The Flys - State of Mine 7" (1985)

 The Medflys was a power pop band from California who released a self-titled tape and then changed their name to The Flys and put out one 7".

 Their song "State of Mine" was kind of their big hit. It was a pseudo-funk new wave tune. It was on the KSJO "Best of the Bay" compilation in 1985 and it was the A-side to their only record.  

I haven't heard their tape so I don't know how much they dabbled in the ska sound but the B-side to their only record was a great ska song called "Should've Stayed Home".

 I have heard their demo tape and, surprisingly, they had a full-on ska version of "Wild Thing" which I included in this download. 

 

A - State of Mine

B - Should've Stayed Home

* - Wild Thing

 

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Son of Blob - The Hippest Cats in Skaville (2001)

 

I recently received more information about the band Son of Blob from the band's guitarist Maurice Bierhuizen who commented:

"Hi there, I recently read this nice post. I played guitar in the Son of Blob and 2nd hand sneakers back in the days. I've recently remastered the album The Hippest Cats in Skaville (the sound was pretty muddy before), I thought you might be interested.

To give a bit of more info; Skippy was our second male singer in the Son of Blob, and was replaced by female singer Lilian who can be heard on The Hippest Cats in Skaville album.
When the Son of Blob broke up, most of us moved on in the new band 2nd Hand Sneakers, with a new female singer Nina. Great potential, but people went abroad and the band broke up in around 2 years time." 

He shared the link to his YouTube channel and his post for the full "Hippest Cats in Skaville" album. 

CHECK IT OUT. 

Thank you Maurice for the corrections.