I am a big fan of ska and punk music. I listen to a lot of stuff, though I am up to suggestions that people have. Just wanted to see if there were any other fans here on the forums who could recommend me some good bands. Some of my favorites are Streetlight Manifesto, Less Than Jake, Common Rider, Choking Victim, Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, Riverboat Gamblers, just to give a few examples.

You need to go back in time to some vintage British Ska:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8vltYVYVx8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCZFC0r9Zog

Vintage Southern California Ska:

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

If you want something a bit more obscure, this was bunged out on a friend's label about 15 years ago and I thought it was pretty catchy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-6GyuEEt20. I know absolutely nothing about them except for that one track.

This counts right?

EDIT: Nvm censored language everywhere.

Ever hear of "Set Your Goals"?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIz22Gjju_U

Aha, my favourite, ska and punk. Get ready:

Sonic Boom Six - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1XalWiJt6g, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfBy_me9ij4, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmUlaDtrGqc (one of my favourite bands)
Left?ver Crack - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZKJwdJRbCo
Random Hand - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcJWEqTie38, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdH2JenalMM, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrUsvbJbVxU
Capdown - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K10-JjPXNaw, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PQV-j1JZ7c
King Prawn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7CycUkDQU, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Aj4Eg0imA (King Prawn and Capdown are legends in the British ska underground)
Big D and the Kids Table - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8oM_-K9rXY, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsEKXKjPRWY, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adglbndu-6o
Rancid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhKHAopx7D0
Tim Armstrong - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zmIR1aAGYE
NoFX - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6axOY4PBusk, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWrlbRdJsSE, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krZyeldj7tQ
Stand Out Riot - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxoH2pMd_eg
AWarAgainstSound - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXkbQmG7dmA (the album this is taken from - a three way split between Stand Out Riot, AWAS and Sense of Urgency - is one of the best skacore albums you will ever hear in your life)
Mouthwash - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdgjJJhJOa0
The Skints - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTRBjxBmUCY (probably the best British reggae/ska band around at the moment)
Bad Religion - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XRt5cbNhUo, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12kcpP-8jfM, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1PgiBpTtao
A Wilhelm Scream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGfWeOulgHs
The Selecter - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wwSQa3XZfs, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETTKzcIQTjU
The Creepshow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu3Rfc9fr-0
Trash Talk - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV1TeGIeMC4
The Suicide Machines - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sENFugWIX4
The Aggrolites - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi4Ys9CgSfE, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYtnwPy410M
The Stooges - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJIqnXTqg8I, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mZ0sSStW6Y (take it back to the start...)
The Clash - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqcizZebcaU

I haven't watched any of these videos because I don't have a million years of time, so apologies if any are low quality or have stupid fan animations or slideshows on them or something. Also, I didn't know how much you already knew, so there's some fairly obvious bands in there you probably have heard, but there's also loads that you probably wont, so do check 'em out

Also, a bunch of British bands which are awesome but not well known enough to have decent quality videos on YouTube (they might have MySpace pages or something though...):
The Hostiles, Dirty Revolution, Revenge of the Psychotronic Man, Broken Nose, ACiD DROP...

Wooh! This thread proved helpful. Than you all.

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Punk is one of my favorite genres. When I finish posting this, I'm actually gonna go through all the other suggestions.

Try:

Rise Against (Prayer of the Refugee - Savior - Survive - Ready To Fall - Worth Dying For - Paper Wings - The Good Left Undone)
Blink 182 (Feelin' This - Dammit - Every Time I Look For You - All The Small Things - Rock Show)
Sum 41
Alesana (This Conversation Is Over - Apology - Pathetic, Ordinary - What Goes Around)
Bad Religion
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (Face Down - In Fates Hands - You Better Pray)
Fall Out Boy (Dance, Dance - Sugar, We're Going Down - A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me - This Ain't A Scene)
The All American Rejects (Dirty Little Secret - I Wanna - Swing Swing)
Green Day (American Idiot - Holiday - The Saints Are Coming)
The Used (All That I've Got - I Caught Fire - Empty With You - Pretty Handsome Awkward)
Silversun Pickups (Substitution)
Simple Plan (Welcome To My Life)
Panic! At The Disco (I Write Sins, Not Tragedies)
My Chemical Romance (Na Na Na - Teenagers - Give 'Em Hell, Kid)
Black Tide (Honest Eyes - Live Fast, Die Young - Show Me The Way)

Not all of these bands are pure Punk, but they definitely do have a few songs that fit the genre. It would honestly take me a while to link all the songs on my iTunes by these bands, so I just typed out a few suggestions you could check if you're interested (plus, I'm too lazy to link all these ). Yeah, I know some of these bands are considered "overrated" and what not, and I don't particularly like certain songs but I thought you might, so I thought I'd mention them anyway! :rock:

Nah. I am not a fan of some of the bands you listed. At the same time, I am pretty big on Sum 41, older Greenday, Rise Against and the like.

These bands aren't ska-punk but are essential bands for anybody interested in Punk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op9GbMRrDlw

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAJYARIngtg (they also do reggae)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXQtl0ypU44

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE-UbbTjcGY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIqESwzCGg4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTWSSCYUD4E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG5xHpJPSNo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaOzbsv2ZB0 (all their songs are great, so I just picked one at random)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Giebe-uzPFg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyUwEAVEJJ4 (pretty sure these are Ska-Punk)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiN1QqOMHXE (they're not actually racist, it's supposed to be ironic or something)


There's a lot more but this should be good enough to get you started.

Stuff I'm familiar with and like. (More Oi/punk than Ska though heavily Ska influenced. In case it need be said, Oi is NOT RACIST SKINHEAD MUSIC!!!!)

Madness - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh8J1istSg8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-uyWAe0NhQ
Cockney Rejects - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBwdMxqO_nw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xarRSIyjzxM
FEAR - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQM00K24qG8
Groovie Ghoulies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad8TLAb-VR4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB5G_oaqwxI&feature=related
The 4-skins - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65JuOrAYZzg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyvklS3rqL4&feature=related
The Oppressed - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5HrgSuraCI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkr6M6SDzdc
The Exploited - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCKt2JGfHrQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhhWdDRBpW8
The Germs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJEc4o-frgA&feature=fvst
Misfits - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5CWCp1iHb4
[censored] <--"male rooster" Sparrer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFcXe_rdOes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWwP1CrM3YE

Hope something in there is suitable to your liking. I to found this thread helpful.


EDIT: (The follow is my friend, more in the know than I. Enjoy. (P.S. He has my permission for this and I'm sitting right here. )


Hey... these are some of the original ska bands from the 60s and some of the resurgence ska of the 70s
I am an old school FIRST GEN punk and this is some OLD SCHOOL moosic

Original SKA (Just Ska) -- this is the stuff ALL the old punks like Joe Strummer, Johnny Lydon etc were listening to.

Derrick Morgan
Skatalites
Laurel Aitken
Desmond Dekker (Wicked!)
The Ethiopians
Prince Buster
Symarip (Skinhead Moonstomp)
The Paragons
Ernest Ranglin
Toots & the Maytals

Resurgence SKA (Ska Punk)

The Specials & The Specials AKA
The Selecter
Citizen Fish (Ex-Subhumans GB)
Bad Manners
Operation Ivy
The English Beat

Oi Punk & Punk Pathetique

Toy Dolls (The BEST band EVER)
Infa Riot
Cockney Rejects
Sham 69
The Business
Blitz (Freakin' Awesome)
Menace
Angelic Upstarts


Whew!