From: braunste@fjord.ATMOS.ColoState.Edu (steam)
Newsgroups: alt.skinheads
Subject: Re: Ska Bands....
Date: 5 Nov 92 19:46:05 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

>    Send me a list of SKA bands I should look for.

here's a list of ska bands.  i wouldn't particularly recommend every one  
of them, but it gives you a place to start.  if you find some excellent  
band in this list, lemme know about it cuz i haven't heard every band on  
the list.  guten trouser.

steam

SKALIST:
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100 Men
Aitken, Laurel 
Aitken, Bobby
Alphonso, Rolando 
Author K and the Originals
Blechreiz - German
Booth, Ken 
Brooks, Baba 
Bad Manners - They do the Ska! bonanza tune
Bim Skala Bim
Bob and Marcia
Bodysnatchers
Bombassa Beed - German
Buster, Prince 
Busters All Stars
Collins, Dave and Ansel
Crucial DBC
Deltones
Dekker, Desmond - Greatest hits is a good intro (isrealites, it mek, you  
can get it if you really want it, shantytown, etc)
Desmond Dekker and the Aces
Donkey Show
Drummond, Don
Duffus, Shenley 
El Bosso & The Ping Pongs - German
Ellis, Alton 
English Beat
Etch-A-Sketch - Ann Arbor, MI band
Gangster Fun
Guava Groove
HL Syndikat - German
Harriott, Derek
Hep Cat
I.H. Ska - German
Judge Dread
Just Kidding
Kelly, Pat 
King Apparatus
Kortatu -Band from Basque Country
La Piche
Les Frelons
Let's Go Bowling
Loafers
Livingston, Dandy
Lodgers - German
Madness - One Step Beyond
        - My Girl
        - The Prince
Marley, Bob - Relevant Wailer tunes:  SKA! jerk, Rockin Steady, Rude Boy
Marley, Rita
MephiSKA!phales - NY band
Messer Banzani - former East German
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Any of their stuff on Taang is great.  They
                          seem to be doing more of the commercial thing 
			  now though.  They did a tv commercial for 
			  converse and i've heard they are gonna sign to 
			  some big record label (stinks of sell-out,
			  like mudhoney or L7).
Morris, Eric 
Native Sun (Bigger Thomas)
No Doubt
No Sports - German
NY Citizens - NY Citizens were previously Legal Gender which had both
              Chris "Kid Coconuts" and Robert Tierney in it.  They have 
	      two albums, and a demo.  The demo has four songs, three of
	      which appear on other releases.  The two albums are, "On
	      The Move" and "Stranger Things Have Happened" a new 
	      release, not on Unicorn or Moon will be appearing in the 
	      indeterminate future.  
Oddly Enough
Op Ivy 
Perry, Lee "Scratch" 
Reply
Rolondo and the Soul Brothers
Romeo, Max 
Rudeness 8
Second Step
SHARP Sound Connection
Skadows
Skaface
Skaltere Club - former East German band
SKA!os
Skapa - Wellington, New Zealand based - excellent live gigs
Skappele
Skankhead
Skankin' Pickle - California band
Skapone - Chicago band, contains former members of State of Emergency
Skatalites 
Skatet
Skatilater - New Zealand
Skatrek
Skinner Box (The Boilers)
Spy Eye
Swan Lake - a la Madness
Swim Herschel Swim - Provo, Utah band
Symarip - They do the skinhead girl tune.
The Bodysnatchers
The Boilers
The Braces
The Busters - Ruder than Rude (Unicorn)
            - Couch Potatoes (Unicorn)
The Charmers
The Checkmates
The Deltones
The English Beat
The Glory
The Jiving Juniors
The Kingstonians
The Maytals
The Melodians
The Now
The Pioneers
The Pork Hunts (Australian ska)
The Potato Five
The Rude Boys
The Rudiments
The SKA!danks
The SKA!flames
The Slickers
The Steadys
The Scofflaws - NY band, order from Moon records
The Selector - Too Much Pressure
             - My Collie, Not a Dog
The Soulmates
The Specials - Gangsters
             - Too Much Too Young
The Three Tops
The Toasters - NY band - Frankenska (good)
                       - This Gun's for Hire (shit)
The Wailers (originally Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer)
Tosh, Peter 
Toots and the Flames
Trojans                     
Upsetters
Urban Blight
Village Beat
Wise, Duke
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