If you were to go to Yahoo! Answers and pose the question, "What are some good ska bands?", you would get the same, nauseating responses, over and over and over again.
"Less Than Jake!
"Catch-22!"
"Streetlight Manifesto!"
"Save Ferris!"
"Sublime!!!"
Clearly, the youth of America who claim to be into ska music have no sense of where ska came from or that the rest of the world has moved on from the "Third Wave" of the 1990's.
Hopefully, this "Best of WSR" episode will serve as a friendly reminder of where ska and reggae came from, and where it's going.
- Byron Lee & The Dragonaires - Frankenstein
- Toots & The Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number
- The Skatalites - Freedom Sounds
- Dandy Livingstone - Rudy, A Message To You
- Prince Buster & The Maytals - Jamaica Ska / Dog War
- Desmond Dekker - 0.0.7. (Shanty Town)
- Stranger Cole And Patsy Todd - When I Call Your Name
- The Ska Kings - Oil In My Lamp
- Derrick Morgan & Patsy Todd - Housewives' Choice
- The Allstonians - Mickey Dee
- Hepcat - Dance Wid Me
- Police & Thieves - Love For My Baby
- Ska Cubano - Babalu
- The Scorchers (NYC) - Walk On By
- Ventilators - Try Me One More Time
- Satelite Kingston - Dificultes Con Las Chicas
- Jim Murple Memorial - Hey Man !
- Deal's Gone Bad - Take Time
- See Spot - Trade It In
- The Vessels - The Love You Need
- The Pietasters - Triflin'
- Hepcat - Bobby & Joe
- Westbound Train - Seven Ways to Sunday
- The Debonaires – Interrupted
The following is a trailer for an upcoming ska documentary: