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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
<URL:http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/music/ska-faq/top.html>
------------------------------
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.
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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
<URL:http://www.freenet.ufl.edu/~ltj>
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>
<Milwaukee, WI 53223 USA>
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
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See section 1.12 (in part 1) for citations.
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End of FAQ: Ska (alt.music.ska) Frequently Asked Questions: Part 3
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