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
- Derrick Morgan
- Don Drummond
- The Ethiopians
- Justin Hinds
- Byron Lee & the Dragonaires
- The Melodians
- Jackie Opel
- Millie Small
- Derrick Morgan
- Eric "Monty" Morris
- The Paragons
- Lee "Scratch" Perry
- Lord Tanamo
- The Pioneers
- Duke Reid
- Ernest Ranglin
- Rico Rodriguez
- The Skatalites
- Symarip
- Tommy McCook
- Toots and 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
- The Selecter
- The Specials (known at some points as The Special AKA, also known at some point as the Coventry Automatics)
Third wave ska (starting in mid 1980s)
- Against All Authority
- The Aquabats
- Big D & the Kids Table
- Bim Skala Bim
- Bomb the Music Industry!
- BUCK Enterprises
- Buck-O-Nine
- The Busters
- Capdown
- Catch 22
- Choking Victim
- Chris Murray
- Citizen Fish
- Common Rider
- Dance Hall Crashers
- Deal's Gone Bad
- The Donkey Show
- Edna's Goldfish
- Fandangle
- Felony
- Fishbone
- The Flatliners
- Five Iron Frenzy
- The Forces of Evil
- Go Jimmy Go
- Goldfinger
- Hepcat
- High School Football Heroes
- The Hippos
- Hub City Stompers
- Ill Scarlett
- The Insyderz
- Jeffries Fan Club
- Johnny Socko
- The Johnstones
- The Know How
- Kemuri
- Kortatu
- Leftöver Crack
- Less than Jake
- Let's Go Bowling
- Link 80
- Los Hooligans
- Mad Caddies
- Make It Better Later
- Maldita Vecindad
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Monty's Fan Club
- Mu330
- Mustard Plug
- No Doubt
- Operation Ivy
- ORESKABAND
- Oingo Boingo
- Pain
- Patent Pending
- Panteon Rococo
- The Peacocks
- The Pietasters
- The Pinstripes
- The O.C. Supertones
- The Planet Smashers
- The Porkers
- Potshot
- Rancid
- Reel Big Fish
- Ruder Than You
- The Rudimentals
- Save Ferris
- Ska-P
- Skalariak
- Skankin' Pickle
- The Slackers
- Slapstick (band)
- Slightly Stoopid
- Sonic Boom Six
- Sounds Like Chicken
- Spunge
- Streetlight Manifesto
- Sublime
- Suburban Legends
- The Suicide Machines
- Tijuana No!
- The Toasters
- Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
- Treephort
- Westbound Train
- Voodoo Glow Skulls
- The W's