contrary to all logic, the German reggaeton band Seeed is fantastic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHsJR0AsDlo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qttGJ3il62Y

Thanks for that, but no likey.

Rebelution is probably the closest. Dirty Heads, Slightly Stoopid. Put Iration in a Pandora station and you'll get plenty. The California Roots music festival band list will give you some ideas too. I don't know if it's an official genre but I have heard it called West Coast Reggae

yes just did that a bit ago and i like rebelution! thanks!

Well, after listening to some of their stuff on youtube, I'd place it somewhere between "Reggae-flavored Pop" and "pseudo-Reggae elevator music" ;-)
Certainly not Ska.


SCNR,
malte

Definitely agree with Malte, leans more toward Reggae side of things. Not much if any ska influence at all. Not sure what other their other songs sound like but "Magic", which they've been playing a lot on top 40 stations in this area kind of has a reggae pop sound.

Check out Pepper's "Kona Town" album - very Sublime-ish sound, but their later albums drifted away from that.

Slightly Stoopid (already mentioned), The Expendables, Bargain Music/Josh Fischel, The Beautiful Girls are kind of similar and might be worth checking out to see if you likey. Also, thepier.org is a site dedicated to that genre.

And like malte said, it's really not ska - I always think of ska as The Specials, The Beat, The Selecter etc although it could be argued that "real" ska is the Jamaican stuff that evolved out of rocksteady/reggae/dancehall.

If you're interested into something a little heavier try Skindred

Kind of a Reggae, metal, punk thing.

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rancid had their moments:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhKHAopx7D0


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Checkout this weekly podcast if you want to get to know more ska style music - 23Min of Ska: http://radjose.wordpress.com/.../23min-of-ska-sloth/

I like and very often listen to: The Slackers, The Aggrolites, Rancid, Rancid's lead singer Tim Armstrong (with the Aggrolites), Green Room Rockers (local Indiana ska band), The Might Mighty Bosstones, Sublime....

David K

Thanks for the link that is awesome. Its very rare that there is anything but ska playing in my car during my commute to & from work or when I'm listening to music at home. Don't think there is any one of the ska waves that I don't like.

I always think of ska as The Specials, The Beat, The Selecter etc

Big fan of all three, another one from that era is the Toasters

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Scofflaws and Skatalites.
I'm just gonna leave this here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuGbdhF2BlQ

Another favorite of mine was Bop Harvey - based out of Rhode Island and had big following up this way back in the late 80s-early 90s. Tremendous live shows.

https://www.youtube.com/...t=PLA4A5CAACB8AF8D8F

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Ah, nice pick. I've been a ska nerd for something like 15 years now.

I played trombone in a ska band for about 4 years when I was in college. We opened for some pretty awesome shows like Ray Charles, Stroke 9, Pink, Bosstones, Reel Big Fish, and Less than Jake. Best times of my life!

Some of the more esoteric ska bands come from across the pond. No, not the Atlantic, the Pacific. Bands like Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra and Kemuri though many of the Japanese ska bands leaned more heavily towards punk. Great horn lines in many of them!

Thats cool, you all opened for some good bands. RBF puts on a great show.

I like the oreskaband out of Japan

How about the Melbourne Ska Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUVvBF9BWdg

Another interesting group - Brown Rice Family - "Latin Goes Ska".

I have added Pepper and Slightly Stoopid to my likes as the day wears on with Pandora thank you!

Didn't Slightly Stoopid start as a Sublime tribute band?

Y'all should check out this radio show/podcast; I listen every week

http://selectajerry.podbean.com/

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King Apparatus maybe. Toronto based late 80s early 90s. Great live shows.

Less than Jake. More guitarish depending on the song than reggae/ska, but man those guys have put it down for a long time. Check out Hello Rockview or Anthem albums to get a good dose.

Whoa thanks for this! I love a horn rich band

No mention of catch 22 or streetlight manifesto? you're missing out on some great stuff.

I always get them & Gaslight Anthem confused; I don't know why

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The lead singer, Chris Murray, is still hard at it but based in California now and does mostly acoustic ska. It's pretty awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgrRdorXiLE