Archive-name: music/ska-faq/part3 Last-modified: $Date: 95/04/26 16:45:46 $ Version: $Revision: 3.20 $ Part: 3 of 3 URL: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/music/ska-faq/part3 URL: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/music/ska-faq/top.html FAQ for alt.music.ska Tomas Willis tomas@cae.wisc.edu Administrivia: Go forth and skank. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: 3.1 Introduction In response to all of those ``Isn't ska some dance form of reggae?'' questions, I present the following historical background to the music we call ska, gleaned from liner notes I have lying about the place, various postings to alt.music.ska, and sundry emailings with helpful ska fans. This is part 3, $Revision: 3.20 $, posted to alt.music.ska, rec.music.info, alt.skinheads, alt.answers, rec.answers, and news.answers. This FAQ is posted twice a month, whether it needs to be or not. This FAQ file is also available for anonymous ftp on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu as the file `pub/usenet/news.answers/music/ska-faq/part3'. Disclaimer: I am not a musician, nor do I play one on TV. Neither am I a musical historian. I do love ska music, so I offer this material unto the public domain. Acks: Michael Cancilla (mcancill@polyslo.calpoly.edu) posted a long list of ska bands that I have incorporated into this FAQ. That list has grown to list over 500 bands! Mike Fragassi (mfragass@ucs.indiana.edu) emailed me about 10k in response to my request for more info and is still at it. Thanks Mikes! Thanks also to everyone else in a.m.s and other reaches of netspace who sent me info. Dance harder! Tomas Willis (tomas@psycco.msae.wisc.edu) ================= now in digest format, for easier digestion ================= Also, you can get at this document on the World Wide Web (WWW) at ------------------------------ Subject: 3.2: Table of Contents The ska FAQ is now distributed in three sections. Part one addresses background questions, part two contains information about ska via various media, and part three contains infomation about bands. Table of Contents: Part 1 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Table of Contents 1.3 What is ska music? 1.4 Where did ska come from? 1.5 What is first-wave ska? Second-wave ska? Third-wave ska? 1.6 What is ska-core? 1.7 What is a rude boy? 1.8 What is with the narrow-brim hats, dark suits and narrow ties? How come some of these ska bands look like the Blues Brothers? 1.9 What is skanking? 1.10 What about reggae? 1.11 Oi! What about skinheads? 1.12 Recommended reading and Bibliography Part 2 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Table of Contents 2.3 Where can I hear ska on the radio? 2.4 Where can I hear ska live? 2.5 Is anyone doing ska video? 2.6 Are there any ska movies? 2.7 Are there any books about ska? 2.8 What are some ska-related 'zines (fan-created magazines)? 2.9 How do I get a ska email-based mailing list? 2.10 What are some more Internet ska resources? 2.11 Can anyone reccommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska? 2.12 What are addresses of some record labels producing ska discs? 2.13 Are there some mail order stores that carry ska? Part 3 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Table of Contents 3.3 What are the names of some ska bands? 3.4 Can I write to any of these bands? ------------------------------ Subject: 3.3: What are the names of some ska bands? These names are culled from various sources, especially Michael Cancilla (mcancill@polyslo.calpoly.edu), Brian Rosenthal (brianr@america.com) and some others on a.m.s. Thanks to everyone who sends me info. We now list over 500 bands! Yes, we finally go `A' to `Z'. The format: Bandname (Location) {Style} [time period] e.g. Fubars, The (Verona) {Funky ska} [1989--1992] So, please help! Send me any info you have for this little project, which I think will make this band list much more informative. Also, for bands with non-English names, I will alphabetize by the name, including the article (`Los,' `Die,' `La,' etc.). That is, `Les Enfants de St. Gall' are listed under `L,' even though, in a more multilingual world I would list them under `E.' 100 Men (UK) {traditional/rocksteady} 3rd. Way, The (Netherlands) [Current] A Dream I Had (Montreal) {Post-tropical Celtic Ska Swing} [Current] A-Kings (New York City) {Modern ska} Adams, Aubrey (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Agent 99 (New York City) Aitken, Bobby (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Aitken, Laurel (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s--present] Akrylykz (UK) {2 Tone (Roland Gift)} [1980] Alcapone, Dennis (Jamaica) Allniters, The (Australia) {Traditional} [Early--mid 1980s] Allsorts, The (Australia) Allstonians, The (Boston) [1992--present] Alphonso, Rolando (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s--present] Anderson, Frank (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Andy and Joey (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Andy, Bob (Jamaican) {Jamaican Ska} [1960s] Apollo 7 (UK) Arpioni (Italy) [Current] Arthur K and the Originals (UK) Babysnakes (Sweden) [Current] Bad Manners (UK) {2 Tone} [late 1970s--1980s] Bakesy's Midday Joggers (UK) Banana Boat (Spain) Banana Buster (Chicago) [Current] Banana Peel Slippers (Cologne, Germany) Banditos, The Banton, Pato (UK) {Mostly Reggae} [Current] Beat Soup (Boston) {ska/reggae} [Current] Beat, The (English) (UK) {2 Tone} [late 1970s--mid 1980s] Beatbusters, the (The Netherlands) [Current] Beckford, Theophilus (Jamaica) {Jamaican} Bender {ska-influenced punk} Beurk's Band (France) Bigger Thomas (East coast, US) {skalypso} [Current] Bim Skala Bim (Boston) [1983--present] Bishops, The (Omaha, NebraSka) [Current] Black Happy (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) {jazz/ska/metal/rock} [Current] Bleichreiz (Germany) [Current] Blue Beat Stompers, The (Berkeley, California) {first wave} [1991--] Blue Chateau (Germany) Blue Meanies, The (Chicago) {punk/ska} [Current] Bluekilla (Germany) Blues Blenders, The (Jamaica) {Jamaican Ska} [1960s] Bob and Marcia Bodysnatchers, The (UK) {2 Tone} [1980] Boilers, The (NY) Bombassa Beed (Germany) Booth, Ken (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Bop Harvey (Rhode Island) {debateable} Boris Gardner (Jamaica) {Old School} Botor, Ska & Eiren (The Netherlands) Bouncers (Netherlands) [Current] Bowler Boys (Austin, Texas) [Current] Boxboys, The (Los Angeles) [late 1970s] Boy O Boy {now Fighting Gravity} Braces, The (Germany) Brooks, Baba (Jamaica) {Old School} Brownies, The (San Jose, CA) {ska-core} [Current] Bruisers, The Buck-o-Nine (California) Bunny and Skitter (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Burma Jam (Richmond, Virginia) Buster's All Stars (UK) {all-star Band with Bad Manners and others} Busters, The (German) Butlers, The (German) Byron Lee & The Dragonaires (Jamaica) {Old School} Cables, The {Rocksteady} Cairo East (London) {Madness covers} [Current] Camper Van Beethoven (California) {early albums only} Can't Say (Albany, NY) {Modern Ska} [1992 - present] Capone & The Bullets (Scotland) Carlos Malcom & the Afro Caribs (Jamaica) {Old School} Carre Blanc Pour Serie Noir (France) Casino Royale Charmers, The (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Cheasecake Circus (Montreal) {Progressive ska} [Current] Checkered Cabs (Washington, D.C.) {Motown/British pop/Jamaican ska} [Current] Checkmates, The (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Cherry Poppin' Daddies, The (Oregon) {jazzy, swinging ska} [Current] Citizen Fish (UK) {ska-core} Citizens, The City Kids (New York City) {Modern ska} Clancy Eccles (Jamaica) {Old School} Claredonians (Jamaica) {Old School} Cliff, Jimmy (Jamaica) {Rocksteady} [mid-1960s] Club, The (UK) {former Loafers members} Clue J and His Blues Blasters (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Collins, Dave and Ansel Colourfield, The (UK) {Hall of Specials/FB3} Connotations Conspiracy (San Francisco) [Current] Conspiracy, The (Ohaha, NebraSka) [1990-1993] Coolie Ranx (New York) [Currently with the Toasters] Cornell Campbell (Jamaica) {Old School} Crank (Switzerland) [Current] Crazy 8's (Oregon) [1980's--1995] Crisis Band (New York) {late rocksteady/early reggae} Crucial Dread Beat Control (Santa Barbara, California) [Current] Cryin Out Loud (Hoboken, NJ) [Current] Culture Shock {ska-influenced punk} Daddies, The (Eugene, Oregon) Dance Cleopatra (Netherlands) [Current] Dance Hall Crashers (Berkeley) Dandy {Old School, original "Rudi, Message to You"} Dave's Big Deluxe (Tuscon, Arizona) [Current] Dawkins, Horrell (Jamaica) {Jamaican Ska} [1960s] Daybreakers [Current] Deep Six (Sacramento, California) {ska-core} Dekker, Desmond (Jamiaca) {Old School - Master} [1960s--] Delroy Wilson (Jamaica) {Old School} Deltones, The (London) {2 Tone} Desmond Dekker and the Aces (Jamaica) {Old School} Desorden Publico (Venezuela) Die Aeronatuten (Zurich, Switzerland) [Current] Dig This (Boston) {Ska/pop rock} [--1994] Dillon, Phyllis (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s--present] Dobson, Dobby (Jamaica) {Jamaican Ska} [1960s] Donaldson, Eric (Jamaica) {Rocksteady} [late 1960s--early 1970s] Donkey Show (Los Angeles) Downfall (Berkeley) {ska-core} [late 1980s] Dr. Calypso (Spain) Dr. No (France) Dreamletts, The (Jamaica) {Jamaican Ska} [1950---1960s] Drummond, Don (Jamaica) {Old School - Master} Duffus, Shenley (Jamaica) {Old School} Durgano 95 Earth Citizen (South Africa?) {ska/punk} East Of Eden Edna's Goldfish (Long Island, NY) [Current] El Bosso & The Ping Pongs (Germany) Elevators, The (Milwaukee) Ellis, Alton (Jamaica) {Old School} Ellis, Bobby English Beat (UK - 2Tone, US name for The Beat) Engine 54 (Germany/Olympia, Washington) Erector Set (Brighton, Massachusetts) Eskarabajo (Puerto Rico?) Etch-A-Sketch (Ann Arbor, MI) Ethiopians {old school, "Train to Skaville"} Exceptions, The (Detroit) {metal/punk/ska} [Current] F-Troop (Australia) Fabulosos Cadillacs (South America) Featherheads, The (South Oxhey, Herfordshire, UK) [Current] Fighting Gravity (Richmond, Virginia) {formerly Boy O Boy} [Current; StarSearch winner] Filibuster (Sacramento, California) {ska/rocksteady} Fishbone (California) {funk/ska/metal/MTV} [Currently not performing ska] Flames, The (Jamaica) {Jamaican Ska - Became The Maytals} [67] Floor Kiss (New York) Folkes Brothers, The (Jamaica) [1960s] Forest Hillbillies, The (UK) Fratelli Di Soledad (Italy) Free Cheese for All (Lausanne, Switzerland) {punk/funk/rap/hardcore/beat/fusion/ska} [Current] Free Radicals, The (UK?) {Dave Wakeling's new band} [Current] Freedom of Expression (Nashville, Tennessee) Frits, The (Germany) [Current] Fun Boy Three (UK) {Hall, Staples, and Golding of Specials} Fun Republic (Germany) {former Skaos members} Funicello, Annette (Disneyland) {covers ``Jamaica Ska''} [1980s] Funny Bone (Seattle, Washington) [Current] Gal's Panic (Austin, Texas) Galaxy of Prizes Gangbusters (San Diego) Gangster Fun (Detroit) [Current] Gangster Pump (Wilmington, Deleware) {ska-core/hip-hop} [Current] Gaylads, The (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] General Public (UK) {pop/ska, former Beat members} [mid 1980s] Geoulah (Monreal) {Spritiual skanking} [Current] Glory, The Goonsquad Graduate, The {Current Tears for Fears members} Granville Williams Orchestra, The (Jamaica) {Jamaican Ska} [1960s] Gray, Owen (Jamaica) {Jamaican Ska} Greenhouse {ska et cetera} [Current] Grown-Ups, The (Denton, Texas) [Current] Guava Groove Haddock (Netherlands) [Current] Happy Campers, The (Massachusetts) Harry J and His Allstars (Jamaica) [60's] Heavy Manners (Chicago) [early 80's] Her Majesty's Secret Service (Milwaukee) [1980s] HL Syndikat (Germany) Harriott, Derek Headline [early 1980s] Hepcat (Los Angeles) {old school} [Current] Hersang and the City Slickers (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Hihats (Boston) Holt, John (Jamaica) {Rocksteady} [late 1960s--early 1970s] Hoodlum Empire (San Francisco) [Current] Hoovers, The (San Francisco) [late 1970s] Hopping Penguns (Canada) Hotknives, The (UK) [late 1980s] HoT stove JimmY (Chicago) {ska-core} [1994--] House of Whoopee (Kirkwood, Missouri) [Current] Hubcaps, The (St. Louis, Missouri) [Current] I. H. Ska (Germany) I-Spy (Chicago) {2-Tone/R&B} [mid 1980s] Independants, The (Florence, South Carolina) [Current] Insatiable (Salt Lake City, Utah) Inspecter 7 Inspector 12 (Nashville, Tennesee) [Current] Insteps, The Instigators, The (Washington, DC) [Current] Intensified (Forkenstone, Kent, UK) [Current] International Beat, The International Jet Set (Milwaukee) [late 1980s--?] Invaders, The (Milwaukee) [Current] Imperials (Los Angeles) Israelites (California) Itals, The (Jamaica) {Jamaican Ska} [1960s] Jack Kevorkian & The Suicide Machines (Michigan) Jammah Tammah (Netherlands) [Current] Janitors Against Apartheid (San Francisco bay) {ska/etc} [Current] Java Dog (Michigan) [Current] Jesus Christ Superska (New Haven, Connecticut) [Current] Jimmy Bastard (Switzerland) [Current] Jimmy Skaffa (Ohaha, Nebraska) [1993--] Jiving Juniors, The (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Johnny Moore Johnny Socko (Bloomington, Indiana) [Current] Johnson, Cluet (Clue J) (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Jolly and the Flytrap (Switzerland) [Current] Judge Dread (London) {ska/dub} [1970s--] Jump With Joey (Los Angeles) [1989--present] Jumpstarts, The (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) {ska/pop} [Current] Just Kidding Justin Hines and the Dominos (Jamaica) {Old School} Kale Manneh (Netherlands) [Current] Kelly, Pat Kill