List of ska musicians

Template:Short description Template:More citations needed This is a list of notable bands and musicians who performed primarily ska or ska-influenced music for a significant portion of their careers. Template:Dynamic list

Original (starting in late 1950s)

• Aubrey Adams
• Laurel Aitken
• Roland Alphonso
• Theophilus Beckford
• Val Bennett
• Ken Boothe
• Baba Brooks
• The Blues Busters
• Prince Buster
• The Clarendonians
• Jimmy Cliff
• Clue J & His Blues Blasters
• Stranger Cole
• Desmond Dekker
• Coxsone Dodd
• Don Drummond
• Jackie Edwards
• Alton Ellis
• The Ethiopians
• Owen Gray
• Derrick Harriott
• Justin Hinds
• Jah Jerry Haynes
• Lloyd Knibb
• Byron Lee & the Dragonaires
• Count Machuki
• Carlos Malcolm
• Tommy McCook
• The Melodians
• Johnny "Dizzy" Moore
• Derrick Morgan
• Eric "Monty" Morris
• Jackie Opel
• The Paragons
• Lee "Scratch" Perry
• Lord Tanamo
• The Pioneers
• Ernest Ranglin
• Rico Rodriguez
• The Skatalites<ref name=diehl/>
• The Silvertones
• Millie Small
• Symarip
• Lynn Taitt
• Toots & the Maytals
• The Wailers
• Delroy Wilson

2 Tone ska revival (starting in late 1970s)

• Akrylykz
• The Apollinaires
• Pauline Black
• Bad Manners
• Mike Barson
• The Beat/The English Beat
• Mark Bedford
• Buster Bloodvessel
• The Bodysnatchers
• John Bradbury
• Andy Cox
• Rhoda Dakar
• Jerry Dammers
• Judge Dread
• Chris Foreman
• Lynval Golding
• Terry Hall
• Madness
• Everett Morton
• Horace Panter
• Roddy Radiation
• Ranking Roger
• The Selecter
• Chas Smash
• The Specials
• Neville Staple
• Suggs
• Lee Thompson
• Dave Wakeling
• Daniel Woodgate

Third wave ska (starting in early 1980s)

• Against All Authority
• Allniters
• Animal Chin
• The Aquabats
• Area-7
• The Arrogant Sons of Bitches
• Athena
• BeNuts
• Blue Meanies
• Big D and the Kids Table
• Bim Skala Bim
• The Bruce Lee Band
• Buck-O-Nine
• Catch 22
• Cherry Poppin' Daddies
• The Chinkees
• Choking Victim
• Chris Murray
• Citizen Fish
• Common Rider
• The Crazy 8s
• Dance Hall Crashers
• Deal's Gone Bad
• Desorden Publico
• Distemper
• Doe Maar
• Downfall
• Edna's Goldfish
• The Expendables
• Falling Sickness
• Farse
• Fishbone<ref name=diehl/>
• Five Iron Frenzy
• Fuzigish
• The Gadjits
• Gals Panic
• Go Jimmy Go
• GOGO13
• Goldfinger
• Hepcat
• The Hippos
• The Hooters<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Hotknives
• The Impossibles
• Inspecter 7
• The Insyderz
• Jeffries Fan Club
• Johnny Socko
• Kemuri
• King Apparatus
• The Kingpins
• The Know How
• Lightyear
• Leftöver Crack
• Less Than Jake
• Let's Go Bowling
• Link 80
• Long Shot Party
• Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
• Mad Caddies
• Mark Foggo's Skasters
• Mealticket
• Me Mom and Morgentaler
• Mephiskapheles
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
• Monkey
• Mr. Review
• Mu330
• Mustard Plug
• No Doubt
• The O.C. Supertones
• Operation Ivy
• Panteón Rococó
• The Pietasters
• Pilfers
• The Planet Smashers
• The Porkers
• Potshot
• Pressure Cooker
• Rancid
• Reel Big Fish
• The Rough Kutz
• Ruder Than You
• The Rudiments
• Rx Bandits
• Save Ferris
• The Scofflaws
• The Siren Six!
• Ska-P
• Skankin' Pickle
• Skavoovie and the Epitones
• Skinnerbox
• The Skoidats
• The Skunks
• The Slackers
• Slapstick
• Slow Gherkin
• Spunge
• Spring Heeled Jack
• Stubborn All-Stars
• Subb
• Sublime
• Suburban Legends
• Suburban Rhythm
• The Suicide Machines
• Superhiks
• The Toasters
• Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
• The Uptones
• The Untouchables<ref name=diehl>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Tijuana No!
• Voodoo Glow Skulls<ref name=diehl/>

Post-third wave (starting in early 2000s)

• Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution
• Beebs and Her Money Makers
• Bomb The Music Industry!
• The Brass Action
• Capdown
• The Cat Empire
• Chase Long Beach
• En Tol Sarmiento
• The Flatliners
• Folly
• The Forces of Evil
• Gollbetty
• Howards Alias
• Hub City Stompers
• Imperial Leisure
• The Interrupters
• I Voted for Kodos
• Jeff Rosenstock
• The Johnstones
• The King Blues
• King Prawn
• Kingston Rudieska
• Lightyear
• Locomondo
• The Locos
• Murphy's Kids
• No Torso
• Oreskaband
• The Orobians
• Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra
• Random Hand
• RedSka
• Rude King
• Russkaja
• The Rudimentals
• Ska Cubano
• The Skints
• Slightly Stoopid
• Sonic Boom Six
• Sounds Like Chicken
• Starpool
• Streetlight Manifesto
• The Supervillains
• Talco
• The Unlimiters
• The Upgrades
• Westbound Train
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