[pedigreechump]

Ok here's the deal: in my eternal search to find the best new (and old for that matter) ska-punk bands I am starting to struggle looking through the masses of unknown (at least to me) bands that have an online presence either through myspace or purevolume.

So I thought that those of you that are into this sort of music could share the load and rate any bands you come across and maybe give a link to a page where I could listen to them.

Here is one to start:

Axis of evil: listen at http://www.purevolume.com/axisofevil

I thought they were a decent enough band but maybe just a little rough round the edges. Nice original horn sections though.

[half face]

Asian Man Records - www.asianmanrecords.com

This is such a great label for ska/punk, and home of some brilliant bands. Go to the Bands section and check some of them out.

My personal favourites are MU330, The Chinkees, Link 80 and Potshot.

Edit: You'll notice that Alkaline Trio are on the list of bands, they were originally on Asian Man before they signed to Vagrant... Mike Park who owns the label was a massive support to the band in their early days, and they quite often take him on tour with them.

[pedigreechump]

Already own a couple of Link 80 albums and have heard quite a few songs by the rest of the bands you mention but thanks anyway jeff.

Keep the suggestions coming

[flyboy123]

Quite good so far......only thing is if anyone even thinks of mentioning Greenday as punk i migh just shoot them right there. THEYRE NOT PUNK no matter how much Radio 1 says they are

[punkskamonkey]

(Original post by flyboy123)
Quite good so far......only thing is if anyone even thinks of mentioning Greenday as punk i migh just shoot them right there. THEYRE NOT PUNK no matter how much Radio 1 says they are

[pedigreechump]

Here are another couple:

Straighter Than Pete can be heard at http://www.myspace.com/straighterthanpete

They are very good musically, very catchy, bouncy and fun but the lead singer just doesn't have a great voice even by punk standards.

Secondly we have Schoolboy Error, who I think have been mentioned around these parts before. They can be found at http://www.myspace.com/schoolboyerror.

They are a very talented British band who I'm sure some of you have probably seen live as they have played with No Comply and Adequate 7 among others.

[danni_bella]

Oh do you guys know about 28 Days? The band, from Melbourne - they're an Aussie Ska-Punk band I used to like years ago (we're talking like 6 years here - brings back all the memories from junior high ), so just thought I'd ask.

And Grinspoon (another hot punk/rock Aussie band) is also quite popular over here where I live.

[pedigreechump]

Haven't heard of those two. Could you give us some direct links if possible?

[gaia_a]

thanks for the links guys. much appreciated x

[danni_bella]

(Original post by pedigreechump)
Haven't heard of those two. Could you give us some direct links if possible?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_Days

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinspoon

Awesome. I've seen the latter twice, and the former once in concert

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(Original post by danni_bella83)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_Days

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinspoon

Awesome. I've seen the latter twice, and the former once in concert

Yeah I remember 28 Days, although I never really listened to more than a couple of tracks. They were pretty popular over here in 2001 I think, my sister saw them at Reading Festival that year. Are they still together?

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(Original post by jeff2233)
They were pretty popular over here in 2001 I think

Sounds about right to me; that was around the time when the Kerrang! channel arrived.

I wondered what had happened to 28 Days. I never particularly liked them but it's odd when bands disappear/channels are no longer interested.

[pedigreechump]

An another...

A-1-Star at http://www.purevolume.com/a1star

Only 2 songs but both are worthy of a listen. Maybe a bit on the slow side for my ska-punk tastes.