Me King Apparatus (Toronto, Canada) {punk/ska} [Current] King Hammond (UK) Kingpins, The (Monreal) [Current] Kingstonians, The Klink Hammer (The Netherlands) [Current] Knockouts, The (Spain) Komando Moriles (Spain) Kortatu (Pamplona, Spain [Basque]) La Mano Negra (France) La Piche (Japan) {punk/ska} Latenotes, The (Australia) Lawsuit (California) {R&B/jazz/ska} [Current] Legal Gender Les Bubars (France) Les Ejectes (France) Les Enfants de St. Gall (Geneve, Switzerland) [Current] Les Frelons Les Giovannis (France) Les Internes (France) Les Miserables (Brooklyn, NY) Les Saxas (France) Less Than Jake (Gainesville, Florida) {punk/ska} [Current] Let's Go Bowling (Fresno, California) [late 1980s--1994] Let's Quit (The Netherlands) Lewis, Hopeton (Jamaica) {Jamaican Ska} [1960s] Liberator (Lund, Sweden) [Current] Lidds, The (Pennsylvania) [Current] Liquidators (San Francisco) Livingston, Dandy Loafers (UK) Lodgers (Germany) Loin Groin (Melbourne, Australia) Loonee Toons (UK) Lord Brynner and the Shieks [1960s] Lord Creator (Jamaica) {Jamaican Ska} [1960s] Los Fabulosos Cadilacs (Venezuela) Los Hooligans (Fresno, California) [1993--] Los Pies Negros (Puerto Rico) Los Rudiments (San Francisco) [Current] Lot Boy Steele Lucky Hiob (Switzerland) [Current] Machtoc (France) Mad Cow (UK) {funk/ska} Mad Monster Sound (Germany) {ska/oi} Madness (UK) {2 Tone} Magadog (Tampa, Florida) {Traditional/2-tone} [1993-present] Malarians, The (Spain) Mark Foggo's Skasters (The Netherlands) Marley, Bob (Jamaica) {Ska, then rock-steady, then reggae superstar} [1960s--1980s] Marley, Rita (Jamaica) {Ska, then rock-steady, then reggae} [1960s--current] Maroon Town (UK/Massachusetts) {ska/reggae/rap} [late 1980's--?] Marsvilla (San Francisco) [Current]/ Martin Dupont & His Gitane Mais (France) Maytals, The (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] McCook, Tommy (Jamiaca) {Old School} [1960s--present] Me Mom and Morgentaler (Canada) [Current] Meal Ticket (California) Melodians, The (Jamaica) {Old School} Melk Them (Switzerland) [Current] Mento Buru (Bakersfield, CA) {Traditional, kinda} [Current] Mephiskapheles (New York, NY) Messer Banzani (Germany) Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Boston) {ska-influenced} [Current] Mighty Vikings (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Millie (Jamaica) {Jamaican Ska} Mission Impossible (Massachusetts) Mister Bungle Mobsters, The (Italy) Mobsters Syndicate (Montreal) [Current] Model Citizen (Logan, Utah) {Ska-core} Monks, The (Canada) {Ska/Rock} [early 80s] Monsignors, The (Chicago) {ska-core} [Current] Monsters, The (Switzerland) [Current] Morgan, Derrick (Jamaica) {Old School} Morris, Eric Mr. Cranky (Boston) [--1993] Mr. Review (The Netherlands) M.S.Q. MU330 (St. Louis) [--present] Mud Sharks (Reno, Nevada) {ska} [Current] Murphy's Law Mustard Plug (Grand Rapids, Michigan) {ska/funk/metal} [Current] My Name (Tacoma, WA) {punk/ska/funk} [Current] Nails, The (Denver) [late 1970s] Napoleon Solo (Denmark) Native Sun {Bigger Thomas} Natural Rhythm Neurones En Folie (France) New Breed, The (London) [Current] Ngobo Ngobo (Germany) {Old Style} [Current] No Doubt (Los Angeles) No Nonsense (Australia) {Nutty} [Early--mid 1980s] No Sports (Germany) NOFX (California) Noir (France) Noses, The (Switzerland) [Current] Now, The (Greenbelt, Maryland) {More Mod} Nude Club (Switzerland) [current] Nutty Boys (UK) {former Madness members} NY Citizens {NY Citizens were previously Legal Gender} Ocean 11 {traditional style} [Current] Oddly Enough (Cambridge, Massachusetts) [late 1980s] Odi Odi (Netherlands) [Current] Offs, The (San Francisco) {ska/punk?} [late 1970s] Omnious Seapods (Upstate NY) {Ska influences} [modern] One Eye Open [Current] Opel, Jackie (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Operation Ivy (Berkeley) {Sca-core} [1980's] Os Paralamas Do Sucesso (Brasil) {skambalypso} [1980s--present] Otis Reem (Greensboro, North Carolina) {ska/metal/rap} [Current] Out of Order [Current] Pacers, The (Minneapolis, was Milwaukee) [199x--present] Paragons {Old School; "Tide is High"} Parka Kings (Kalamazoo, Michigan) Peacocks, The (Switzerland) [Current] Pelukera Perez (Spain) Perfect Thyroid (NY) {ska/funk} [Current] Perkins, Lascelles (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Perry, Lee "Scratch" (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Persiana Jones (Italy) Piala (Japan) {rock/thrash/ska} Pick It Up (France) Pie Tasters (Washington, D.C.) Pigbag (UK) Pioneers, The (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Piranas (UK) [early 80s] Planet Smashers, The (Montreal) [Current] Plate O' Shrimp (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Pork Hunts, The (Australia) Pork Pie Tribe (Florida) {Ska w/Bagpipes!