This is a list of notable bands and musicians who performed primarily ska or ska-influenced music for a significant portion of their careers.
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[1]
 - 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
 - The Busters
 - 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[1]
 - Five Iron Frenzy
 - Fuzigish
 - The Gadjits
 - Gals Panic
 - General Rudie
 - Go Jimmy Go
 - GOGO13
 - Goldfinger
 - Hepcat
 - The Hippos
 - 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
 - Nuckle Brothers
 - 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 Scholars
 - 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[1]
 - Tijuana No!
 - Voodoo Glow Skulls[1]
 
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
 - The Flatliners
 - Folly
 - The Forces of Evil
 - Gollbetty
 - High School Football Heroes
 - Howards Alias
 - Hub City Stompers
 - The Interrupters
 - I Voted for Kodos
 - J-Stars
 - Jeff Rosenstock
 - The Johnstones
 - The King Blues
 - King Prawn
 - Kingston Rudieska
 - Lightyear
 - Locomondo
 - The Locos
 - Missing Andy
 - Murphy's Kids
 - No Torso
 - Oreskaband
 - Orpheus
 - The Orobians
 - Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra
 - Random Hand
 - Wargi Reborn
 - RedSka
 - Rude King
 - Russkaja
 - The Rudimentals
 - Ska Cubano
 - The Skints
 - Slightly Stoopid
 - SOJA
 - Sonic Boom Six
 - Sounds Like Chicken
 - Starpool
 - Streetlight Manifesto
 - The Supervillains
 - Survay Says!
 - Talco
 - Tip the Van
 - The Unlimiters
 - The Upgrades
 - Westbound Train
 - We Are the Union[2][3]
 
References
- 1 2 3 4 Diehl, Matt (2007). My so-called punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, the Distillers, Bad Religion : how neo-punk stage-dived into the mainstream. Macmillan Publishers. p. 45. ISBN 978-0312337810.
 - ↑ "We Are the Union -- Audiotree". Retrieved 26 January 2021.
 - ↑ "We Are the Union - You Can't Hide The Sun". Retrieved January 8, 2021 – via punknews.org.
 
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