List of ska musicians

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
 * 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
 * Five Iron Frenzy
 * Fuzigish
 * The Gadjits
 * Gals Panic
 * General Rudie
 * Go Jimmy Go
 * GOGO13
 * Goldfinger
 * Hepcat
 * The Hippos
 * The Hooters
 * 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 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
 * Tijuana No!
 * Voodoo Glow Skulls

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
 * 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