Mary Catmes

Ska(te)Punk

Everybody knows the ska influenced melodic core of Millencolin, but there were much more bands who used to play this kind of sound. I remember the days as I grabbed my board and crashed my bones to this tunes, one band I liked a lot called "Falling to Pieces"
Here i have one typically song of them to try:

Workshop

I found it on another great blog: http://skatepunkmemories.blogspot.de/

There are many other good and fast playing skatepunk bands and almost every band has one or a few ska songs in their repertoir. But I must say the most play better punk than ska. Check it out!

Oi!

I made a compilation from german oi-bands who play a ska song. The most were from the late eighties, early nineties rac-scene, but i dont do the "nazi ska" on it. What a shitbull! And a handfull new bands. The lyrics are about drinking, fucking and fighting. One song is from the turkish band Ayilar, because they sounds like the german Bodychecks and there are many turkish people here. 1 is a coverversion played by the austrian Band Panzerknacker: Skinhead Love Affair (oi version). And in the end the swedish Poblers United with their Hymn: Antifascist Skin. Neither left no right! Fight Unite Doitsche Skampilation

Caribean Sound

Ok. I am goin on in the good old "this is no ska" tradition. Do you like caribbean Sound?

I have ripped a record, that i found some time ago at a flea market. I didn't take the time to cut the tracks, you can do it yourself if you want (i use the audacity recorder, you can find it for free on the web)
My favorite songs are number 1, 2 and the last on face A!!! This isn't ska, but didn't forget bout the ROOTS.

It wants to be listened (don't ya wonder bout that speed, maybe I was drunk, but it was the real tempo, africans playing so fast, lol) So have fun with this!

My next upload will be SKA of course ... stay tuned ;)

MTHEMBU QUEENS & YOUNG BROTHERS (1975) 

What the Funk?

I thought this is a Ska Blog and what the funk has a "funky soul record" doing here... but you know what?
I am Ska to the Bone! but i love a bit of every kind of music. I found this album in my collection. The Face A are really cool funk sounds. The B Side is more chill out soul. And when you think funk has nothing to do with ska, you may be right, but listen to the slow but typically "ska" playing guitar tunes on track 2, then you are wrong.
Like it or fight it, when you choose no.2, then go and funk yourself...

Heres:  The Mighty Bohannon

"Weird Al" Yankovic 9/9/03 Puyallup, WA - Youre Horoscope For Today

BLOWN FUSE

This is a good Band from Bad Reichenhall, hard to find. I chance to hear them and they gave me this 3-track Demo...SKAMASUTRA

Skanking Scum

A long time ago this, was my absolute favorite band! I've been to almost every show (and they played a lot) because they made me their mascot and gave them good luck. So i was always on tour with them and we had so much fun. For real! I was the drunkest and laziest roadie ever, but they are all friends of mine and I did it for free (beer, shows & chicks) haha. That was one of the best times in my life!

They had so much energy. But now they let it flow into a garagepunk Project called "the vagoos", its not bad but i think they have more potential.


Here I have their first demo recordings ever    skanking scum - first demo takes


All their other Stuff you can load @  http://www.lastfm.de/music/Skanking+Scum?ac=skanking%20scum

                                                                      R.I.P.   

In surf of the Ska

I know there are many surf bands, who has the one or another offbeat track, but this here is something very special for me, because I've been to two shows from this combo and everytime they played this track, it was a feeling I will never forget. Here are the Razorblades - Wake Up Rudeboy! Its Surfin Time

Sorry, that was the wrong Number haha heres 

                                                                        Revolution on my Mind

international punkrock

My favorite czechoslovakian Punkband N.V.U. with an offbeat tune

N.V.U. - Dneska

here a very famous hungarian punkrock band with a trumpeter

Aurora - Nem vagyok ostoba

and last, but not least another "New Wave Experience" from Germaneighties

Xao Seffcheque und die Pest - Fortschrittstraume

runtergekommen

Now I have finally ripped the whole Record from this so called
"New Wave Band" . Enjoy!

 Geier Sturzflug - runtergekommen (1981)

A1	Schotter Blau Gebündelt	2:10
A2	Sänger Inner Band	2:26
A3	Reggae Im Ruhrgebiet	3:35
A4	Marihuana	3:27
A5	Glückliche Familie	3:33
A6	Tacken Für De Raupe	2:12
B1	Mokkadischu	4:51
B2	Heiße Liebe	2:55
B3	Lebkuchenherz	2:34
B4	Diese Welt	3:43
B5	Wieder Eine Nacht	3:20

Carnival Ska

One of the most famous Carnival Music Makers playing Ska

Gottlieb Wendehals - Abfahrn

Bavarian Traditional Volksmusik

These Guys plays a Traditional in Ska Version

Hundsbuam Miserablige - Maxglaner

One of my favorit bavarian bands called Haindling has one song that sounds like ska

Haindling - Schafslied

And here I have a number from a friend, who used to play bavarian reggae with another ska tune

Mista Wicked/ Riddim Disasta - Greiz Gruzefix

In the Beginning Jah made the Ska

Also in the oldest traditional folk songs ska was always there.

I am looking for rare tracks from bands, who do not only play ska, but sometimes you can hear the typical ska-riddim in their songs.

Inspired by a friend of mine, who has a really awesome blog, I am starting to make my search and what I found public.

My first upload will be from a german band, who started playing ska in the early New Wave Era when 2tone was popular, but nobody knew about Ska...

Geier Sturzflug - Diese Welt

 Geier Sturzflug - Marihuana

This Band  has much more ska songs, some of them are really popular, but i wouldn't post their hits, you can watch it on youtube!
There I found a good cover version of one Hit from them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I0cXtzNzpU