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I'll take that and raise you this:

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Hawk Teflon said:
I used to LOVE Reel Big Fish! Ska music was such a short lived thing. I absolutely loved it! Takes me back...
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Your memory must be shorter than the life of ska, which started in the 60s and has had a strong showing through the 80s and through today. Growing up in the OC, there was always some ska available to anyone who wanted some.

Madness
The Specials
Toasters
Bosstones
Fishbone (saw them play live in the Nixon Library & Birthplace lobby at Siggraph 93... surreal!)
Sublime
Reel Big Fish
Less Than Jake
No Doubt
 
I was unaware that there were so may waves of ska influence.

Probably since I had older siblings, I had no control of any radio stations until I was in roughly 8th grade or so. That was like 1995.

Also, growing up in anywhere but California, you don't get exposure to that scene near as much. And while it may have been around for a while, it rose to its greatest fame in the early 1990's when ska bands were actually making it mainstream.

I was a big RBL, LtJ and MMB fan. But you can't forget about The Ska daddies, the Skadaddles, The OC Supertones, The Insyderz, and Five Iron Frenzy. All of those bands have broken up, or changed over to rock music and the industry.

I can't agree that there is a strong showing today. Most of the bands that were ska have broken up or sold out. And the few that remain are "underground" or whatever you want to call it when a band isn't known. I was hoping Bandslam (movie, not venue) was going to revive this monster that has died again, but it doesn't seem promising. There may be some groups influenced by ska, but they aren't showing it.

I think the most frustrating was when No Doubt sold out. I used to love them. Granted they used to be ska, but they left that scene after The Beacon Street Collection. Tragic Kingdom had some ska sound, but then you have their Saturn album and it's like, "WTH, Gwen?"
 
I was never fortunate enough to catch a show. I wanted to so bad! I was the scrawny kid that would be skankin' in the crowd until he passed out. I don't know if my body will even do that anymore.
 
Erik Olson said:
Madness
The Specials
Toasters
Bosstones
Fishbone (saw them play live in the Nixon Library & Birthplace lobby at Siggraph 93... surreal!)
Sublime
Reel Big Fish
Less Than Jake
No Doubt
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I saw a Specials show in Chicago years ago. Good stuff.

Also, I used to really be into the Bosstones. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones that is.

Hawk Teflon said:
Also, growing up in anywhere but California, you don't get exposure to that scene near as much. And while it may have been around for a while, it rose to its greatest fame in the early 1990's when ska bands were actually making it mainstream.

I was a big RBL, LtJ and MMB fan. But you can't forget about The Ska daddies, the Skadaddles, The OC Supertones, The Insyderz, and Five Iron Frenzy. All of those bands have broken up, or changed over to rock music and the industry.
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In the 90's in my neck of the woods there was a pretty popular (at least locally) ska/punk band called Slapstick. Anyone ever heard of them?

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