This article is from the Ska FAQ, by Tomas Willis tomas@twillis.com with numerous contributions by others.
"The Saltines"
(Orlando, FL) {ska-core} [1996-]
"Samuel, Winson"
(JAMAICA) {traditional} [1967]
"Satélite Kingston"
(ARGENTINIA) {ska/?} [Current]
"Save Ferris"
(Anaheim, CA), [Current] See , for contact info.
"Sax-O-Tromba"
(Ohio) {ska} [Current] See , for contact info.
"Saxawhaman"
(FRANCE) [-1996] See , for address information.
"Scafull Kings"
(JAPAN) {ska} [Current-]
"Scarper"
(Devon, UK) [Current]
"Scandals, The"
(Eugene, Oregon) [Current]
"Scatologists, The"
(Delaware) {funky ska} [Current] See , for address information.
"Scene, The"
(NY)
"Schleprock"
{ska/ska-core} [Current]
"Scholars, The"
(Anaheim, California) {ska-core/hip-hoppy/punky} [Current]
"Scooby and the Skamatics"
(Houghton, Michigan) {Ska-energy} [1992-1993]
"Scofflaws, The"
(Huntington, NY) [Current] See , for address information.
"Scrappy Doo"
(Las Vegas) [Current]
"Scraps"
(ARGENTINIA) {ska/?} [Current]
"Screamin' Abdubs"
(The NETHERLANDS) {reggae/dub/ska} [1995-] See , for more
information.
"Screamin' Monkey Stick"
(Dallas, Texas) {ska/punk/samba/2-tone/traditional/polka} [1997-]
See , for more info.
"Seattle Ska All-Stars, The"
(Seattle, Washington) [Current] See , for contact information.
"Second Grade"
(Utah) [Current] See , for contact information.
"Second Step"
(New York City) See , for address information.
"Secret Cajun Band"
(St. Louis, MO) [Current] See , for contact information.
"Secret Society, the"
(Minnesota) [Current] See , for more information.
"The Secretaries"
(St. Louis, Missouri) {ska} [1997-]
"S.E.E.D"
(Connecticut) [Current] See , for contact information.
"Seespot"
(Encino, CA) {ska} [1991-] See , for contact info.
"Selecter, The"
(UK) {2 Tone} [1979-1981, and current]
"Sensations, The"
{Rocksteady}
"Seven Foot Politic"
(Athens, GA) {swing/ska} [Current] See , for WWW information.
"Sgt Scagnetti"
(Seymour, Connecticut) {3rd-wave} [Current-] See , for more info.
"Shaken 69!"
(Berkeley, CA) {Rancid all-ska side project} [Current]
"Shakin' Not Stirred"
(New Jersey) [Current] See , for contact information.
"Shamus"
(Columbus, Ohio) {ska} Now known as Fenster. See , for contact
info.
"Shanties, The"
(California?) {All-girl} [Current]
"Sharp Sound Connection"
()
"Shrimp Skampi and the Skallops"
(Lower Merion, PA) [1997-] See , for more info.
"Shish Ska Bob"
(bethesda, md) [current]
"Shonky Business"
(Sydney, AUSTRALIA) [-1993]
"Shot Black and White"
(NY)
"Shoulder Hopper"
(JAPAN) {ska-core} [Current-]
"SHU"
(New York) {rock/ska} [Current] See , for address information.
"Shy Five"
(Massachusetts)
"Sideburns, The"
(JAPAN) {traditional} [Current]
"Silly Walks"
(NETHERLANDS) [Current]
"Silvertones, The"
(JAMAICA) {traditional} [1960s]
"Simaryp"
(JAMAICA) {Old School; They do the `skinhead girl' tune} a.k.a.
The Pyramids.
"Sir Lord Comic"
(JAMAICA) {traditional} [1960s]
"The Siren Six"
(Milwaukee) {3rd Wave/Traditional/Reggae/2 Tone/Rocksteady}
[Current] Formerly *Stinkfish*.
"Situation Normal"
(Chicago, IL, USA) {ska/punk/reggae/jazz/ska-core}
[Current-Current] See , for more info.
"Six Feet Deep"
(Bell Gardens, CA) See , for address information.
"Six Feet Under"
(Connecticut)
"Ska Blazers"
(Pennsylvania) [Current] See , for contact information.
"Ska Capella"
(Poughkeepsie, NY) {ska} [1996-] See , for more info.
