I apologize I’m a few weeks too late, but if you haven’t heard of it check out SuperNoVA (North Virginia?) International Ska Festival (although they moved it south to Hampton (VA) this year). It is the most chill concert experience you’ll ever have because it’s literally just diehard ska fans /...
A classic! I’m actually in luck - we’ve got a cover band doing all the 90s ska punk hits next month (retired ska band members, or at least non-touring anyway) covering like 50 songs in a double set - I’m sure that one’ll be in there.
Caveat - I think they (or a similarly named band) are still putting out stuff, so to make it easy on ya, here’s where I heard ’em:
*Sorry wasn’t sure the rules on posting links, haha, I’m new here 😂
**That whole Ska Giants comp was solid.
That sounds like quite the afternoon! Glad to hear you got Bad Manners in the mix (they don’t get quite as much love as say The Specials, Madness, or... I guess any iteration of The Beat). Got to see them live maybe 10 years back or so (on this side of the pond).
*When you said you grew up in...
Points for being the only ska post / ska fan I found on the forum (aside from the Ska Brewing craft beer ones)! A lot of good two-tone back in the day!
Haha, I haven’t seen it myself, but that’s certainly a good possibility! (We were all saying it in the 2002 - 2003 timeframe, so I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s where it started.)
This was what I had in mind:
I think it’s a matter of selecting the forum topic (be it the FNG or an area specific - I have explored that far yet) and looking for the “Post Thread” option / button. Good luck!
“I’m new here... it’s my first day!”
Was a thing we used to say back in the military, usually whenever we screwed something up ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I think it might be a Simpsons reference.
Anyways, checking in from the Northeast - been a lurker for maybe 2 or 3 years - usually about gear. Fan of Kuiu...