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Tag: Third Wave Ska Revival
The Suicide Machines – Battle Hymns: #26 of best 1,000 albums ever!
And what do we learn? To kill better.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Live From the Middle East: #37 of best 1,000 albums ever!
One, two, what’s in the stew? Three, four, no one’s really sure.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Devil’s Night Out: #48 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The band was so hot, my beer got warm.
The Aquabats! – The Fury of the Aquabats! #113 of best 1,000 albums ever!
All systems go! Soon the world will know the fury of attack – feel the wrath of the super rad.
Sublime – 40oz. To Freedom: #160 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Lord knows I’m weak – won’t somebody get me off this reef?
Mad Caddies – Keep It Going: #184 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You’ve got the answers that you need right up in your backyard.
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Who Is, This Is? #185 of best 1,000 albums ever!
There’s no need for violence against your fellow man. We must live together in this corrupted land.
Sublime – Sublime: #211 of best 1,000 albums ever!
All people in the dance will agree that we’re well qualified to represent the L.B.C.
The Suicide Machines – Destruction By Definition: #230 of best 1,000 albums ever!
All my dreams were just islands in the sky.
Save Ferris – It Means Everything: #236 of best 1,000 albums ever!
When I am down and I am blue all I have to do is close my eyes and think of you – and the world is new.
Sublime – Second-Hand Smoke: #670 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Wrapped around your finger but I think my time has come, but I never can be too sure ’cause I like to have a little fun.
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Firme: #268 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Let’s shoot the moon.
The Mighty Mighty BossTones – More Noise and Other Disturbances: #283 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I like noise and it’s gotta be loud.
The Suicide Machines – A Match & Some Gasoline: #308 of best 1,000 albums ever!
There’s all this fighting and we don’t know what for, so the rich get richer and the poor stay poor.
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Baile De Los Locos: #316 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I heard you think you’re bulletproof.
Perfect Thyroid – Kiss The Mammoth And Run: #325 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You’re nobody’s zero.
The Toasters – Skaboom! #336 of best 1,000 albums ever!
We get ourselves in situations I don’t understand – that always leads to confrontations getting out of hand.
Perfect Thyroid – Musical Barnacles: #338 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Open your mouth and close your eyes and let the overlord’s spoon slide deep inside.
Less Than Jake – Losing Streak: #361 of best 1,000 albums ever!
When it all came down on a Saturday night, should I choose a side at 9th and Pine?
The Suicide Machines – War Profiteering Is Killing Us All: #413 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Take a look around you, you might not like what you see. Yeah, we’re all comfortably living in a privileged society.
Sublime – Robbin’ the Hood: #421 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Wake up in the morning and it’s hard to live.
The Suicide Machines – The Suicide Machines: #441 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I won’t spend another day in this heart attack city, it’s messed up here and everything’s money.
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Symbolic: #446 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’m living in a nightmare can’t you see, I need some musical therapy.
Mad Caddies – Duck and Cover: #509 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Gotta watch those corners in the stretch of danger, a problem could arise eventually. I’ve walked this earth for twenty years and now my mind is floating out to sea.
Voodoo Glow Skulls – The Band Geek Mafia: #515 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The doctor says to take it easy because this isn’t healthy, but I need things a doctor can’t prescribe. I’m running the race on a treadmill going nowhere fast; I need an outlet in my so-called life.
Dance Hall Crashers – Lockjaw: #526 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Why are you listening to all the things they tell you every day? Why are you listening, what happened to your own mind anyway?
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Question the Answers: #557 of best 1,000 albums ever!
We question one accessory: don’t think the piece is necessary. We agree you’re dressed to kill, but wonder if you will.
The Hippos – Heads Are Gonna Roll: #560 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Something in the way she never looks my way, I’m in love, I’m in love.
Buck-O-Nine – Twenty-Eight Teeth: #578 of best 1,000 albums ever!
My soul is sound when I’m in my hometown, yeah, and no place I’d rather be.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Ska-Core, The Devil and More: #600 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You know, I’ve made mistakes. I’ve had my ups and downs, my ins and outs, my share of bad breaks. But when it’s all been said and done, I raise my beer and I swear, “God, it’s been fun!”
Mad Caddies – Quality Soft Core: #603 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s only human nature, pollutes temptation. We have reserved bookings for the fathers of our nation.
The Toasters – Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down: #636 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I won’t play ball, won’t do as I’m told. I’d rather be a square peg in a round hole.
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Adicción, Tradición, Y Revolución: #660 of best 1,000 albums ever!
She don’t like The Toasters or The Skeletones, she’d rather pound some beers and listen to the Ramones.
The Aquabats! – The Aquabats! Vs. The Floating Eye of Death! And Other Amazing Adventures, Vol.1: #668 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hey kid! What do we got? Not a lot. So what?
No Doubt – Rock Steady: #706 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hey baby, it’s hella good, okay?
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Steady As She Goes: #711 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Nada en la cabeza.
Mad Caddies – Just One More: #733 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Drink smoke drink smoke this is what we do. Well, not what I do necessarily but… you get it.
Streetlight Manifesto – Everything Goes Numb: #743 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Ska punk with a level of musicianship and sophistication that very few bands ever achieve. Oh, and don’t forget the energy energy energy.
Catch 22 – Keasbey Nights: #758 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Day in day out and on and on and on, *this* is the version of Keasbey Nights you’ve been looking for.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Let’s Face It: #779 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The impression that I get is that this is a rock solid collection of highly enjoyable alternative rock and pop- and punk-infused ska.
Catch 22 – Alone in a Crowd: #806 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Don’t point the blame – just check out this frantically upbeat ska punk album.
The Suicide Machines – Steal This Record: #829 of best 1,000 albums ever!
May the record show that The Suicide Machines have stolen their way into my heart (and another entry on the best 1,000 albums ever project).
Smash Mouth – Fush Yu Mang: #882 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Put your all-star thoughts about this band aside, and you just might be walkin’ on the sun.
The O.C. Supertones – Supertones Strikes Back: #903 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A powerhouse of a ska punk album that just happens to layer in… well, you’ll see.
The Scofflaws – Live!, Vol. 1: #918 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A fun ska band with real musical chops that’s at its most fun-est best live.
King Changó – The Return of El Santo: #923 of best 1,000 albums ever!
“Latin ska” is only the beginning: it’s an exuberant and energy-packed record that also incorporates hip hop, punk, hard rock, dub, and trip hop.
The Suicide Machines – Revolution Spring: #925 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Upbeat ska and punk, expertly mixed with great hooks and strong musicianship overall.