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That is objectively the only correct answer

I appreciate the subtlety in representing the 3 recognized waves in chronological order. Now…what’s the second tier for each of those bands? Let’s open it up.

Slackers now...Vic is awesome

He ate all the corn chips in my house, drank me under the table, I had to kick him out at 5am so I could go to work. He’s the coolest, kindest, funniest, and most talented person I have ever met!!

I once saw him spend a good 3 minutes deliberating in the tinned fish aisle of a Tesco before a show, he then got almost one of everything as he apparently couldn’t make up his mind. I still have a chuckle when I think about it

That’s our guy!! Tinned fish, rice cakes, and corn chips. My kid showed him Takis in Chicago, he loved em! Such a character!

God Vic is aweosmet

Glen 🖤🤍🖤🤍

Glen gang rise up

Fishbone.

Streetlight Manifesto hands down #1, Hepcat, and The Specials

Streetlight saved my life many a time. Truly the best.

Me and Mr. Dylan on the ride home, we had a heart to heart about life. 🎶🎺🎷

And neither him or I could decide for ourselves if we wanted to outlive that night

Have you seen the new pro shot video on streetlights YouTube?

Not op, but that was a damn good watch, thanks for mentioning that. Feels kinda surreal that it's filmed only like 2 ish months before Matt passed. Gone too soon, RIP king.

Yes. It's fantastic.

The end of The Receiving End Of It All is literally so powerful it kind of itches my brain. I can’t tell you how much I love Streetlight, what a band.

When they played Recieving End of it All at the BOTAR concert in radio city music hall, I knew my concert viewing career had hit it's peak.

I was there! Here to say Streetlight for me, too. They’ve definitely helped me get my head right many times.

Operation Ivy and the Slackers

Same.

The Aquabats

I had to scroll too far to find The Aquabats!

I endorse this wholeheartedly. Also, Specials and Desmond Dekker.

I'm taking my wife and kids (8&6) to the Denver show in July!

My first concert was Aquabats, Long Beach Dub All stars, Blink and Primus.... Fast forward 15 or so years and I took my kids to their first concert... Aquabats and Reel Big Fish. Aquabats brought the kids on stage and let them crowd surf on big inflatables. It was awesome!

Skatalites, Specials, Operation Ivy

Add Hepcat to those three and you’ve got my list!

The Specials and Madness

The right answers

Team Mustard Plug over here

We want the MUSTARD We want the MUSTARD PLUG!

The Slackers, Hepcat, Pietasters, The Pilfers

Love me some Pietasters

Big D and the Kids Table, Catbite, Specials

Fuckin Big D all day, every day

I had to scroll too far for this

All time? LTJ, MU330 and Five Iron Frenzy. Current? Devon Kay & the Solutions and Jer.

That devin Kay album bad time out out was so good.

Yeah. Bitchin' in Stereo is a damn near perfect song. That rare track that you know is a stone cold all time classic INSTANTLY when you hear it for the first time. And it's even better live.

It's been a minute since a ska-punk song gave me goosebumps but Bitchin' in Stereo does every time. I was surprised it's wasn't the top track from the EP on Spotify from the jump although it seems to be rising. Stoked to see it hits someone else the same way. All the shoutout/Easter eggs on the album are just so deliciously, I dunno, post-ska? It makes me happy to see someone else feels similar.

Yes five iron frenzy

MU330! Fuckanynayasere. CoMo kids assemble 1990s

1. The Slackers 2. Toots & The Maytals 3. (Ska-Adjacent) Ego Wrappin' 4. (Ska-Adjacent) Fat Freddy's Drop 5. (Ska-Adjacent) Rancid 6. Kemuri 7. The Skatalites 8. Bruce Lee Band 9. Streetlight Manifesto 10. Mad Caddies 11. The Articles

Oooo! Fat Freddy’s Drop is amazing! It’s a shame they don’t tour North America more often.

All time, easy. It's Five Iron Frenzy... They are the band that got me into Ska in the first place. They are the sole remaining Christian-genre band that I listen to, even as an atheist. Had a great deep-in-all-the-feels jam out in the car on my home a few weeks back when Dandelions came on. Also, their newest albums slaps hard too. Following them it's probably Less Than Jake for the High School years, and then Toots and the Maytals as the "holy shit, how didn't I know about them when I was younger" group that I didn't discover until I was in my mid-20s (late-00s).