} [Current] Potato (Spain) Potato Five, The (UK) Press, The (New York) Prince Buster (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s--present] PROI (Edinburgh, UK) [Current] Public Service (Philadelphia) {ska/funk} [Current] Punch the Clown (Davis, California) [Current] Question, The {More Mod} Radio Noise (San Francisco) [Current] Ranking Roger (UK) {Former Beat/Gen Public} Red Sessions (Hawaii) Refrescos, The (Spain) Regatta Sixty-Nine (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) {ska/reggae/world beat/pop} [Current] Regulators, The (The Netherlands) [Current] Reply Rhyth-o-Matics (San Francisco) {Afro-Caribbean/Ska} Rico (Jamaica/UK) Riffs, The (UK) Rock Steady Posse (San Luis Obispo, CA) {Ska/reggae} [Current] Rolondo and the Soul Brothers Romeo, Max Rottweilers {Fishbone-style} [Current] Rude Boys, The Rude-O-Rama (Boston) [late 1980s] Rudeness 8 Rudeness Empire (The Netherlands) Ruder Than You (Pennsylvania) [Current] Rudiments, The Rulers, The (Jamaica) {Old School} Samuel, Winson (Jamaica) {Jamaican Ska} [1967] Saxawaman (France) Scarper (UK) Scatologists, The (Delaware) {funky ska} [Current] Scene, The (NY) Scooby and the Skamatics (Houghton, Michigan) {Ska-energy} [1992-1993] Scofflaws, The (Huntington, NY) [Current] Second Step (New York City) Secret Cajun Band (St. Louis, MO) [Current] Selecter, The (UK) {2 Tone} [197x--1981, and current] Sensations, The {Rocksteady} Shanties, The (California?) {All-girl} [Current] Sharp Sound Connection Shot Black and White (NY) SHU (New York) {rock/ska} [Current] Shy Five (Massachusetts) Silly Walks (Netherlands) [Current] Silvertones, The (Jamaica) {Jamaican Ska} [1960s] Simaryp (Jamaica) {Old School; They do the `skinhead girl' tune} Sir Lord Comic (Jamaica) {Jamaican Ska} [1960s] Six Feet Deep (Bell Gardens, CA) Six Feet Under (Connecticut) Ska Flames, The (Tokyo) {New Ska in the old style} Ska Humbug (Richmond, Indiana) [Current] Ska King Crab (Alaska) [Current] Ska Trek (Germany) Skablins (Pittsburg) [Current] Skaboom (UK) Skadanks,The Skadows Skaface (Toronto, Canada) Skaferlatine (France) Skaflaws, The (Boston) {!= Scofflaws} [Current] Skallie MacDougal (Canada) [Current] Skaltere Club (Germany) Skamp Boys (France) Skandanks, The [Current] Skankhead (California) Skankin' Pickle (San Francisco Bay Area) Skanksters, The (Canada) [Current] Skanus (Netherlands) [Current] Skanxters, The (UK) Skaos (Germany) Skapa (Wellington, New Zealand) Skapelle (Germany) Skarabajos (Spain) Skarface (France) Skarred By Ska (Massachusetts) Skapone (Chicago) {traditional-style, contains former members of State of Emergency} [Current] Skappele Skastafarians (Dallas, Texas) Skatala (Spain) {punk/ska} Skatalites (Jamaica; now USA) {_The_ Old School ska band;, Tommy McCook, Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso, Lloyd Knibbs, Lloyd Spence, Jah Jerry, Lester Stirling, Baba Brooks} [1964--1965, and present] Skatalogicals (Netherlands) [Current] Skatet (Minneapolis) {old school-style} [Current] Skatilater (New Zealand) Skatrek Skatroits (Japan) Skatterbrains, The (Ottawa) Skavengers (Boston) {instrumental ska/rocksteady/swing/jazz} [1993--] Skavoovie and the Epitones (Boston) {Old style} [Current] Skeletones (Anaheim/Riverside, California) [Current] Skif Dank (Port Orange, Florida) [Current] Skinnerbox NYC {The Boilers;funk/heavy ska} Skooby and the Skamatics (Houghton, MI) {Ska-Engery} [1992--93] Skunks, The (Washington, D.C.) [Current] Slackers, The (New York City) {ska/punk/mod/soul/jazz} [Current] Slap & Tickle (Colorado Springs, Colorado) {all styles} [Current] Slickers, The SLK (Whitmore Lake, Michigan) SMA (Westfield, Massachusetts) {modern ska} [Current] Small Axe (The Netherlands) {Featuring Floyd Lloyd} [Current] Soilers, The (Seattle, Washington) {horns} [Current] Songhai (Spain) {Afro-reggae-ska} Soul Brothers, The (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Soul Vendors, The (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Soulmates, The Special Beat, The (UK) {Specials and The Beat, 2 Tone} Specials, The (UK) {_The_ 2Tone band, Jerry Dammers founded 2 Tone} [1978--1984] Special A.K.A, The (UK) {a.k.a. The Specials} [1978--] Specs, The (California) [Current] Sprawl (Houston) {ska/psycho-funk} [Current] Spring Heeled Jack (New Haven, Connecticut) [Current] Spy Eye (Trieste, Italy) Square Roots (San