I have decided to break up the honorable mentions for my Top 100 Everything countdown into two parts: half to come one third into the list, half to come two thirds into the list. Well, we’re now a third of the way into the countdown, which means it’s time for the first half of honorable…
(picture courtesy Starpool’s facebook page) This is part 3 of Will’s countdown of the top 100 ska-punk songs 80. All My Best Friends Are Metalheads – Less than Jake “This is a fair request, and I promise I will not judge any person only as a teenager.” This song preaches the simple and common message…
This is part 2 of Will’s countdown of the top 100 ska-punk songs 90. This Gigantic Robot Kills – MC Lars “This Gigantic Robot Kills” is Nerdcore rapper MC Lars’s attempt at making a ska song. Pulling MC Bat Commander from the Aquabats and the horn line from Suburban Legends, Lars succeeds in infusing his…
Below are the links to all of the articles in Will’s Top 100 Ska-Punk Songs countdown Introduction, #100-91 #90-81 #80-71 #70-61 #60-51 (#50-1 coming soon!)
This is part 1 of Will’s countdown of the top 100 ska-punk songs Preface As the name of the article implies, I’ve composed a list of what are my top 100 favorite Ska-Punk songs. Note that I consider the list an ongoing draft. It’s not truly finalized, and it never will be. I spent about…
Probably the most fun ska band. I fell in love with Suburban Legends as soon as I heard their early EP’s, and though that’s still my favorite music they’ve ever done, I’ve appreciated their focus on light, straightforward ska in recent albums. Led by the likes of Rx Bandits and Streetlight Manifesto, ska has skewed…
Inspired by the AV Club’s enjoyable AVQ&A series, Earn This writers and friends teamed up and decided to do their own roundtable, question-answering session. The question we stole directly from a recent AVQ&A entry: You’ve discovered a genie, but he has some limitations: He can only grant one wish, and it must be within the…
A thoughtful summary of several of the best 3rd wave ska songs around.
Rating: 2 and a half stars (out of five) The Aquabats are known for their live show personas which are, if you’ll excuse the pun, pretty batshit. They pretend they’re a bunch of superheroes with crazy backstories, then stage a bunch of elaborate and choreagraphed fight scenes (*) against costumed foes while playing ska and…