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This is a list of notable bands and soloists who have performed ska or ska-influenced music at some point in their careers. For other uses, see SKA (disambiguation). ...
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Laurel Aitken (April 22, 1927âJuly 17, 2005) became famous as one of the originators of Jamaican ska music in the late 1950s. ...
Cecil Bustamente Campbell (born May 28, 1938), better known as Prince Buster, is a musician from Kingston, Jamaica and regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of ska and rocksteady music. ...
Desmond Dekker (July 16, 1941 â May 25, 2006) was a Jamaican ska and reggae singer and songwriter. ...
Clement Seymour Sir Coxsone Dodd (Kingston, Jamaica, January 26, 1932 â May 5, 2004) was a Jamaican record producer who was influential in the development of reggae and other forms of Jamaican music in the 1950s, 60s and later. ...
Don Drummond (1932-1969) was a famous ska trombonist and composer. ...
The Ethiopians are a reggae, rocksteady, and ska group, founded by Leonard Dillon, Stephen Taylor and Aston Morris, that started recording for Clement Coxsone Dodd in 1966. ...
Justin Hinds (May 7, 1942 - March 16, 2005) is best known as a Jamaican ska singer with his backing vocalists the Dominoes. ...
Alexander Minto Hughes (1945 - March 12, 1998), better known as Judge Dread, a British reggae and ska artist. ...
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires is one of the best known Jamaican band . ...
// The Melodians were formed in Kingston, Jamaica in 1963. ...
Born Dalton Bishop in 1938 in Barbados, Jackie Opel was gifted with a rich, deep, powerful voice only surpassed by his astounding voice range, impeccable diction and smooth dance moves. ...
Millie Small (born October 4, 1946 Clarendon, Jamaica), is famous for her 1964 hit single, a cover version of Barbie Gayes My Boy Lollipop. Categories: Musician stubs | Jamaican musicians | First-wave ska groups ...
Derrick Morgan** was a musical artist in 1960s and 70s. ...
Eric Monty Morris is recognised in Jamaica, alongside Laurel Aitken and Derrick Morgan as a primal ska performer. ...
The Paragons were an influential rocksteady band from Kingston, Jamaica in the 1960s. ...
Lee Scratch Perry Lee Scratch Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry, on March 20, 1936, in Kendal, Jamaica) is a reggae and dub artist, who has been highly influential in the development and acceptance of reggae and dub music in Jamaica and overseas. ...
The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna is one of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. ...
Duke Reid was a Jamaican record producer, DJ and label owner. ...
Ernest Ranglin (born 1932) is an important Jamaican musician. ...
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The Skatalites is a Jamaican music group that played a major role in popularising ska, the first truly Jamaican music created by fusing boogie-woogie blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, mento, calypso, and African rhythms. ...
Symarip, formerly the Pyramids, were a ska and reggae band from the United Kingdom, originating towards the end of the 1960s and into the early 1970s. ...
Frederick Toots Hibbert and the Maytals are considered legends of reggae and ska music. ...
The Wailers was a ska, rocksteady and reggae group formed in Kingston, Jamaica in 1963, consisting of Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, Bunny Livingston (aka Bunny Wailer), Bob Marley, Peter McIntosh (aka Peter Tosh), and Cherry Smith. ...
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Band members = Buster Bloodvessel : Vocals, Winston Bazoomies : Harmonica, Louis Alphonso : Guitar, David Farren : Bass, Martin Stewart : Keyboards, Chris Kane : Sax, Gus Herman : Trumpet, Andrew Marson : Sax, Brian Tuitt : Drums Bad Manners are a long-lived English 2 Tone ska band. ...
The Beat, known in North America as The English Beat, was one of the most important 2 Tone ska music groups. ...
The Bodysnatchers were a seven-piece all-women band involved in the British ska revival of the early 1980s. ...
Madness are a British pop/ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976. ...
The Selecters Three Minute Hero single cover The Selecter were a 2 Tone ska revival band from Coventry, England, formed in the late 1970s. ...
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Special Beat is a 2 Tone band formed from members of The Specials and The Beat. ...
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| Ska | | Mento - Calypso - Jazz - R&B - Rocksteady - Reggae - 2 Tone - Third wave ska - Ska jazz - Ska punk - J-ska - List of ska musicians - Music of Jamaica - Caribbean music genres - Caribbean music in the UK - Culture of Jamaica - Dancehall (venue) - Skank (dance) - Sound system (Jamaican) - Toasting - Jamaican record producers - Studio One - Trojan Records - Blue Beat Records - 2 Tone Records - Moon Ska Records - Asian Man Records Rude boy - Mod - Skinhead - Trojan skinhead - Suedehead - Scooterboy Third wave ska is a music genre derived from the fusion of Jamaican ska with various American and British styles of music, such as 2 Tone, rock music, punk rock, pop punk, hardcore and jazz. ...
