scottishbastard

What are your favorite (if any) ska/rocksteady bands. I'd prefer to keep dancehall, ragga, reggae etc. out of this for now. Any of the waves are acceptable - 1st wave, 2nd wave, 3rd wave, punk-ska, ska-core, ska-hip hop etc. I'll start my list here:

Laurel Aitken
Judge Dread
Prince Buster
Madness
The specials/the special a.k.a.
The selector
The Untouchables
Fishbone
Symarip
Operation Ivy (their ska driven stuff)
Skankin' Pickle
Sublime (their more ska stuff)
Street light manifesto
Less than jake (older)
Reel big fish
Mad Caddies
Hepcat
The Slackers
The Pietasters
The Skatalites
The Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Link 80
Mu330
Choking victim/leftover crack
Los Nino Zombies

I think my favorite ska is the early Skinhead stuff like Laurel Aitken, symarip and Judge dread...It's funny how the term skinhead kind of became the opposite of what it originally stood for.

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