Francisco bay area) [Current] State Of Emergency (Chicago) {now Skapone} Statics, The Steadys, The Steady Earnest (Boston) {includes members of Bim Skala Bim, others} [Current] Strange Tenants (Australia) {Traditional} [Early--mid 1980s] Stranger Cole (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Stretch Armstrong (Provo, Utah) Sugar & Spice (Germany) {all female} Sunday Best (UK) {Staples, Golding of FB3/Specials} Suspect Bill (Minneapolis, Minnesota) [Current] Suspects, The (Houston, Texas) [Current] Swan Lake {a la Madness} Swim Herschel Swim (Provo, Utah) Symarip (Jamaica) {occasionally the Pyramids} [1960s] T-Shirts (Sweden) [early 1980s] Taitt, Lynn (Jamaica) {Jamaican Ska} [1960s] Tango Wedding Band (Chicago) {ska-core} [Current] Tantra Monsters (Hawaii) Ten Cent Fun (St. Paul, Minnesota) [1992--1993] Tension Friends (Spain) Those Darn Accordians (California) {Some Ska/Mostly Polka- Funny} [Current] Three Tops, The Tjalling & The Heli's (Netherlands) [Current] Toasters, The (NY) {pretty much head Moon Records} [1983--present] Tom Collins and The Cocktail Shakers (Michigan) [Current] Tommy McCook and the Supersonics (Jamaica) {Old Style/Rocksteady} Too Fat To Skate (Lexington, Kentucky) {ska-funk} [Current] Too Hot (Devon, UK) Too Many Crooks (London) {third wave} [Current] Too True (Montclair, NJ) Thumper (Boston) [Current] Tiny Hat Orchestra (Seattle) [--1995] Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (Japan) Toots Hibbert (Jamaica) Toots and the Flames {Old School, pre-Maytals} Toots & the Maytals {Old school, "Pressure Drop", "Monkey Man"} Tosh, Peter (Jamaica) {Old School} Trenchtown Tribe, Tony (Jamaica) [1960s] Trojans (UK) TwistOffs, The (Kent, Ohio) [1987--] Undercover S.K.A. (San Francisco) {all covers} [Current] Unsteady (California) {ex-Gangbusters members} Untouchables, The (Jamaica) {Old School} [1960s] Untouchables, The (Los Angeles) {esp. earlier work} Usuals, The (Gainsville, Florida) [Current] Upbeats, The (California) Upsetters (Jamaica) {Old School, Lee Perry} Uptones, The (Berkeley, CA) [mid 1980s] Uptown Rulers, The (Illinois) [mid 1980's] Urban Blight (NY) [Current] Urge, The (St. Louis) {Ska/punk/funk/thrash} [198x--Current] Usuals, The (Gainsville, Florida) [Current] Ventilators, The (Buren, Switzerland) [Current] Venus In Furs (Houston, Texas) [1990--present] Verska Vis (France) Vikings, The (Jamaica) {became the Maytals} [1960s] Village Beat VooDoo Glow Skulls (Riverside, California) {ska-core} [--present] W8ters (The Netherlands) Wailers, The (Jamaica) {originally Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer} Wakeling, Dave (UK) {Ex Beat/Gen Public, 1 Release: No Warning} Warsaw (Arizona) {ska/punk/funk/reggae} [Current] Weaker Youth Ensemble (Madison, Wisconsin) [1992--1995] What (Florida) [Defunct] Wild Kingdom (Milwaukee) {ska/funk} [1980s--1992] Wilson, Delroy (Jamaica) {Old School/rocksteady} [1960s--present] Wise, Duke (Jamaica) {Old School} Yebo (Germany) {traditional style} Zwit (Netherlands) [Current] Additionally, Jay Vidheecharoen (jvidhee@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu), snail mail me at: 1800 Engel Road #747, Lawrence KS 66045, is developing a ``Directory of Ska.'' Contact Jay for details. ------------------------------ Subject: 3.4: Can I write to any of these bands? A> Why not? Here are some addresses (unverified!) of some bands: 100 Men 18 Westend Ave Bentley, Doncaster South Yorkshire, DW5 9RG, UK - send "a large SASE" for `100 Men Newsletter' A Dream I Had 2022 St-Laurent Montreal, QC H2X 2T2 CANADA The Allstonians 599 Cambridge St., 3rd Floor Allston, MAS 02134 USA Bad Manners 33 Springhill London E59 BY, UK Beat Soup 12 Bigelow St Brighton, MA 02135 Bim Skala Bim c/o Bib Records P.O. Box 441606 Somerville, MA 02144 USA Bleichreiz Leberstr. 63 1000 Berlin 62 GERMANY Blue Beat Stompers c/o Dan Pinkas 1305 Boulevard Way #316 Walnut Creek, CA 94595-1250 USA email: pinkas@uclink3.berkeley.edu Blue Chateau Gojenbergsweg 104 2050 Hamburg 80, GERMANY Blue Meanies Chicago, IL USA E-mail lmn52210@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu The Boilers 340 E. 64th St. #23B New York, NY 10021 (212) 758-9254 Bop Harvey PO Box 23257 Providence, RI 02903 Boston Stranglers SC c/o Greg Woodbury 51 Melcher Street, Apt. 9 Boston, MA 02210 USA Bowler Boys 1609 Lupine Lane Austin, TX 78741 USA (voice) (512) 445-7114 bowler_b@eden.com Brownies, The P.O. Box 623 Morgan Hill, CA 95038 USA jackp@well.sf.ca.us (Jack Powers) [Ask for Brownies FAQ] Buck-O-Nine P.O. Box 151141 San Diego, CA 92175 USA