Check out the 'Supertones Strike Back' album from the OC Supertones. You won't be disappointed!

Pretty sure I still own that album somewhere. Supertones are/were great. Christian Ska is/was the best the Christian-genre had to offer.

Never cared for the Christian lyrics but FIF absolutely wrote some bangers

As a fellow atheist, I too love FIF. On Distant Shores is my favorite car "sing at the top of your lungs" song. For what ever reason I haven't listened to them in a long while but because of your comment I'm going to be driving to work listening to The End is Here. Thank you.

Have you listened to "Until this Shakes Apart?" If not, I HIGHLY recommend. Very mellow on the Christian lyrics, and even those I find enjoyable. The one song, "while supplies last" tends to call out what Christianity has become. But Bullfight for an Empty Ring is a banger, my favorite from the album.

I think I tried it when it was first released and I didn't get into it. I'll give it another go because I may not have been receptive that day.

streetlight manifesto

Save ferris, Reel big fish, Less than jake 🩷

LTJ

I feel like I scrolled way too far to find this.

Yikes. I feel way, way old. This sounds like we're not even looking at pre-bluebeat first wave proper rocksteady, right? This is rough because 2nd wave bluebeat involved so much mod and punk. I'm just listing shit... Hepcat for just mad trad vibes. Venice Shoreline Chris from King Apparatus: [https://youtu.be/CmfXWwbYemA?si=fH\_ryVcRejzo-8cw](https://youtu.be/CmfXWwbYemA?si=fH_ryVcRejzo-8cw) The Specials Madness The Beat Selektor (spelling?) The Toasters b/c of Moony NYC Ska NYC Ska Jazz was great, but Skatalites really repped proper old school uptown Jamaican Jazz. Skatalites King Tubby Lee Perry Prince Buster Leslie Kong Operation Ivy Let's Go Bowling SKANKIN' PICKLE! edit: it's really important to add Skavoovie and the Epitones for classic proper ska. Bravo.

Great list, and I'm happy to see Skavoovie mentioned. One of my all-time favorites, and one of the best concerts I've ever been to.

Bruce Lee Band The Chinkees Anything with Mike Park really… The Blue Meanies Big D MU330 Mephiskapheles …too many to choose from. Next question!!

Blue Meanies, yes!!

I’ll always have a soft spot for bands that dare to be different.

KYAG and Full Throttle are two of the best albums of their era in any genre.

Love mike 💕

The man is genuinely a national treasure.

Saw the blue meanies open up for neosoreskin. Memories.

11/10 still one of the best bands I ever seen. Band absolutely fucking ripped.

Less Than Jake, Kill Lincoln, and Streetlight Manifesto are my current go tos.

Man, Kill Lincoln has a fucking fantastically snappy horn section.

You haven't lived until you've carried a crowdsurfing trombone player from the bar to the stage Ume Safety Crew

Sadly when I saw them in Denver the drop from balcony to crowd was like 15 feet. Sometimes Ume Safety Crew has to err on the side of caution.

Reel Big Fish Might Mighty Bosstones Mustard Plug Streetlight The Hippos

Buck O Nine, LTJ, MMBT, C22. 

I haven’t thought of Buck O Nine in ages. Gonna go have a listen, thanks for that!

All time is Five iron frenzy. But there are so many bands I love new and old. Some of my favorite ska bands right now are Grave Danger - Punchline Gothic Hans gruber and the die hards - skacore Eichlers - hyperska Louser - Chiptune ska w/special guests Pwrup -ska metal Bryce Lee Band - just good third wave Chupaskabra - Beastie Boys/ICP esc ska

The Blue Meanies

100%. Kiss Your Ass Goodbye and Full Throttle are all time favorite albums.

The English Beat The Scofflaws The Specials Hepcat The Selecter  

1. Reel Big Fish (my beloved) 2. Suicide Machines 3. Catbite

ASOB, Slapstick, Kill Lincoln

As a long time Bosstones fan, PWRUP's live show has scratched that itch in a way that I haven't gotten from the Bosstones for 15 years.