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Against All Authority (often abbreviated -AAA-) is a DIY ska punk band. ...
The Allstonians are a third-wave reggae/ska music group formed in Allston, Massachusetts in 1992. ...
The Aquabats (often written as The Aquabats!) are an American rock band formed in 1994 in Huntington Beach, California and currently recording for Nitro Records. ...
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The Arrogant Sons of Bitches (ASOB for short) are a 6 piece ska punk band originally from Long Island, New York and currently located in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York. ...
Assorted Jellybeans was a punk rock rock band originally from Riverside, California. ...
Athena is a ska punk band from Istanbul, Turkey. ...
Big D and the Kids Table is a third wave ska band formed in October 1995 in Allston, Massachusetts on the Fork In Hand Records label. ...
Bim Skala Bim, formed in Boston, Massachusetts, was one of Americas initial responses to Britains 2-Tone movement in the early 80s. ...
Blue Meanies are a ska-core band founded in 1989. ...
The Bruce Lee Band is the name given to the releases of Mike Park and his backing band which has so far included Less Than Jake and the Rx Bandits. ...
Buck-O-Nine is an American ska punk band which was formed in San Diego, California, in 1991. ...
The Busters are a German third wave ska revival band, established as a side project in 1987. ...
Capdown are a band from Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. ...
Catch 22 is a third-wave ska band from East Brunswick, New Jersey. ...
Monte Serreno, California ska band fronted by Mike Park, and of course, part of the Asian Man Records catalogue. ...
Chris Murray Chris Murray is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter and guitarist working primarily in the genre of ska. ...
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logo of Citizen Fish Citizen Fish is a ska punk band that have been together since the early 1990s. ...
Common Rider was a rock band, formed in 1999 by Jesse Michaels (guitar, vocals), Mass Giorgini (bass) and Dan Lumley (drums). ...
Critical Mass is a ska band, formed in 1992 from the San Francisco Bay area. ...
Dance Hall Crashers is a ska punk band from Berkeley, California, that formed in 1988. ...
Desorden público is a ska/rock band from Venezuela. ...
The Donkey Show was a third wave ska band that was active in the 1980s in San Diego (not to be confused with alternative rock band, The Donkey Show of Dallas, Texas). ...
Fishbone is an alternative rock band that plays a fusion of funk, ska, punk rock, reggae, heavy metal and more. ...
Five Iron Frenzy (also known as Five Iron or FIF) was a ska band formed in Denver, Colorado in 1995 and disbanded in 2003. ...
Members Jay and John playing at the Ska Summit 2003. ...
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Go Jimmy Go is a third-wave ska band. ...
Hepcat is a third-wave ska band formed in southern California in 1989. ...
The Hippos was a third wave ska-punk band from Southern California. ...
The Insyderz was a Christian ska band from Detroit, Michigan. ...
Jeffries Fan Club was a Third-wave ska band formed in the late 1990s. ...
Johnny Socko is an indie rock ska band created in 1990 out of Bloomington, Indiana. ...
King Django, also known as Jeff Baker, is a fixture of the New York ska scene, having led such bands as Skinnerbox and Stubborn All-Stars. ...
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Leftöver Crack is a political ska-core band that emerged following the breakup of the ska punk band Choking Victim around the year 2000. ...
Leningrad in San Francisco, June 2003 Leningrad (ÐенингÑад in Russian) is a Russian ska punk band from Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad). ...
Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida. ...
Lets Go Bowling is a Third Wave Ska band hailing from the Greater San Joaquin Valley. ...
Rumble at the Tracks label. ...
The Mad Caddies are a third wave ska band from Solvang, California. ...
Mephiskapheles is a third wave ska band based in New York. ...
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones were a ska-core band from Boston, Massachusetts. ...
Monkey is a ska band from the San Francisco Bay Area of California. ...
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Chris Murray Chris Murray is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter and guitarist working primarily in the genre of ska. ...
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For other uses, see No Doubt (disambiguation). ...
The Orange County Supertones (a. ...
Operation Ivy were an influential ska-punk band that originated from the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
ORESKABAND in Los Angeles, during SXSW Asias JapanNite US tour. ...
Pepper is a ska punk band originally from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, but has since relocated to southern California. ...
The Pietasters are an eight-piece ska/punk rock band hailing from Washington, D.C., with additional members from Maryland and Virginia. ...
The Planet Smashers are a third-wave ska band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...
Rancid is a punk rock band formed in 1991 in Berkeley, California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong (former members of Operation Ivy). ...
Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band, best known for the 1997 hit Sell Out. ...
