For the better part of the last decade, I have been the frontman for a ska punk band called Dad Jokes. But that whole time, I’ve been harboring a dirty secret.
I actually never really got that into ska.
My “ska phase” as a teen consisted of a couple Five Iron Frenzy CDs, the Tony Hawk Pro Skater soundtrack, and the necessary singles from Mighty Mighty Bosstones, No Doubt, and the O.C. Supertones, and basically nothing outside of that. I’ve been trying to fix that since playing in a ska band, but that section of my collection is exceptionally slow-growing.
That said, when the opportunity comes to close that gap a little, I jump at it. Like this copy of Mustard Plug’s seminal Evildoers Beware! which I found at a vendor tent at Furnace Fest ’21 (I told you my backlog was ridiculous) and bought it without a thought.