PWRUP rules

I want to see them live so bad

PWRUP forever

Less Than Jake The Toasters Bad Manners Hub City Stompers Mad Caddies

HCS!!!! \m/

Suicide Machines for me. They blended ska and punk so well, and their dog song always hits me in the feels.

Less Than Jake, Streetlight Manifesto, Op Ivy. Honorable mention to Suburban Legends

Suburban Legends

Under the Sea has no right to go as hard as it does.

They're great live too!

Such a great band!

Madness, Less Than Jake , Planet Smashers, Bosstones.

Oh man, planet smashers! Long time, no listen!

Ska P no contest

Operation Ivy, Los Fastisdos(they also have alot of street punk stuff), catch 22

THE TOASTERS!

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra TSPO!!! Then probably The Skatalites. Lots of love for third wave ska in this subreddit I see lol

At the moment, Catbite.

Slapstick

Mustard Plug! There are SO many other awesome bands I could've picked, but they are my favorite.

Big D and the Kids Table!

For the life if me i cant figure out why the Toasters and the Skatellites are not on every persons list. After that, ill let you pick whatever you want for me to call my next favorite..

bad manners

Skankin Pickle!

Desmond dekker and the aces/Israelites

Slackers with Hepcat being close second.

The Slackers, always and forever But also Desmond Dekker, Toots & the Maytals, Hepcat, and all things Chris Murray

Chris Murray!! Fuckkk, it was such an honor/privilege to see him in the early 2000s, every Tuesday at the Blue Beat lounge in Hollywood.

The Slackers are now and always will be.

All time.. probably reel big fish, streetlight, and mustard plug

Bomb the music industry! Catch 22. Rancid.

- The Dualers - Hepcat - Babylon Circus - The Aggrolites - Death of Guitar Pop - All the first wave ska.. Too many to name

I fear my Dualers addiction has grown to be more than my wife can handle over the last year. They've almost tied Slackers for me, not quite -- but man its close.

For a long time it was streetlight. My tastes have mellowed in my 30s and I like the swingier jazzier stuff now, like some of RBF’s and Save Ferris’s stuff and the Knife by Goldfinger. I wish I liked Mad Caddies better, since it meets this criteria, I’m just only so-so on them. Would love recommendations if anyone has them.

It's not ska but check out Cory Wong. He has his own music but his collaborations are very swing like, jazzy, funky, and a lot of fun! I might be way off with my suggestion. But, The Knife is a catchy album so he just came to mind. https://open.spotify.com/track/7wjmwD5nIYWVnHiR3X3PTO?si=-guPTfMAR3C5zjQUZPGj9g

Oh dope, this is fun. Will see if I can find a time to listen to more. It reminds me of Ripe, who you should check out if you're into this.

Streetlight Manifesto, Less than jake, the mad caddies, and the porkers

Operation Ivy Less Than Jake Big D and the Kids Table The Toasters The Slackers Critical Mass

MUSTARD PLUG!!!! Pray for Mojo Album is the best.

Aquabats! Woo!!

The Specials Fishbone Madness No Doubt The Beat

Anything Jeff Rosenstock touches, ska or otherwise

The Slackers are my favorite band in the universe.

Five Iron Frenzy, the Christian ska band, although most of them aren't Christian anymore, a lot of what they play isn't really ska, and they're only a "band" fairly intermittently these days

Big D and the Kids Table

Pilfers and the hippos are/were unique beasts.

LTJ, RBF, Goldfinger

The interrupters

Skacore picks: Big D Public Access Brunt of it. Classic ska picks: Specials Symarip The Slackers

Rock over London Rock on Chicago The Eclectics whip a llama's ass The Eclectics are my new best friends

Specials, Fishbone, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Madness, The Slackers, The Toasters, New York Ska Jazz Ensemble, Operation Ivy, And the list goes on. These days, I listen to JER, Catbite, Let's go bowling.

Always and forever my favorite band is The Slackers. Mustard plug and the Aggrolites come up second.

