I read the first page and I'm not gonna bother reading the rest before posting this. This thread is nothing but a punch of people confusing their musical genres. Weezer is emo, Taking Back Sunday is punk, White Stripes are good, c'mon people! But I guess if you listen to The Strokes and the White Stripes and think you're listening to punk then you would think the 'scene' is going downhill. But c'mon, ska sucks? Ska is going as good as it's ever been (well, at least as far as 3rd Wave is concerned). Now that MTV doesn't care about ska anymore, (remember when Rancid and Aquabats and Reel Big Fish used to be on the radio?) ska is becoming more underground where only the devoted bands are making a difference.
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FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO SKANK!
Emo kids don't cry because they're sad all the time, they cry because they have to listen to that horrible music all the time. I'd cry if i had to listen to that whiny music over and over and over....wouldn't you?
(I'm in a band, go to purevolume.com and check out East Coast Skank. Our recording sucks, but bear with it...)