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THE SKAFACE 2000 AWARDS

Well its the end of the year so its that time again to check out the Annual Ska-Face awards, The Oskas. So without further ado heres the results for the year 2000. (All awards are given by the me, except for the Best ska related band award.)
 

THE OSKAS 2000

Best Ska related band of 2000. (as voted by skaface readers)

1.Lubby Nugget - 24% (1655 Votes).
2. Capdown - 21% (1446) .
3. Uncle Brian - 20% (1385).
4. The Hotknives 18% (1259).
5. Link 80 - 7% (452).
6. Spunge - 3% (177).
7. Less than Jake - 2% (137).
8. Hepcat - 2% (135).
9=. King Prawn - 2% (113).
9=. Shootin' Goon 2% (113).
 

Best Album award 2000.
1. Link 80 - The struggle Continues.
2. Capdown - Civil Disobidients.
3. Lubby Nugget - Subtle Crucial.
4. The Slackers - Live At Ernesto's.
5. Reggie & The Full Effect - Promotional Copy.
6. The Broadways - Broken Van.
7. The Splitters - International Smugglers.
8. Choking Victim - No Gods / No managers.
9. Alkaline Trio - Maybe I'll catch fire.
10. NOFX - Pump Up The Valuum.
11. Shootin' Goon - Splottside Rocksteady.
12. The Inciters - Doing Fine.
13. Uncle Brian - Barbecue Music.
14. The Stand - Point of View.
15. Rancid - Rancid.
16. Hepcat - Push 'n' Shove.
17. Ex-Cathedrea - (Forced Knowledge).
18. Horace Pinker - Pop culture Failure.
19. Zen Baseball Bat - Iam the champion concrete mixer.
20. The Distillers - The Distillers.

Best Single award 2000.
1. Link 80 / Capdown - split 7".
2. Lightyear - Just another demonstration.

Best Live Band award 2000.
1. Moon Ska Rising Tour - The Shed, Leicester. July 2000.
2. The Morecambe Ska Festival, Morecambe Dome. June 2000.
3. AAA / Capdown. The Vic, Derby. September 2000.
4. The Slackers / King Prawn, Rock City. Nottingham. Febuary 2000.
5. King Prawn / Capdown, The Vic, Derby. April 2000.
 

Best Sampler/Compilation award 2000.
1. Another Year on the Streets - Vagrant Records.
2. Smash your radio 2 - Jump Up! Records.

Best Ska-core Band award 2000.
1. Link 80.
2. Capdown.

Best Ska/punk Band award 2000.
1. MU330.
2. Lubby Nugget.

Best Trad Ska Band award 2000.
1. The Slackers.
2. Intensified.

Best Soul/ska Band award 2000.
1. The Inciters.
2. The Porters.

Best Oi!/Streetpunk Band award 2000.
1. Dropkick Murphys.
2. OxyMoron.

Best Punk Band award 2000.
1. Alkaline Trio.
2. Rancid.

Hopes / Concerns for 2001.
1. The New Link 80 Album - will it be any good without Adam P and what label will it be on.
2. The new capdown Album. - Surely they can't have a better year than 2000.
3. The new Weezer album - They've done some shows, but will the album be any good.
4. Saves The Day - New album on Vagrant, will it be better than "through being cool".
5. Alkaline Trio - on Vagrant will they be any good now they've left AM.
6. The New Slackers album - the best trad ska band put out a new album.
7. Dropkick Murphy's - will the new five piece line up and a fiddler and tin whistler mean there new album won't be any good.
8. The UK Moon Bands, Moon USA's dead but how will UK bands fair a year after releasing their Moon Debuts.
9. Jump Up records - They've released some records this year, but its all gone very quiet over there.
10. New Stuff from MU330 - When, where and what?
 
 
 

Past winners.

Best Album award.

Best Album 1999

1. Parka Kings - Where's the afterparty ?
2. The Gadjits - Wish we never met.
3. Pietasters - Awesome mix tapes#6. 
4. Stubborn all Stars - Nex Music
5. MU330 - MU330
6. Deals Gone bad - Overboard.
7. Thumper - Songs from the grave.
8. Dan Pottshast - Eyeballs
9. Stubborn Allstars - NYC ska sensation.
10. Lawrence Arms - A guided tour of Chicago.
11. Dropkick Murphys - Gangs all here.
12. Chinkees - Peace Through Music.
13. Dave Hillyard & Rocksteady 7 -  Playtime.
14. Hot Stove Jimmy - Theme for a major  hit.
15. Radiation Kings - Early Years
16. Dr Mannette - Same thing over.
17. Bombshell Rocks - Street Art Gallery
18. Potshot - Rock N Roll
19. First Grade Crush - its not you its me.
20. Runforyerlife - runforyerlife.

 Best Album 1998

1. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Live in the Middle East
2. Slackers - The Question
3. Voodoo Glow Skulls - Band Geek Mafia 
4. Rancid - life Won’t Wait
5. Hepcat - Right on Time
6. Let’s Go Bowling - Freeway Lanes
7 .Gadjits - At Ease
8. Johnny Socko - Full Trucker Effect
9. The Blue Meanies - A sonic Documentation ...
10. The Specials - At the BBC
11. The Specials - Guilty Til Proven Innocent
12. Gangster Fun - Pure sound ....
13. The Chinkees - are coming
14. DanceHall Crashers - Honey I’m Homely
15. Greenhouse - Tomorrow The World

 

Best Single award.
1999 - Alkaline Trio - I lied my face off ep.
1998 - The Pietasters - Out all night.

Best Live Band award.
1999 - The Slackers. Leicester Feb 1999.
1998 - The Pietasters - Wolverhampton. May 1998.

Best Sampler/Compilation award.
1999 - Skins N Pins - GMM Records.
1998 - Smash Your Radio - Jump Up Records.

Best Ska-core Band award.
1999 - Thumper.
1998 Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

Best Ska/punk Band award.
1999 - Parka Kings.
1998 - Rancid.

Best Trad Ska Band award.
1999 - Stubborn Allstars.
1998 - The Slackers.

Best Soul/ska Band award.
1999 - The Pietasters.
1998 - The Pietasters/Metro stylee.

Best Oi!/Streetpunk Band award.
1999 - OxyMoron
1998 - no award.

Best Punk Band award.
1999 - Alkaline Trio.
1998 - NOFX.

Biggest hope for the following year award.
1999 - The Inciters
1998 - Choking Victim.