Baltimore Ska

[Timothy Browne]

Is anything going on here? Anyone know anything about the local scene,
I'd love to know, I just got here. Also anyone in the charles village
area lookin to start a punk or ska band write me.
Tim

DQP...@jhu.edu

[Joe 5778]

Baltimore doesn't have that many"decent" ska bands....There's The Smooths, The
Mobtown Beat, The Sidewinders, The Smizokes, and maybe a few others......If you
want real specific info, E-mail me, because I'm in one of the bands and don't
feel like plugging it on AMS......For shows, try the 8x10 on East Cross Street
(pick up a City Paper and look at their ad, they usually have at least one ska
show a month)...The best place to go see a good show anywhere around here is in
Wheaton though, at Phantasmagoria....They get a lot of good acts in all the
time.......I think Skavoovie's coming around soon, and so is The Scofflaws I
believe....Their #'s 301-949-8886.....

< Joe >

[mrs...@erols.com]

In article <19981001120821...@ng29.aol.com>,

joe...@aol.com (Joe 5778) wrote:
>
> Baltimore doesn't have that many"decent" ska bands....There's The Smooths, The
> Mobtown Beat, The Sidewinders, The Smizokes, and maybe a few others......

Last time I checked, the Sidewinders were from College Park. Did they move
north?

Morgan.

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[Phil Broome]

Frederick has 2 good ska bands. Idle and Freska. Freska's site is
http://www.erols.com/broome
You should check them out sometime. Idle is damn good too.

[Joe 5778]

>Last time I checked, the Sidewinders were from College Park. Did they move
>north?

Wel, if you wanna put it that way...I think the only actual Baltimore band is
The Smooths...The Mobtown Beat used to have a couple people living there, but
most are in Baltimore County now, I don't know about the Smizokes, but their
singer T.J. has a 301 area code.....Baltimore's scene is horrible in that
retrospect.....Most bands that live in B-more are all indie rock....

< Joe Ross >

[keen...@gmail.com]

There are actually a lot of punk and ska bands in Baltimore. MSH is a great band w members from Evokatones https://m.facebook.com/MSHband/. They're playing with a lot of great bands at Hightopps- venue info is on that page. All of those bands are really good- Bumpin Uglies, Troll Tribe, Edjacated Phools, Stacked Like Pancakes, The Vibesman...pretty much anyone on that venue are great punk/ska/reggae/funk bands. There just tends to be mixed genres at Baltimore shows, but a lot of people prefer that for diversity.