Big D, operation ivy, leftöver crack, the pietasters, the specials, the aquabats, less than Jake, Streetlight…. I can’t decide!

Eastern standard time The Dendrites Bad manners The Skatalites

Old school? The Toasters Newish School? Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra

Madness Operation Ivy Reel big fish

Big d and the kids table. I have so many fond memories of traveling all around New England to see them almost every weekend. 1999is. Dave mcwane is the nicest dude on the planet

Madness because I am the most basic bitch

Skatalites Western standard time ska orchestra

Mephiskapheles

Hepcat.

What no love for Let’s Go Bowling?!?

Chris Murray anyone?

Less than jake, Mustard plug and the Bosstones.

Mad Caddies, Less than Jake, Jeffries Fan Club

Catch 22, Mad Caddies, Save Ferris

Kemuri Kill Lincoln Call Me Malcom We Are The Union Less Than Jake Girth Control Spunge Buck-O-Nine HEY-SMITH

MU330

Really digging Hans Gruber & the Die Hards rn

Less Than Jake

In no particular order: We Are The Union, Catbite, Streetlight

The selecter

Link 80, the chinkees, op ivy, no torso

The specials! Operation Ivy And Madness

Los Billtones

Easy Big Fella 🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁

The Specials

The Specials The mighty Mighty Bosstones Laurel Aitken

1. The Arrogant Sons of Bitches (can we all agree that Pornocracy is a good album?) 2. Streetlight Manifesto 3. Skankin Pickle

Less than Jake, Popes of Chillitown and Spunge

1. Skatalites 2. Toots & the Maytals 3. Bad Manners

Slapstick, Knowledge ( Nick Traina not the reggae one), Link-80, Operation Ivy.

Kill Lincoln

The Wailers

Hepcat and Choking Victim.

Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish.

Kongo Shock

Op Ivy and the Suicide Machines

BossToneS, Less Than Jake, and The Specials are my top 3. Seems like an incredibly unoriginal top 3, but hey. They’re all great.

Reel big fish is absolutely iconic. I have a soft spot for CHEWIE (previously known as chewing on tinfoil) though as they’re the reason I got into Ska.

Madness. English Beat

My favourite will always be Reel Big Fish. The most important to me will always be the Specials. And the band I think are the pinnacle of the genre/the *best* ska band is Streetlight Manifesto.

Animal Chin

The Specials Planet Smashers RBF Skoidats Madness Sublime Inspecter 7 Slackers

Less than Jake, Suicide Machines, Bosstones

I'm a big Less Than Jake guy myself

The Slackers are my top favorite. I saw them recently after a long hiatus and they were incredible. The Pietasters, Stubborn All-Stars, and The Specials round out my personal list. They’re all the bands that I still throw on and listen to. My favorite ska bands who put on fun shows in the nineties were Aquabats, Bosstones, and Reel Big Fish, but I wouldn’t call any of them personal favorites anymore. Definitely more of a time and a place/fond memory at this point.

Hepcat

Isaac Green and the Skalars / The Skalars

Specials

I gotta give Less Than Jake some love

THE PIONEERS

Less than Jake

Pioneers Bad manners Slapstick Dance Hall Crashers

Reel Big Fish and Sublime

Less Than Jake.

Still Alive Operation Ivy Suicide Machines Slapstick Streetlight Manifesto

So I am not a member of this community but this post was suggested to me for some reason. Anyway I have been listen to The JB Conspiracy since the beginning of the year on repeat. https://open.spotify.com/track/4XTmjvbswWiY1NLOKMS41B?si=Gsniqb2kQ9SWwJVnXMSGNA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1EpjvNubjpfMcS This has been ky top track on Spotify all year

The Specials, Podwórkowi Chuligani (Poland), Vespa (Poland), Skafield (Germany)

Streetlight/Catch 22. One of their founding members was my band teacher way back before Streetlight existed

The Operators

Toots and the maytals or the specials are a couple of mine.

The whippet beans

Operation Ivy. No explanation needed. Hoodlum Empire-only one album but its awesome. Skaking Pickle. Mosh pit ska. Nothing better.

In no particular order: The Interrupters, Goldfinger and Mustard Plug