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This is a list of notable bands and musicians who performed primarily ska or ska-influenced music for a significant portion of their careers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Belinda Magnus OBE DL (born 23 October 1953), better known as Pauline Black (Listen ⓘ), is an English singer, actress and author.. In a music career spanning over 40 years, Black came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the 2 Tone ska revival band the Selecter, which released four singles that entered the Top 40 charts in the United Kingdom during the 1970s and the 1980s ...
The Dualers are an eight-piece [1] (or nine-piece) [2] ska and reggae band from South East London. [3] Initially comprising brothers Si and Tyber Cranstoun, [4] and now led by Tyber following Si's departure in 2010 for a solo career, they first developed a profile when the single "Kiss on the Lips" entered the UK top 30, peaking at 21, in October 2004 despite no industry backing.
Lightyear is a seven-piece British ska punk band formed in Derby, England, in 1997. They were part of a UK music scene that mixed ska punk with other genres including funk, indie-rock and hip-hop. [1] The band signed to Household Name Records in 2001, and released two full-length albums before splitting in 2003. Since 2006 the band have had a ...
The band's first two albums were landmarks of the interracial 'Two tone' scene that swept England and beyond in the late '70s and early '80s.
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Simon David Cranstoun (born October 1971) [2] is an English singer who spent many years as a busker on the streets of London and performed in the Dualers, a ska band he formed with his brother Tyber, before becoming better known as a composer and singer of music influenced by 1950s and 1960s rock and roll and rhythm and blues.
Bad Manners are an English two-tone and ska band led by frontman Buster Bloodvessel. Early appearances included Top of the Pops and the live film documentary Dance Craze (1981). They were at their most popular during the early 1980s, during a period when other ska revival bands such as Madness, the Specials and the Selecter filled the charts.