Checkered Cabs P.O. Box 25358 Washington, DC 20007-8358 USA chkrdcab@access.digex.net URL:http://www.access.digex.net:/~chkrdcab/cabs.html Cheesecake Circus 657 Fleury Fabreville, QC H7P 3B6 CANADA Crank, Jolly and the Flytrap, Lucky Hiob, Melk Them, The Monsters, The Peacocks, The Noses, and Nude Club c/o Benno Riedmann Schonengrundstrasse 2 CH-8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland Crucial DBC Dread Beat Control 1418 1/2 Euclid Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Cryin Out Loud Golda Bowlfish Records Box 1553 Hoboken, NJ 07030 Dance Hall Crashers P.O. Box 40219 Berkeley, CA 94704-4219 USA Dave's Big Deluxe c/o Paul Sachelari 136 N. Euclid Tucson, AZ 85719 USA pauls@gas.uug.arizona.edu Daybreakers Barry Kuula, Sunrise Enterprises (212) 865-8505 USA the Deltones Stella Manzos 76 Lincoln Rd. East Finchley London N2 9DL England Deep Six 2424 P St #5 Sacramento, CA 95816 USA (916) 444-9639 Desorden Publico Fan Club c/o Ingrid Dreissig Aptdo 66820 Caracas 1061-A VENEZUALA albums and other merchandise are available Die Aeronauten c/o Hipp Mathis and Michael Bugmann Seefeldstrasse 199 8008 Zurich, SWITZERLAND Engine 54 c/o C. Fritzsch Heidelbergerstr. 46 69221 Dossenhem GERMANY Elevators 2605 N. Prospect #5 Milwaukee, WI 53211 USA Erector Set 112 Colborne Road Brighton, MA 02135 USA The Featherheads 244A Gosforth Lane South Oxhey, Herfordshire WD1 6PA ENGLAND Fighting Gravity (formerly Boy O Boy) P.O. BOX 666 Richmond VA 23205 Filibuster 1611 22nd St #3 Sacramento, CA 95816 Floor Kiss Illuminati Music ASCAP 46 E. 29th St. New York, NY 10016 Free Cheese for All CP 1304 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Freedom of Expression 4821 Foley Nashville, TN 37211 USA Gals Panic P.O. Box 8717 Austin, TX 78713-8717 USA Gangbusters c/o Image Development 3082 Driscoll Drive San Diego, CA 92117 Gangster Fun 23 Niagra Pontiac, MI 48341 USA Gangster Pump Jeremy Green 16 Forest St. Apt. 406 Montclair, NJ 07042 (201) 509-9267 borg@brahms.udel.edu (Jeff Zarge) Geoulah c/o Antara Productions 33 Prince Montreal, QC H3C 2M7 CANADA Heavy Manners 4409 1/2 Greenview #2W Chicago, IL 60640 USA Hepcat c/o Nigelex Music 6442 Hazeltine #2 Van Nuys, CA 91401 Hoodlum Empire P.O. Box 10423 San Francisco, CA 94610-0423 [sic] USA The Imperials c/o Diego Carlin 1903 W. Folsom St. Anaheim, CA 92802 USA The Independants c/o Gore Productions P.O. Box 1392 Florence, SC 29503 uSA Intensified 82 Church Road Forkenstone, Kent CT20 3EN, ENGLAND The Invaders 3731 S. 56th St. Milwaukee, WI 53220 International Jet Set 124 W. Polk, Apt. 207 Chicago, IL 60605 Jack Kevorkian & The Suicide Machines 15417 Deering Livonia, MI 48154 USA Janitors Against Apartheid P.O. Box 700692 San Jose, Ca 95170 worster@cheshire.oxy.edu Johnny Socko Sock-It-To-Me Productions P.O. Box 393 Bloomington, IN 47402 USA (Get their newsletter by writing to them.) Jump With Joey 1565 Labaig Ave. Hollywood, CA 90028 The Jumpstarts Chapel Hill, NC USA (910) 273-8123 The Kingpins Contact: Ian (514) 484-2238 CANADA Kortatu Matxitxa Konde Kalea 12 Mutriku, Gipuzkoa Pamplona, SPAIN [Basque] Lawsuit P.O. Box 10482 Pleasanton, CA 94588 USA (510)-426-9622 Les Enfants de St. Gall 1-3 rue Lissignol 1201 Geneve, Switzerland 022-738 99 34/022-346 82 47 Les Miserables 277 Washington St. #35 Brooklyn, NY 11025 USA Less Than Jake Gainesville, Florida USA e-mail: ltj@freenet.ufl.edu Let's Go Bowling c/o Dion Watts 305 E. Harvard Fresno, CA 93704 USA Liberator c/o Peter Andersson Domherrevgen 1A S-227 31 Lund, SWEDEN SMV95HEm@macpost.student.lu.se Lidds, The Pennsylvania, USA awkatz@wam.umd.edu, akatz@bmgtmail.umd.edu (Aron W Katz) Los Hooligans c/o Tony Luna (209) 226-8618 Los Pies Negros Preionero del Vietcong Box 2 Cabo Rojo PR006 Puerto Rico Los Rudiments c/o Powell 657 Clayton San Francisco, CA 94117 USA Magadog 309 E. North Street, Apt. B Tampa, FL 33604 USA (813) 238 3985 (813) 238 9668 fax ska@seas.marine.usf.edu Me Mom & Morgentaler Chooch Records 3431 St-Denis Montreal, QC H3X 3L1 CANADA Meal Ticket c/o B. Meadows 14943 Le May Street Van Nuys, CA 91405 USA Mephaskapheles P.O. Box 1068 New York, NY 10009 USA (voicemail) (212) 780-3426 mephiska@aol.com Mighty, Mighty Bosstones, The 92 Sewall St. Brookline, MA 02146 USA URL:http://crow.acns.nwu.edu:8080/bosstones/ Mobsters Syndicate Contact Nick (514) 849-3566 CANADA Model Citizen c/o Steve Pervis 1100 North 106 West #4 Logan, UT 84321 USA (On Unity Squad Records) Mr. Review Postbus 315 1270 AH Huizen THE NETHERLANDS (may be obsolete) MU330 10000 Stonnell St. Louis, MO 63123 USA Mustard Plug P.O. Box 1440 Grand Rapids, MI 49501 (616) 774-7152 (Dave) URL:http://www.etext.org/Zines/Intrrr.Nrrrd/mustard.html Ngobo Ngobo c/o C. Fritzsch Heidelbergerstr. 