Syracuse Ska Forum

I haven't been to a show in so long. I feel so lame. Maybe I'll go to the next one.
The real reason for my return... is Buffalo ska dead? I want to go to shows when I'm at school.

Probably none of these are ska.
but here's some shows

sadly out of all these i only recognize
madball n bane. i must be 41




Xtreme Wheels:

Fri 07/03/09
Carnifex
Impending Doom
Miss May I
Conducting From The Grave
Molotov Solution


Sun 07/05/09
Hey Monday
This Providence
The Friday Night Boys
Stereo Skyline
The Bigger Lights


Sun 07/26/09
Emarosa
About Last Night
In Fear And Faith
I See Stars
Burden of a Day
Broadway

Sun 08/09/09
Graveyard
CKY



Fri 08/14/09
Poison The Well
Madball
Vision
War Of Ages
This Is Hell
Death Before Dishonor
Trapped Under Ice
Crime In Stereo
The Ghost Inside
Terror
Bane
The Mongoloids
Vision Of Disorder

Sat 08/15/09
The Scene Aesthetic
The Color Fred


Tue 08/18/09
Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster
Closure In Moscow
Secret & Whisper
Kiros
Emery
Ivoryline


Fri 09/18/09
Cryptopsy
Knights of the Abyss
Salt The Wound
Rose Funeral

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Mohawk Place:



Wed 07/08/09
Fake Problems
Kiss Kiss

Fri 07/10/09
Paper Route
Audrye Sessions

Sat 07/11/09
The Cab
The Secret Handshake
The Summer Set
Eye Alaska
My Favorite Highway

Sun 07/12/09
Unearth
For The Fallen Dreams
Woe Of Tyrants
Starring Janet Leigh

Thu 07/16/09
Magnolia Electric Co.

Mon 07/20/09
The Briggs

Tue 07/21/09
Thriving Ivory
Pilot Speed

Fri 07/24/09
Lions

Sun 07/26/09
Ace Enders
The Gay Blades
Peron L
The Dangerous Summer
School Boy Humor


Wed 07/29/09
Scott H. Biram


Sun 08/16/09
Weiss Family (Of mewithoutyou)
Damien Jurado
Psalters

Yeah, none of those are ska shows, unfortunately.

There is a lot more live music in Buffalo than there is in Syracuse -- there are a lot more people and a lot more venues -- but a lot less ska, most of the time. I'm trying to work with the Buffalo ska bands to remedy that, as Mark Miller (aka Maddog) of Sickboy Productionz has really cut back on ska bookings and he's done most of them in the recent past. But you're still going to get bands like Streetlight and Mustard Plug and We Are The Union done by other promoters there.

Several of the Buffalo ska bands lurk here, like AKS, so maybe they can say more?

Lastly, I'd encourage anyone going off to college this fall to get involved with your campus concert board -- they host the concerts on campus using student money.

http://www.buffaloshows.net/forums/ <--very busy board, pretty much every show worth knowing about is posted on this board but you will have to scroll through a lot of posts

http://www.myspace.com/centerstageconcerts <---books tons of big name bands and does local showcases
http://www.myspace.com/wnyafterdark<---books tons of big name bands including ska
http://www.myspace.com/supernautbooking<--books big indie bands
http://www.myspace.com/sickboyproductionz <--smaller metal, ska and local showcases

http://www.townballroom.com/events.htm <---lots of huge shows here, does their own booking and gets rented out
http://www.myspace.com/buffalosugarcity <--art space that sometimes does shows
Houses: 99 Custer, The Argyle, The Attic

The local ska bands sometimes put on their own smaller shows and the best way to keep up to date on that is to check their myspaces:
http://www.myspace.com/aksska
http://www.myspace.com/thevandersons

Obviously there are more venues, promoters and such but pretty much if you lurk that message board and a few myspaces you should get the heads up on shows you're interested in.

buffalo has been in a resession since we (AKS) started playing shows 3/4 yrs ago, that was band's like Knifepoint By A Drag Queen, Not On Track, From Under City Chaos, Gnar Dogs Revenge, And Many More... and i think even the Scurvy Knaves were breaking up, its been pretty rough. usually a few random bands would emerge for about 6 - 8 months then just dissapear again. Band's like The Full House and Mechatama just disappeared completely without anyone knowing. Do It With Malice ditched it's entire horn section and have nothing now. Besides ourselves i believe is the rare showing of the Vandersons, occationally the spooning crusiers, and...... no thats it. i remember the 716-ska show at infinity in 2007 where we had atleast 7 if not more solid ska bands coming out of buffalo, and now there's really nothing left. i mean what mad dog (mark miller) gets the show goes either hit or miss, other promoters get the bigger shows (ska is dead for example coming up this sept/oct) and the show usually does phynominal. its pretty lame now. kids only stay to see their friend's band and once that band plays their set, the band and everyone who came to see them bails. i mean i know i dont pay $8 to only see one 30 min set.... bands used to be closer but now their isnt much left to get close to. anyone wants help though out here id be more than glad to help them set somethin up.

-Ricky
AKS

Well that Poison The Well show looks absolutely fantastic

~Pat<3

hm ok. thanks for all that information.

i mean there is the briggs show on the 20th, but thats obviously more punk than ska. i mean the past week we had two pretty solid ska shows with Paranoia Dance Party! and Bomb The Music Industry! , right now im trying to work on a show in augest for our tour return show so i'll keep everyone posted on that

anyone from buffalo remember cherry bing? dingus 9? that was rad ska.

i do they were great bands, you go to the dinkus 9 reunion show in may about a year ago???