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SKA and Punk

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Probably a dumb question . . . but who's into SKA and Punk? I'm currently listening to this YouTube compilation, #6 in a series.



I also like the Punk-O-Rama series and Hell Cats's Give 'em the Boot series, also available on YouTube. I was in marching band in highschool, SKA bands use a lot of brass instruments, I guess that's what catches my musical interest. 👨‍🎤🎶
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I saw these guys at Anthem in DC last month, Irish Folk/Punk with a Pirate flare. ☠️



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I'm sure a couple of you have heard this song, it was in The Departed which I thought was a really good movie.

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My favorite, you can't go wrong with banjo-

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I don't know if this qualifies but here it is: The English Beat. Later changed to "The Beat".

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1967redrider wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:07 am Probably a dumb question . . . but who's into SKA and Punk? I'm currently listening to this YouTube compilation, #6 in a series.

I also like the Punk-O-Rama series and Hell Cats's Give 'em the Boot series, also available on YouTube. I was in marching band in highschool, SKA bands use a lot of brass instruments, I guess that's what catches my musical interest. 👨‍🎤🎶
Haven’t paid much attention to SKA but Punk isn’t far from some I like. Try Reverend Horton Heat, Hank 3 (Hank Williams III) and Wayne Hancock. They all venture into punk, country punk, and rockabilly. Hard to say what’s different between them, at least to me.

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Mumbleypeg wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:26 am
1967redrider wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:07 am . . . Try Reverend Horton Heat, Hank 3 (Hank Williams III) and Wayne Hancock. They all venture into punk, country punk, and rockabilly. Hard to say what’s different between them, at least to me.

Ken, I saw him once at a little concert venue in Arlington, VA. He's very entertaining. It's Martini Time! 🍸
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XX Case XX wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:02 am I don't know if this qualifies but here it is: The English Beat. Later changed to "The Beat".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bM0wVjU2-k
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Y'all go on ahead without me. I'll just stay here stuck in the mud.
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jerryd6818 wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 12:09 pm Y'all go on ahead without me. I'll just stay here stuck in the mud.

GIve that compilation a try, Jerry. The up side is the songs are usually 2 minutes long or less, so if you don't like one just give it a minute. 😉 I can pull up YouTube on my tv, which definitely improves the sound, much to my neighbor's chagrin. 👨‍🎤
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John, I sampled all that were posted. My apologies. I should have kept my opinion to myself.
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jerryd6818 wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 1:01 pm John, I sampled all that were posted. My apologies. I should have kept my opinion to myself.


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jerryd6818 wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 1:01 pm John, I sampled all that were posted. My apologies. I should have kept my opinion to myself.
Jerry, does this kinda sum it up for you? (warning, PG-13 lyrics) ::sotb::

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Mumbleypeg wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:24 pm
jerryd6818 wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 1:01 pm John, I sampled all that were posted. My apologies. I should have kept my opinion to myself.
Jerry, does this kinda sum it up for you? (warning, PG-13 lyrics) ::sotb::

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I can appreciate both, as I listened to both growing up.
My very first CD I ever purchased was the BLACK FLAG, DAMAGED album. Not much heavier than that album as far as punk rock goes IMO.

For SKA I liked Operation Ivy.
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1967redrider wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:42 am
Mumbleypeg wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:26 am
1967redrider wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:07 am . . . Try Reverend Horton Heat, Hank 3 (Hank Williams III) and Wayne Hancock. They all venture into punk, country punk, and rockabilly. Hard to say what’s different between them, at least to me.

Ken, I saw him once at a little concert venue in Arlington, VA. He's very entertaining. It's Martini Time! 🍸
I saw the reverend Horton heat in Houston back in ‘94.
I usually don’t like it when band would banter with the crowd in between songs, but he was very entertaining.
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BFORSE wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 4:25 pm I can appreciate both, as I listened to both growing up.
My very first CD I ever purchased was the BLACK FLAG, DAMAGED album. Not much heavier than that album as far as punk rock goes IMO.

For SKA I liked Operation Ivy.

I'm a big Op Ivy/Rancid fan.😎👍



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1967redrider wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:12 pm
BFORSE wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 4:25 pm I can appreciate both, as I listened to both growing up.
My very first CD I ever purchased was the BLACK FLAG, DAMAGED album. Not much heavier than that album as far as punk rock goes IMO.

For SKA I liked Operation Ivy.

I'm a big Op Ivy/Rancid fan.😎👍



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Too bad they only had that one album.

Also, for punk, Bad Brains! I think their best album was the Omega Sessions.
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BFORSE wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:03 pm

Also, for punk, Bad Brains! I think their best album was the Omega Sessions.

I saw them open for someone once, within the last several years (I think). In Dave Grohl's Lost Highways documentary he talks with the front man I think, in his DC visit. It was an HBO series.
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1967redrider wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:08 pm
BFORSE wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:03 pm

Also, for punk, Bad Brains! I think their best album was the Omega Sessions.

I saw them open for someone once, within the last several years (I think). In Dave Grohl's Lost Highways documentary he talks with the front man I think, in his DC visit. It was an HBO series.
Yeah HR, that guy is out there
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I like Tim Armstrong, lots of talent, but Lars knows how to thrash!-

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This one's for Ken-




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Agent Orange is good if you like your punk rock with a twist of surf music. Check out their song “Bloodstains”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ1RecSXXZ8
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1967redrider wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:12 am I saw these guys at Anthem in DC last month, Irish Folk/Punk with a Pirate flare. ☠️



Thick, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and Violent Femmes opened for Flogging Molly, it was a cool show and nice to be at a concert again.
Well....I never thought that Iris Folk music would ever meet Punk.
Sandy Denny (RIP) of "Pentangle" must be turning over in her grave. ::facepalm::

I'm undecided and trying to digest. ::shrug::

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I had never heard of SKA until the mid 90's when the kids in church were listening to the O.C. Supertones, a Christian SKA band.
Not my cup o' tea.
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