46 69221 Dossenhem, GERMANY No Doubt c/o Knock Yourself Out Music 1173 Beacon Ave. Anaheim, CA 92802 USA No Sports Bernd Schelling Harmony 304 Georgetown, TX 78626 USA voice (512) 863 0948 fax (512) 863 2026 (This is the US contact address.) The Now 6216 Breezewood Dr. #304 Greenbelt, MD 20770 USA NY Citizens 1316 Halsey St. Brooklyn, NY 11237 Oddly Enough PO Box 2129 Cambridge, MA 02238 The Pacers <6442 W. Pierner Place> The Pacers have recently relocated to Minneapolis. (612) 625-4932 Parka Kings 610 Eldrige Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA The Planet Smashers 371 Carre St-Louis #5 Montreal, QC H2X 1A8 CANADA Plate O' Shrimp 56 Market St. Cambridge, MA 02138 Potato 5 c/o Rackit 16 Cliffsend House Cowley Estate London SW9 6HE ENGLAND The Press Heavy Duty Productions 116 Norfolk St. #1 B New York, NY 10002 USA (212) 982-3158 Public Service 709 Annin Street Philadelphia, PA 19147 USA Regatta Sixty-Nine c/o APB Records P.O. Box 1275 Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1275 USA (919) 416-0607 regata69@email.oit.unc.edu http://www.cs.unc.edu/~priebe/regatta69.html Saxawhaman Christine Cailleaux 1 rue du 11 Novembre 92700 Colombes FRANCE Scofflaws P.O. Box 802 Huntington, NY 11743-0802 USA Second Step 718-941-5171 212-870-0923 SHU New York, USA Freezehed@aol.com Six Feet Deep 6761 Toler Ave Bell Gerdens, CA 90201 USA Skavoovie and the Epitones 14 Saxon Rd. Newton, MA 02161 USA Ska Humbug c\o Mike Dixon Earlham College Box 642 Richmond, IN 47374 USA Skablins c/o Jump Up Records P.O. Box 1721 York, PA 17405 Skaface c/o Lynneda Scott P.O. Box 820 Streetsville, Ontario L5M 2C4 CANADA Skamp Boys 21 rue de Toulon Bat A 94140 Alforville FRANCE Skankin' Pickle c/o Gerry Lundquist 3827 Mabel Ave. Castro Valley CA 94546 USA The Pickle Hotline - (408)395-0662 paponeggs@aol.com URL:http://www.xmission.com/~grue/pickle/index.html Skaos Ralph Lang (NPP) Viktor-Scheffel-Str. 4 8000 Munich 40 GERMANY Skapone 1327 Parkside Park Ridge, IL 60068 (708) 679-2910 Skarface 74 rue du Faubourg St Antoine 75012 Paris FRANCE The Skeletones c/o MJC Inc. 2295-B Renaissance Drive Las Vegas, NV 89119 USA Skif Dank P.O. Box 290916 Port Orange, FL 32129 USA Skinnerbox c/o Stubborn Records 504 Grand Street #F52 New York, NY 10002 USA The Skunks c/o P.U. Records PO Box 5 Riverdale, MD 20737-0005 USA (202) 728-SKA1 SLK 9020 Walnut Drive Whitmore Lake, MI 48189 USA SMA 33 Atwater Street Westfield, MA 01085 USA [Shining Path Records] Sprawl 2140 Lexington Houston, TX 77098 USA Spring Heeled Jack PO Box 382 Monroe, CT 06468 USA (203)268-4886 Spy Eye Lorenzo Fragiacomo Via Romagna 58 34134 Trieste ITALY Square Roots P.O. Box 1966 Aptos, CA 955001 [sic!] USA Steady Earnest c/o DVS Media 321 South Huntington Ave. #1 Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 artc@artc.tiac.net ratpick@aol.com,artc@tiac.net Stretch Armstrong c/o Bob Walter 2255 N. University Pkwy #15 Provo, UT 94604 Ten Cent Fun c/o Jesse Miner 1588 Dayton Ave. #10 St. Paul, MN 55104 USA (612) 645-3630 jminer@macalstr.edu (Ten Cent Fun has broken up.) Thumper 62 Powderhouse Blvd. Somerville, MA 02144 USA Tiny Hat Orchestra P.O. Box 4652 Seattle, WA 98704-4652 USA Tom Collins & The Cocktail Shakers c/o Chuck Taylors 4409 1/2 Greenview #2W Chicago, IL 60640 Too Fat To Skate c/o Eric Little 632 Pasadena Dr. Lexington, KY 40503 USA plunney@macalstr.edu Too Hot c/o G. Hardy 2 Seymour Villes Totnes, Devon TQ9 5QR ENGLAND Too True 211 Midland Ave. Montclair NJ 07042 USA The TwistOffs P.O. Box 1832 Kent, OH 44240 USA DMarkovich@UAkron.Edu Urban Blight 232 W. 22nd St. New York, NY 10011 USA The Urge Patrick Hagin c/o Pagan Music Agency P.O. Box 13282 St. Louis, MO 63137 (314) 963-1015 fax (314) 963-9233 The Upbeat c/o Seider 6326 Via Real Carpinteria, CA 93013 The Ventilators Postfach 21 3294 Buren a.A. Switzerland 0-32-811-973 Voodoo Glow Skulls 6871 Eagle Rock Dr Riverside, CA 92505 USA Warsaw 2012 North 2nd Street Flagstaff AZ, 86001 USA Contact Jim or Chris at (602) 773-0314 kaetz@nauvax.ucc.nau.edu Weaker Youth Ensemble c/o John Powell Madison, WI 5370x USA powellj@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu ------------------------------ See section 1.12 (in part 1) for citations. ------------------------------ End of FAQ: Ska (alt.music.ska) Frequently Asked Questions: Part 3 ******************************************************************