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I would hesitate to stick the Slackers in with other third wave bands, I'd say they have just as much of a traditional sound as Hepcat, mixed with reggae and rocksteady.
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Haha, I just noticed Drive Thru Pharmacy on that list. I used to see them every week in churches in South Jersey, heh. Didn't know they were big enough to actually be known outside of the (dead) local scene. Also, I think the Stray Bullets are broken up too.
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Booties posted:This thread brought back a lot of memories. Ruder Than You is one of my favorite Philly bands, I saw em for the first time with the Slackers years ago and they honestly stole the show.
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I never got into SGR really. Partially because when I first started seeing them, they'd be playing church shows with No Regrets that for some reason all the sudden started pulling awesome bands like the Scofflaws, Bluebeats, Ruder Than You, but half of the crowd would just sit outside for those bands and then act like SGR was the high point of ska.sno cones are yummy posted:Anyway, this whole genre reeks of adolescent "OMG WE ARE SO TOTALLY RANDOM" wanksterism. That element is really only present in third wave ska. Traditional ska basically had similar lyrical contents to reggae, and 2-Tone dealt a lot with social injustice, racial unity, and things like that. Anyone like Fishbone? I really feel like as far as third wave stuff goes, they were way ahead of their time, considering they started in what, the mid 80s? Does anyone know if Bomb Town or Hub City Stompers are still around? They were both from central Jersey, and both had an awesome 2-tone/oi sound. Wizard Mannequin fucked around with this message at 18:16 on Nov 3, 2007 |
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What was everyones first ska show? Mine was SGR(who I hate), Ruder Than You(who were incredible) and the Slackers, back when I was in like 9th grade. I'm really glad my first ska show was more trad/reggae oriented, and definately helped me get into that stuff.
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Silva posted:I've heard of that show, but I wasn't sure if it had actual ska like I heard it did. That show also had the Aggrolites play once. The new Vic Ruggiero solo album, Hamburguru is awesome.
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weekly font posted:Have any of you guys seen the Suburban Legends play live? They opened for Streetlight at the Starland show and JESUS gently caress. They were a bunch of Pete Wentz looking mother fuckers and had choreographed dance moves. It made me want to vomit. I saw them before they were really 'big' and it was still the same. I never liked them, or their music. I guess I've always actually been pretty bitter about having to see third wave bands that I hate to see trad/2 tone bands that I love, hah.
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FloppyDiskCommando posted:No they're not "ska" but neither are a lot of bands... Good point. I understand that ska has a different meaning now than it used to, but I sorta wish there was a different name for the punk with horns and up picking genre, heh.
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assuming thats the Trojans that mixes trad ska with Celtic music, that looks like it'll be an awesome show and I wish I could go.
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Josh Wow posted:Maybe it's because they don't like punk and most 3rd wave contains a lot of punk rock elements. I mean if I didn't like punk I wouldn't like a vast majority of 3rd wave bands. I like some third wave, but for the most part I'm not a big fan of it. I don't really consider it ska, but I don't dislike it for that(and try not to have a stick up my rear end about it). I've got no problem with punk whatsoever, its basically my favorite genre, but for some reason I never got into the third wave sound, really. The best combination of ska and punk, in my opinion, is 2-Tone stuff, which incorporated elements of early British punk in with trad ska/skinhead reggae. Plus, I think a lot of trad ska/2-Tone fans are biased against third wave cause get tired of mentioning that we like ska and having people start talking about how much they love it too, but not realizing that ska goes farther back than the late 80s 
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mrfancycrackers posted:Because third-wave is what the majority of people consider ska, as that is what broke into the mainstream in the most visible way. So the best way to be elitist is to go against the grain against popular opinion. Same with emo. It has nothing to do with elitism, at least for most people. They're really different enough styles of music that you can't arbitrarily expect someone who is into old school stuff to like the new stuff.
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Urgh, I wish I was 21 or had a fake. A bar in Philly, the Barbary has a party called 10 Commandments once a month. They spin all old ska, reggae, soul, dub, and rocksteady. Some friends of mine have been going, and it sounds loving awesome.
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Holy gently caress. I just found a video of the Pogues +Lynval Golding +Joe Strummer playing Message To You Rudy. It loving rules. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7QL_PDC5XM&feature=related Urgghghghh I wish I had been born a decade earlier.
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Man, the Slackers have gotta be the most consistently awesome band around right now. A release or two almost every year since 96, and I can't think of a single one that isn't at least good. Think I'm gonna go see them soon in Westchester, they usually put on a good show.
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I saw Westbound Train for the first time last week, somehow, in Philly. I'm not sure how I've always managed to miss them, but they put on a great show, despite how weird the World Cafe upstairs is. I liked the new songs they played a lot, but I really don't know the band all that well.
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