guide me into ska-punk

>>73455172
listen to the Specials, Madness, Streetlight, Sublime, and maybe the Bosstones, and then just fucking stop. The genre has very little to offer.

>>73455347
You forgot Goldfinger and Operation Ivy

>>73455372
nah I didn't

>>73455347
>the Bosstones
no, everything else is good, plus listen to Operation Ivy's debut and ...And Out Come the Wolves by Rancid

Big D and the Kids Table
Choking Victim
Mustard Plug
Catch 22
The Toasters
Rancid
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Reel Big Fish

gayest genre of all time

>>73455590
House exists

>>73455590
why?

Arrogant Sons of Bitches! - Three Cheers for Disappointment

Operation Ivy - Self Titled

Suicide Machines - Destruction By Definition

Flaming Tsunamis - Fear Everything

Choking Victim - No Gods / No Managers

Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview

Streetlight Manifesto - Somewhere in the Between

Sublime - Sublime

These are the ESSENTIAL ska punk albums. trust

>>73455548
Stuff like Big D, the Bosstones, and Reel Big Fish are what give ska-punk a bad reputation in the first place. I.e., this reaction >>73455590

I have no problem with Choking Victim, Mustard Plug, or Rancid. The Toasters have an older sound but still good. Catch-22 is on the edge, but since OP posted Streetlight it gets a pass.

>>73455884
Honestly a very good list. Pretty much anything I could add would be less "essential."

Someone explain to me how Bomb the Music Industry is ska?
I always hear it described as such but doesn't sound like ska at all.

>>73456124

Jeff Rosenstock's first band was Arrogants Sons of Bitches, BtMI was his next project in which he started branching out to new ideas (because he's a true punk musician) however he kept a good amount of his ska punk influence. I wouldn't say Bomb is a ska band, more of just a punk band with a great variety in sound. Definitely worth getting into after you use up all the good ska punk albums

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>>73455884
>Less Than Jake

>>73456031
i can agree with most of this but Big D / Drexel are awesome and should not be overlooked.

>>73456211

i feel you, that's how i felt at first but honestly hello rockview and anthem are 2 of the poppiest punk albums that i somehow came to love. cant really explain it but they just put you in a good empowering mood