Punk/Ska

[Body]

Well, I'm a diehard fan of Ska and Punk so I figured I'd take a look here and see if any of you bassists also go for Ska/Punk.

Some of my favorite bands, bold ones are my main favorites at the moment,

Against All Authority
Agent Orange
Anti-Flag
The Aquabats
Authority Zero
Bad Religion
Big D and the Kids Table
Bouncing Souls
The Casualties
Catch 22
Chronic Future
Citizen Fish
The Clash
Descendents
Dropkick Murphys
Fenix TX
Fishbone
Five Iron Frenzy
Flogging Molly
Glassjaw
Goldfinger
Guttermouth
Lagwagon
Leftover Crack
Less Than Jake
Long Beach Dub Allstars
Mad Caddies
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Mustard Plug
NOFX
Operation Ivy
Pennywise
Pipedown
Rage Against the Machine
The Ramones
Rancid
Reel Big Fish
Refused
Reverand Horton Heat
Rufio
RX Bandits
Sex Pistols
Sham 69
The Skalatones
Skankin' Pickle
The Skatalites
Steriogram
Streetlight Manifesto
Sublime
Tiger Army
The Unseen
Voodoo Glow Skulls
88 Fingers Louie

great punk/ska bass inspirations IMO: Matt Freeman (Rancid, Maxwell Murder solo anyone?), Matt Wong/Derek Gibbs (Reel Big Fish), Alec (Leftover Crack), Fat Mike (NOFX).

my Myspace and Last.fm if you want to listen to some of my favorite bands, feel free to add me as friends too
www.myspace.com/last_standing77
http://www.last.fm/user/Skankin77

Peace easy!

[brem]

more into ska roots / dirty reggae bands...

The Slackers
Hepcat
Aggrolites
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
Skalariak
Ska-P

Also older stuff... Desmond Dekker, Skatalites etc.

And some 2-tone... The Specials...

And 3rd wave... Mighty Mighty Bosstones...

But I'm not really into the "Ska-punk" scene, although since I play in a ska band, we get to share the stage with a lot of ska punk bands. As long as we respect each others.

For the record, I play trumpet in a ska roots band: The Skopitones

(I play bass for fun in my basement... trumpet is my main instrument)

[Mike Money]

No Use for a Name
Face To Face
Authority Zero
Whole Wheat Bread
The Unseen
Dayglo Abortions
Fear
Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies
NOFX
Green Day
The Descendents
Blink182
Bad Religion
Fugazi
The 5, 6, 7 ,8's




could go on forever....

[Barkless Dog]

Oreskaband
All Through Life
Locust
Lightning Bolt
Mike Watt

[Body]

Originally Posted by brem

For the record, I play trumpet in a ska roots band: The Skopitones

Nice tunes!

Originally Posted by Barkless Dog

Oreskaband
All Through Life
Locust
Lightning Bolt
Mike Watt

I actually like Oreskaband too, normally people would be like ew asian girls but tbh I think they are pretty good lol.

[Barkless Dog]

Their bass player can hold her own against anyone, male or female.

[Body]

Originally Posted by Barkless Dog

Their bass player can hold her own against anyone, male or female.

haha yeah, shes awesome. I can't get over the drumming in the start of this song, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc51kZDx91M

[brem]

Thanks Body! We're gonna record a few more songs later this fall, hopefully!

Oreskaband: I like, but it's a tad too "pop" for me. I mean I enjoy it, just not listening to it continually

[Barkless Dog]

Originally Posted by Body

haha yeah, shes awesome. I can't get over the drumming in the start of this song, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc51kZDx91M

Great song. They played that song live in Chicago on the warped tour. They sound just as tight live as in the videos.

I can't find much of any music that I can listen to constantly


Anyone like Locust?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qoNXKqTvR0

[sarcastro83]

what, no love for the Circle Jerks?

[Bob Clayton]

Originally Posted by sarcastro83

what, no love for the Circle Jerks?

+1

no misfits?
no black flag?
no pepper?
no rise against?
no social distortion?
no against me?

[Barkless Dog]

No Butt Hole Surfers?
Dead Kennedys

[Arsenal_Fierce]

The Living End in my car stereo right now. Other recently listened-to cds include NOFX, Flogging Molly, Pez Stomp (J-ska), Catch 22, and a few random punk compilations.

[K_Shizzle]

Pretty much all the first list.

Emphasis on Rx Bandits and Bouncing Souls.

[ducknturtle]

Many great bands mentioned, but it's hard to imagine how The Specials could have been neglected.

[jomahu]

one of my favourite bands: los fabulosos cadillacs. flavio is a force on bass.

actually, now that i think about it, the entire south american scene is laden with excellent ska.

[baalroo]

Originally Posted by Body

Bad Religion
Bouncing Souls
The Clash
Glassjaw
Lagwagon
Mad Caddies
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
NOFX
Operation Ivy
Pennywise
Rage Against the Machine
The Ramones
Rancid
Reel Big Fish
Refused
Reverand Horton Heat
RX Bandits
Voodoo Glow Skulls

I like those from the original list. Plus Tilt, Bracket, Ten Foot Pole.

I don't think Lighting Bolt really quite fits with these, but they rule as well.

[Joey3313]

Just go browse the Fat roster and you'll see a ton of good bands.


This also applies to Red Scare as well.

[Body]

Now now, I was just posting my favorites.

Anyone like the Pietasters? I've been listening to them recently. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68poqgzZU5A

[{(b)A$spLaY(R)}]

Bad Religion
Black Flag
Misfits
Pennywise
NOFX
Operation Ivy
Rancid
Minor Threat
Lagwagon
Ramones
Descendents
Circle Jerks
Less Than Jake
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Vandals
Dead Kennedys
Green Day (old Green Day)
Fear
Anti-Flag
Reel Big Fish
Propagandhi
Sublime
Reagan Youth
Me First and The Gimme Gimmes
There's a lot more that I listen to a bit, but I can't really think of them right now.