"Ska Dynamics, The"
(UK ?) {instrumental ska} [Current]
"Ska Flames, The"
(Tokyo, JAPAN) {New Ska in the old style} [Current]
"Ska Humbug"
(Richmond, Indiana) [Current] See , for address information.
"Ska King Crab"
(Middletown, CT) [1993-] See , for contact information.
"Ska Trek"
(GERMANY)
"Ska-p"
(Madrid, SPAIN) {ska/rock} [Current]
"Skablins"
(Pittsburg) [Current] See , for address information.
"Skaboodah and the Skalaktites"
(New Hampshire) [Current] See , for contact information.
"Skaboom"
(UK)
"Skachoo"
(Rockford, Illinois) {traditional and ska-core} [Current]
"Skadanks,The"
(New York) {ska/dancehall/roots/rap} [Current]
"Skadatel"
(Kenosha, WI) {ska} [Current] See , for more info.
"The Skadillacs"
(New Jersey) {ska/punk} [Current-Current] See , for more info.
"Skadows"
()
"Skaface"
(Toronto, Ontario, CANADA) See , for address information.
"Skaferlatine"
(FRANCE) {hyperfast} [Current] See , for address information.
"Skaflaws, The"
(Boston) {!= Scofflaws} [Current]
"Skagina"
(Tinley Park ,IL) {ska/punk} [1995-] See , for more info.
"Skalatones, The"
(SWEDEN) [Current]
"Skali Baba and the Forty Ounce Horns"
(Champaign-Urbana, Illinois) [1996-] See , for contact info.
"Skallie MacDougal"
(CANADA) [Current]
"Skaltere Club"
(GERMANY)
"The Skamets"
(West Chester, PA) {ska/rocksteady/2-tone/traditional/ska-core}
[1997-] See , for more info.
"Skamp Boys"
(FRANCE) See , for address information.
"SKAmpton"
(Skalamzoo (Kalamazoo, MI)) {ska/punk/hardcore/ska-core} [1996-]
See , for more info.
"Skamunists"
(Vermillion, South Dakota) {ska/2-tone/oi/ska-core} [1994-] See ,
for more info.
"Skandal, The"
()
"SKAndalous All-Stars"
{ska} [Current]
"Skandalo Publiku"
(Euskadi, SPAIN) {ska/reggae/rock} [Current]
"Skandals, The"
(Seattle) [Current] See , for more information.
"Skandanavia"
(N. Patchogue, New York) [Current] See , for address information.
"Skandanks, The"
[Current]
"Skank"
(BRASIL) [Current]
"Skankhead"
(California)
"Skankin' Pickle"
(Monte Sereno, CA) {Punk/Ska} [1989-1996] See , for address
information.
"Skanksters, The"
(CANADA) {modern/traditional} [Current]
"sKaNtRaCePtIvEs"
(Bellevue, WA) {ska} [Current] See , for more info.
"Skanus"
(The NETHERLANDS) [Current]
"Skanxters, The"
(UK)
"Skaos"
(GERMANY) See , for address information.
"Skaooters, The"
(Europe) [80s]
"Skaoters"
[1980s]
"Skapa"
(Wellington, NEW ZEALAND)
"Skapara"
a.k.a. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. See , for more info.
"Skaparapid"
(València, SPAIN) {ska} [Current]
"Skapone"
(Chicago) {traditional-style, contains former members of State of
Emergency} [Current] See , for address information.
"Skapelle"
(GERMANY)
"Skapularios"
(PUERTO RICO) {traditional} [Current]
"Skarab"
(Europe) [80s]
"Skarabajos"
(Spain)
"Skarface"
(FRANCE) [Current] See , for more info.
"Skarnio"
(Galiza (North Spain)) {ska/rocksteady/reggae} [1997-] See , for
more info.
"Skarotum"
(New Hampshire) [Current] See , for contact information.
"Skarred By Ska"
(Massachusetts)
"Skartel"
(COLOMBIA) {ska/latin/oi} [Current] See , for more info.
"Skasquatch"
(Oxford, Ohio) [Current] See , for contact information.
"Skastafarians"
(Dallas, Texas) [Current]
"Skatala"
(Barcelona, SPAIN) {punk/ska} [Current] See , for WWW info.
