bands more like streetlight

[rene travieso]

i love ska, but by far i love streetlight manifesto far more than any other band

can someone tell me of any bands more like them

[Danny C]

Catch 22. Those two are pretty much the only two that have the same style. There's lots of punk-influenced ska bands, but Catch and Streetlight have their own thing.

[Skibz McCullock]

This is true. If you're looking for bands like Streetlight, you won't find any of it in ska music.

[Gimpsters]

Danny C said:

Catch 22. Those two are pretty much the only two that have the same style. There's lots of punk-influenced ska bands, but Catch and Streetlight have their own thing.

I would only say Catch 22's old stuff (ie. when Thomas Kalnoky was in the band) is like Streetlight. Their new stuff is a lot more run-of-the-mill ska-punk. Still good, still danceable, but not the same kind of musicianship that Streetlight has.
Try Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution. Another Kalnoky side-project. Sort of acoustic ska.
But I agree with Skibz, Streetlight has their own thing going and there's not really anyone else like them out there. At least nobody who's been discovered yet.

[Danny C]

I completely forgot about BOTAR! That's a good one too. But to be fair they aren't really playing "Streetlight style", even if they are playing a Streetlight song. But still, you'll probably like them if you like Streetlight.

[lalabooobs]

this maybe a bit of a stretch and they arent really in the style of streetlight at all, but for some reason the horn lines in the cd maximum perversion by the mephiskapheles remind me of streetlight. ha ha again a long stretch and i think that mephiskapheles are a better band.

[Charlie Herbert]

well, streetlight isn't really ska. they consider themselves to be inspired by many different genres, one of the more prominent being ska.
but there are really no bands that are similar to streetlight. as someone said before, your best bet is with with something like B.O.T.A.R, which is a streetlight side project.

streetlight is my favorite band too xD

[Gunday Monday]

The Squirrel Nut Zippers. Tomas says they are his favorite band.

Cool music video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1DISNYj0QU

[schuyler Williams]

There is a wonderful young ska scene coming out of San Diego, California. I went to a show about a year ago where there were 8th graders covering streetlight and making it sound half way decent. The headlining band was The Skank Agents. You might check into them. I think that there will be more streetlight style ska bands emerging in the future.

[Gunday Monday]

Thought of another one. Check out a band called Talco. The music is very similar (and excellent), however, I don't speak Italian so no promises on the lyrics being about the same kind of stuff.

Awesome music video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blBoXahSO3A