Could anyone recomend me some ska punk bands?
I'm looking for anything funky, jazzy, preferably not REAL punk( old british punk haha).
Thanks in advance!
Leftover Crack
reel big fish
im gonna comeback with more info, but if you want some oldschool SKA, try "the skatalites" or "the heptones"
dont know if the spelling is right
I've really got into Ska-Punk due to listening to this bands' music.
They are Spanish and so are 95% of their songs but good music is good music
Who needs language?!
potshot
>>5
Ska-P? Well, good but far from the best, apart for one or two tubes... but true, they have something. If language doesn't bother you, you may want to try Spook & The Guay (they're French, but most of their songs are in english anyway - wait, I even wonder if they happen to sing in french).
I'd say Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (aka SkaPara, you know how they contract all the words). Japanese group, very talented. The lineup changes very often, and there are many bandmembers. They do a lot of covers/collabs, too. Their remake of Hit The Road Jack is priceless.
Try Skatalites, as someone said. Old stuff, really good. Or hey, madness. They have a lot of really groovy tunes other than One Step Beyond or Her House.
Also, some NOFX might please you. And Sublime (Date Rape is gigantic).
I think the three main branches are: Ska (the closest to classic reggea), Ska Jazz (more brass, larger orchestras, rythm'n'blues influences), and Ska Punk (more importance on the guitars, use of punk riffs & disto sound, often more 'punkish' lyrics).
Of course, as most of the music styles, it has many and many subgenres.
I'll add Smash Mouth and Reel Big Fish to your lists.
Search "third wave ska" on sites like Wikipedia to obtain more of this style. It englobes most of what we commonly call "ska-punk".
>>11 Well, not really. The three main branches are 1st, 2nd and 3rd wave ska. 1st wave ska came first, as a mix of traditional styles like mento mixed with influences of jazz and r'n'b heard in Jamaica via American soldiers' radios after WW2; bands such as the Skatalites and Desmond Dekker. 2nd wave ska came about when Jamaican immigrants brought their music into the UK in the 70s-80s and it mixed with the flourishing punk scene - mainly bands on the 2-Tone label like Madness and the Specials. 3rd wave ska is the American sound of pop punk added into the flavour, from the late 80s-90s, bands like Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake. Often, 3rd wave ska songs will have an offbeat-skanky section, a halftime bouncy section and a thrashy punk-powerchords moshpit section, and will be about drinking and partying! Sometimes they are more interesting though, I'm going to come out and say it, Streetlight Manifesto could maybe be called post-ska! Ska-minded but avoiding the common tropes of the subgenre and using it more intellectually
>>11 Reggae came after ska