p cool *[Website/tumblr](generaltsosfury.com) - Reverbnation
4 Aspirin Morning
Madison, Wisconsin
Carpemortem- Trumpet (other band members are lurkers!)
Punk/Ska, more on the punk side.
www.facebook.com/4aspirinmorning
http://www.reverbnation.com/4aspirinmorning
Also we did a few christmas songs for this area cristmas compliation, http://www.kuhlermusic.com/ play "Santa's in a ski mask"
let me know what you guys think!
Nope - most musicians figure out the parts by ear.
You can try something like Capo to get you in the ballpark.
Hint: Practice weird (for trumpet) scales like F#, E and B - most guitarists don't tune down a half-step to make it easier for horns.
Holiday Music inna Ska and Reggae Style
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/worldskaradio/episodes/2010-12-06T03_19_33-08_00
A bit early, but since you're in the mood...
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/worldskaradio/episodes/2010-12-06T03_19_33-08_00
This is one of my first introductions to ska back in the late 90s on the Generic Skaca album. It's probably one of the funnest albums that I've ever purchased.
If you have the Google Drive app on your phone, you can save the .zip file from Gmail, use a file explorer app (I like ZArchiver) to upload the zip file to your Google Drive account, and then find the link to the file to share with us.
Or, if you're able to forward the file to my email, I can upload & share it for you. Let me know if you figure it out or need any help! :)
Talking about The Ska-Dows and the Sax Maniax in another post prompted me to look up their compilation appearances on Discogs, where I just now discovered the existence of this comp which came out in February on Pressure Drop, a ska-based imprint of Cherry Red Records.
The lesser-known artists of the 2-Tone era as well as the rest of the British ska scene for the remainder of the '80s have always represented my most favorite of the genre, and this is a remarkable - and reasonably-priced - compilation (it's also on Amazon). I only just now purchased one, and I think anyone with more than just a casual interest in 2-Tone should follow suit.
There's a really good compilation by Putamayo called Reggae Playground, used to play it in my classroom a lot :) Definitely recommend.
If you can find 'em, Six Feet Deep have a great dark sound.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000001369/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_-BoxFbNZN3N60
Not easy to find on YT or other streaming, it seems. They showed up on some samplers and dropped this album. Wish they had done more. I can easily listen to this whole album and not feel compelled to skip a single track.
Technically not a cover as much as a re-recording since TohKay wrote all the songs when he fronted Catch22. Kearny Nights as performed by Streetlight Manifesto
BTW, it also looks like the Amazon page will ship the same item (probably cheaper when you factor in shipping cost).
Oh damn, I got it mixed up in my head with Metalliska! http://www.amazon.com/Metalliska-Various-Artists/dp/B00004W5LM/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1430881905&sr=1-1&keywords=Metalliska
We stood against racism and fought for a better life for the working class, among other things. We got together, we danced, we fought alongside each other against people who would oppress us and others.
If you ever get a minute, I'd strongly suggest reading "Wheels Out of Gear: 2Tone, The Specials, and a World in Flame". It'll tell you a lot about what happened. Some of these struggles still carry on to this day, and some of us are still fighting this fight.
I have it on this compilation album which I bought from the band Bim Skala Bim back in 2000.
Every modern ska fan should own Johnny Socko's "Full Trucker Effect" album.
That compilation has a great live studio version of Bim Skala Bim's "Wise Up"... way better than any of their other more common versions.
I hope I am not the only one here that will see Bim next month during their short summer tour.
I have Kam Highway Catharsis. I bought it after hearing them on Pandora so often. Are you looking for a digital copy or an actual CD?
I've been thinking of getting The Pirkqlaters because of their song "I Raymond, Also Known as Ray to his Friends" on Pandora. There's been this one CD available on amazon for a few months.
Probably too obvious to mention The Skatalites. There have been some instrumental compilations like King Size Ska that you might want to check out.
OP, you can get something like this for your iMac! I'm assuming you have one of the newer models without a disc drive.
Something like this wouldn't be a bad choice. That's what I'm using for my turntable right now. It doesn't have a super heavy needle weight like the Crosleys do, and I believe the tonearm and needle can be upgraded to ones that will make the sound even better.
These guys just released an album funded by Kickstarter, you can listen to some samples of it here, but I think it's a great album worth checking out, as well as to support the scene.
Mainly for the humor I like themed compilations like Metalliska (found it at my college radio station.) Ska covers of Hair Metal songs! It's just as ridiculous as it sounds.
If you're just interested in their ska influenced stuff, they put out a compilation a few years ago called Skaboy JFK: the Skankin' hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
You might like the Rudiments. All their best material was compiled on the Asian Man release Circle Our Empire.
I recommend this Suicide Machines are more punk and ska but still Amazing.