List of ska musicians
This is a list of notable bands and soloists who mainly performed ska or ska-influenced music at some point in their careers.
Original (starting in late 1950s)
- Laurel Aitken
- Prince Buster
- Desmond Dekker
- Clement "Coxsone" Dodd
- Don Drummond
- The Ethiopians
- Justin Hinds
- Byron Lee & the Dragonaires
- Tommy McCook
- The Melodians
- Derrick Morgan
- Eric "Monty" Morris
- Jackie Opel
- The Paragons
- Lee "Scratch" Perry
- Lord Tanamo
- The Pioneers
- Ernest Ranglin
- Duke Reid
- Rico Rodriguez
- The Skatalites
- Millie Small
- Symarip
- Toots & the Maytals
- The Wailers
2 Tone ska revival (starting in late 1970s)
- Bad Manners
- The Beat (also known as The English Beat)
- The Bodysnatchers
- Madness
- Rico Rodriguez
- The Selecter
- The Specials (known at some points as The Special AKA)
- Neville Staple
Third wave ska (starting in mid 1980s)
- 7 Seconds of Love
- Against All Authority
- The Allstonians
- Animal Chin
- The Aquabats
- Area-7
- The Arrogant Sons of Bitches
- Tim Armstrong
- B. Lee Band
- buck
- The Barrymores
- Blag
- Blue Meanies
- Big D and the Kids Table
- Bim Skala Bim
- Bomb The Music Industry!
- Buck-O-Nine
- The Busters
- Capdown
- Catch 22
- Chase Long Beach
- Choking Victim
- Chris Murray
- Citizen Fish
- Common Rider
- Dance Hall Crashers
- Deal's Gone Bad
- Desorden Publico
- Distemper
- The Donkey Show (band)
- Edna's Goldfish
- The Expendables
- Farse
- Fatter Than Albert
- Fishbone
- Five Iron Frenzy
- The Flatliners
- The Forces Of Evil
- General Rudie
- Go Jimmy Go
- Goldfinger
- Gollbetty
- Hepcat
- High School Football Heroes
- The Hippos
- Hopalong Knut
- Hub City Stompers
- The Impossibles (American band)
- The Insyderz
- Jeffries Fan Club
- The Johnstones
- Johnny Socko
- King Apparatus
- King Prawn
- The Know How
- Kemuri
- Lightyear
- Leftöver Crack
- Less Than Jake
- Let's Go Bowling
- Link 80
- Long Shot Party
- Los Kung-Fu Monkeys
- Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
- Los Hooligans
- Los Pericos
- Mad Caddies
- Mealticket
- Mephiskapheles
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Mike Park
- Mr. Review
- Mu330
- Mustard Plug
- Mobster
- Monkey
- Morning Glory
- Nuckle Brothers
- No-Cash
- No Doubt
- The No Service Project
- No Torso
- NOFX
- The O.C. Supertones
- Operation Ivy
- ORESKABAND
- Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra
- Panteón Rococó
- Patent Pending
- Pepper
- The Pietasters
- Pilfers
- The Planet Smashers
- The Porkers
- Potshot
- Rancid
- Random Hand
- Reel Big Fish
- Ruder Than You
- The Rudiments
- The Rudimentals
- Rx Bandits
- Save Ferris
- Ska-P
- Skankin' Pickle
- The Slackers
- Slapstick
- Slow Gherkin
- Spunge
- Sonic Boom Six
- Sounds Like Chicken
- Streetlight Manifesto
- Sublime
- Suburban Legends
- The Suicide Machines
- Superhiks
- The Supervillains
- The Taj Motel Trio
- Tip The Van
- The Toasters
- Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
- The Uptones
- Upstanding Youth
- Voodoo Glow Skulls
- Westbound Train
- Yoko Utsumi
- Yum!Yum!Orange
- The Ziggens