Ruder Than You is an American ska band that was founded in 1989 at Penn State University and, in 1991, the group relocated to Philadelphia. ...
Save Ferris was a ska punk band formed circa 1995 in Orange County, California. ...
The Scofflaws are a New York-based third wave ska band that debuted in the early 90s. ...
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Skankin Pickle was a San Francisco based ska punk sextet during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ...
Slightly Stoopid is an American band based in Ocean Beach, California, who describe their music as a fusion of acoustic rock and blues with reggae, hip-hop, and punk. As a band, they have released seven albums (2 live) with their fifth studio album, entitled Chronchitis, released on August 7...
The Slackers are one of the more well-known bands emerging from the New York City ska scene, having been formed in Brooklyn in 1991. ...
For other uses, see Slapstick (disambiguation). ...
[spunge] is a ska punk band from Tewkesbury, England. ...
Streetlight Manifesto is an American ska punk band from East Brunswick Township, New Jersey. ...
Sublime was a American band that originated in Long Beach, California. ...
Suburban Legends is a seven piece third wave ska band from Orange County, California. ...
Suburban Rhythm (S.R.) was a skapunk band from Long Beach, California. ...
The Suicide Machines (formerly known as Jack Kevorkian & The Suicide Machines) is a Detroit-based ska-core group founded in 1991 by current members Jason Navarro and Dan Lukacinsky. ...
The Toasters are a third wave ska band from New York formed in 1981 by Robert Bucket Hingley. ...
Founded in 1985 by the percussionist Asa-Chang, the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (æ±äº¬ã¹ã«ãã©ãã¤ã¹ãªã¼ã±ã¹ãã©), commonly abbreviated as Skapara, was initially comprised of more than 10 veterans of Tokyos underground scene. ...
Ska jazz is a musical form derived by combining the melodic content of jazz with the rhythmical and harmonic content of ska. ...
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Voodoo Glow Skulls are an underground third-wave ska band. ...
The Ws were a Christian ska/swing band, formed in Corvallis, Oregon in September 1997. ...
Westbound Train is a ska band from Boston, Massachusetts. ...
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Mento is a style of Jamaican folk music that predates and has greatly influenced ska and reggae music. ...
Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad at about the start of the 20th century. ...
For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Rhythm and blues (disambiguation). ...
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Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. ...
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Third wave ska is a music genre derived from the fusion of Jamaican ska with various American and British styles of music, such as 2 Tone, rock music, punk rock, pop punk, hardcore and jazz. ...
Ska jazz is a musical form derived by combining the melodic content of jazz with the rhythmical and harmonic content of ska. ...
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Japanese ska or J-ska is ska (ã¹ã«) or ska punk music made in Japan by Japanese artists with lyrics in the Japanese language or in English. ...
Jamaica is the birthplace of many popular musical genres, the most well known of which is reggae but also including raggamuffin, ska and dub music. ...
The music of the Caribbean is a diverse grouping of musical genres. ...
Jamaican music in the United Kingdom // White Reggae White reggae has very low artistic credibility, but it laid a path for genuine reggae in Britain. ...
Jamaican culture represents a rich blend of cultures that have inhabited the island. ...
The dance halls of Jamaica in the 1950s and 60s were home to public dances usually targeted at younger patrons. ...
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In the context of Jamaican popular culture, a sound system is a group of disc jockeys, engineers and MCs playing ska, rocksteady or reggae music. ...
Toasting, chatting, or DJing is the act of talking or chanting over a rhythm or beat. ...
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Studio One is one of reggaes most renowned record labels and recording studios, having been described as the Motown of Jamaica. ...
Trojan Records Trojan Records is a label specialising in ska,rocksteady,reggae and dub music. ...
Blue Beat Records was a record label that released Jamaican rhythm & blues and ska music in the United Kingdom in the early and mid 1960s. ...
2 Tone Records was a British record label which released ska and reggae influenced music with a punk overtone. ...
Moon Ska Records was one of the most influential ska record labels of the 1980s and 1990s. ...
Asian Mans Logo resembling the South Korean flag Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park out of his parents garage in Monte Sereno, California. ...
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Skinheads, named for their close-cropped or shaven heads, are a working-class subculture that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1960s, and then spread to other parts of the world. ...
Trojan Skinhead is a subculture of skinheads who identify themselves with the subcultures heyday in 1969 when ska music was at its most popular, and with the cults multicultural Jamaican and British working class roots (called The Spirit of 69). Bands/artists The Ethiopians Judge Dread Laurel Aitken...
Suedehead was an early-1970s offshoot of the skinhead subculture in the United Kingdom. ...
Originating in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, scooterboy culture emerged from mods and skinheads, although it became a distinct and separate subculture. ...
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