The band name, `ore ska band,` literally translates as `we`re (a) ska band.` While `ore` is normally considered a masculine pronoun and an informal way to say `I` in Japanese, and the suffix `-tachi` is added to personal nouns when emphasizing that they are plural, in this context the term `ore` means something more along the lines of... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OreSkaBand