Does Anyone Know Some Good Ska Bands?

[Loomster]

I'm looking for some good ska bands to download.

Thanks

[jetje]

Specials, Madness, The Selector, pp ups...

[LongJohn]

You got to have a listen to the early rocksteady jamaican stuff

Desmond Dekker, Toots and the Maytals, and Prince Buster

Prince Buster is great - tracks like 'Al Capone','Ten Commandments', 'Hard Man Fe Dead'

good stuff


LJ

[Los]

spanish Ska band called Ska-P...it's pretty good even though i dont understand it all. dl Canabis by them...

[Loomster]

thanks for the replies so far... keep them coming!

[LongJohn]

I just put 'Ska' in the audio search in Kazaa - comes up with a fair bit. There's a lot of tracks from the Ska/Punk covers album - Ive heard some of these (couldnt tell you the name of the bands though) - they are real high energy Ska, a lot of fun.

LJ

[BallroomBlitz]

You might want to check out:
Scofflaws and Spider Nick


Ballroom Blitz

[ezyryder]

please can someone explain what ska music is. I am aware it is a punky sorta thing and I actually met Spunge who apparantly are Ska, but still I wonder what exactly it is defined as. Sorry for my sillyness I just don't know.

[NateTheGreat]

Reel Big Fish, Mustard Plug, Catch 22 are a few good ones.

[carbert]

Less Than Jake, The Skatalites, Madness, The Planet Smashers, The Hippos, Mad Caddies, Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, Reel Big Fish (earlier stuff is better), Suburban Rhythm

Rocket From The Crypt, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Voodoo Glow Skulls are kind of "ska-core" i spose