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Is Ska Dead?

robbotbass

robbotbass

Apr 11, 2009
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Casper Wyoming USA
#1
If it is Dead should it stay that way? I hope not! the entire reason I'm a bassist is because of Ska! Love that island sounding melodic bass lines that alot of ska band have!

Anyone have a ska bassist or song obscure or popular to share? I'm looking to listen to some good ska from a bassist point of view!
 
#11
if it matters, i saw reel big fish and streetlight manifesto a few nights ago. both played incredibly (as they do). 1/3 of the crowd left after streetlight. maybe the days of happy go lucky goofy ska music ala less than jake, reel big fish, etc are over. but bands like Big D, streetlight, illscarlett.. they seem to be doing pretty okay.
 
#12
Just got back from my second show of the current RBF/Streetlight tour. Two of my all time favorite bands, right up there with Zeppelin and Deep Purple.

No one left after Streetlight.

Oh, and they played only Goldfinger through the intermission, and most people were singing along to that as well.
 
#13
M0ses said:
Just got back from my second show of the current RBF/Streetlight tour. Two of my all time favorite bands, right up there with Zeppelin and Deep Purple.

No one left after Streetlight.

Oh, and they played only Goldfinger through the intermission, and most people were singing along to that as well.
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we also had the goldfinger-only intermission. the madness stopped after streetlight. feel like it was nothing but the 30 year olds that grew up on RBF left. and me.
 
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sonic assassin said:
we also had the goldfinger-only intermission. the madness stopped after streetlight. feel like it was nothing but the 30 year olds that grew up on RBF left. and me.
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Think it's cause the new sax player is ex-Goldfinger :D

I am in Milwaukee, drove to Toronto for my birthday this summer just to see them there. That was my first experience with the new sax player, and for that show the Rabbit was also out on sick, and it was the first time I was disappointed with them (I've seen RBF seven times, Streetlight four - Streetlight was insane as always.) But the Rabbit is back and the sax player (forget his name lol) is sounding much, much tighter with the band. Was very happy to hear that! I was worried that the loss of Scotty would turn me off the band.

But yeah, here in Milwaukee we have just as much love for the fish...ok well maybe a little tiny bit less but come on STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO. I'd still pay the full ticket price for any one of them, though.
 
#18
this thread warms the inside of my cold, dead soul. I used to be in a ska band - but then said band broke up because nobody really went out to shows at all, and we all went separate ways after high school, so it was getting harder to practice regularly.

I'll have to say I really dig band like The Specials, Reel Big Fish, Voodoo Glow Skulls, the selecter, King Horrow, and of course a lot more of the 3rd wave ska bands.

Wiz Khalifa-Black and Yellow(SkaVersion) - YouTube

a buddy of mine showed me this video recently, I think it's relevant right now.


edit: I've learned about a few kickass groups through this thread too! Keep 'em coming!
 

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