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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.
The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, were an English 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. [4] After some early changes, the first stable lineup of the group consisted of Terry Hall and Neville Staple on vocals, Jerry Dammers on keyboards, Lynval Golding and Roddy Radiation on guitars, Horace Panter on bass, John Bradbury on drums, and Dick Cuthell and Rico Rodriguez ...
Salvo (band) The Scofflaws; SGR (band) Shaken 69; The Sheds (band) The Siren Six! Ska Daddyz; SKAndalous All-Stars; Skavoovie and the Epitones; Skinnerbox; The Skunks (ska band) The Slackers; Someday Providence; Spring Heeled Jack (band) Streetlight Manifesto; Stubborn All-Stars; Suburban Legends; The Supervillains
Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three periods: the original Jamaican scene of the 1960s; the 2 Tone ska revival of the late 1970s in Britain, which fused Jamaican ska rhythms and melodies with the faster tempos and harder edge of punk rock forming ska-punk; and third wave ska, which involved bands from a wide range of ...
A new generation of ska-punk bands has a message for you, Rudy, and it's all about unity. Embracing the 80s British ska scene's politically charged idealism while taking musical inspiration from ...
The Uptones were one of the first U.S. bands devoted to playing ska and were an influence on the burgeoning West Coast punk/ska scene. [1] The band reformed with core founding members in the early 2000s and continued to play live shows throughout the Bay Area until 2018.
The Slackers are an American ska band, formed in Manhattan, New York in 1991.The band's sound is a mix of ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, soul, garage rock, and jazz.The Slackers' notability is credited to their prolific career, tours of North and South America, Europe, and elsewhere, and signing to notable punk label Hellcat Records.
The Selecter is an English 2 tone ska revival band, formed in Coventry, England, in 1979.. The Selecter featured a diverse line-up, both in terms of race and gender, initially consisting of Arthur 'Gaps' Hendrickson and Pauline Black on lead vocals, Neol Davies and Compton Amanor on guitar, Desmond Brown on Hammond organ, Charley 'Aitch' Bembridge on drums, and Charley Anderson on bass.