"Skatalites"
(JAMAICA; now USA) {*The* Old School ska band;, Tommy McCook, Don
Drummond, Roland Alphonso, Lloyd Knibbs, Lloyd Spence, Jah
Jerry, Lester Stirling, Baba Brooks} [1964-1965, and present]
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~lashout/skat.gif, skat.gif (76K).
http://www.cybercom.net/~upsetter/skatalites/index.html, another Skatalites Home Page.
http://www.ziplink.net/~upsetter/skatalites/index.html
"Skatalogicals"
(NETHERLANDS) [Current]
"Skaturday"
(Portland, Oregon) {ska-core} [1997-] See , for more info.
"Skatet"
(Minneapolis) {old school-style} [Current]
"Skatfree"
(bethesda, md) [current]
"Skatilater"
(NEW ZEALAND)
"Skatish, the"
(bethesda, md) [current]
"Skatland Yard"
(bethesda, md) [current]
"Skatobeat"
(Barcelona, SPAIN) [Current] See , for internet contact
information.
"Skatrek"
()
"Skatroits"
(JAPAN)
"Skats, the"
(bethesda, md) [current]
"Skatterbrains, The"
(Ottawa)
"The Skavacados and the High Flying Horns"
(Washington, DC) [1994-1996] See , for more info.
"Skavengers"
(Europe) [80s]
"Skavengers"
(Boston) {instrumental ska/rocksteady/swing/jazz}
[1993-1996]
"Skavenjah"
(Saskatchewan, CANADA) [Current]
"Skavossas"
(Fort Wayne, Indiana) {ska/traditional} [1996-] See , for more
info.
"Skazilla"
(Detroit-Windsor) {ska/punk/rock/metal/hip-hop/ska-core}
[12-Current] See , for more info.
"Skazoo"
(Newcastle, AUSTRALIA) [current]
"Skavoovie and the Epitones"
(Boston) {Old style} [Current] See , for address information.
"Skeletones, The"
(Anaheim/Riverside, California) [Current] See , for address
information.
"Skif Dank"
(Port Orange, Florida) [Current] See , for address information.
"Skin Deep"
()
"Skinnerbox NYC"
(New York City) {The Boilers;funk/heavy ska} See , for address
information.
"Skiptooth"
(California) [Current] See , for contact info.
"Skism SKAsm"
(Louisville) {ska} [1995-] See , for more info.
"Skokopelli"
(Houghton, Michigan) {ska/punk/hardcore/latin/metal/ska-core}
[Current-Current] See , for more info.
"Skolars, The"
(Detroit, Michigan) [Current] See , for contact information.
"Skooby and the Skamatics"
(Houghton, MI) {Ska-Engery} [1992-93]
"Skunks, The"
(Washington, D.C.) [Current] See , for address information.
"Slackers, The"
(New York City) {ska/punk/mod/soul/jazz} [Current] See , for
contact information.
"Slap and Tickle"
(Colorado Springs, Colorado) {all styles} [Current]
"Slapstick"
(Chicago, IL) {ska/ska-core} [-1996?] See , for more info.
"Sleestacks, The"
(Cincinnati, Ohio) [Current] See , for contact information.
"Slickers, The"
()
"Slim Pickins"
(Las Vegas) {ska/punk} [Current] See , for more info.
"SLK"
(Whitmore Lake, Michigan) See , for address information.
"Slow Children"
(Concord, MA) {ska/funk} [Current] See , for WWW infomation.
"Slow Gherkin"
(Santa Cruz, CA) {ska, but not ska-core} [Current]
"S.M.A."
(Westfield, Massachusetts) {modern ska} [1996-] See , for address
information.
"Small Axe"
(The NETHERLANDS) {Featuring Floyd Lloyd} [Current]
"Smog UK"
(England) {ska/punk} [Current]
"Smokers, The"
(Sudbury, Ontario, CANADA) {ska/jazz/traditional} [1995-] See ,
for more info.
"Smugglers, The"
(Washington, DC) [Current] See , for contact information.
"Snail Rail"
(JAPAN) {ska/punk} [Current-]
"Snappers, The"
(Connecticut) [Current] See , for contact information.
"Soda Toe"
(Anchorage, Alaska) [Current]
"Soilers, The"
(Seattle, Washington) {horns} [Current]
"Something Ska"
(Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA) [Current]
"Songhai"
(SPAIN) {Afro-reggae-ska}
"Soul Brothers, The"
(JAMAICA) {Old School} [1960s]
"Soul Vendors, The"
(JAMAICA) {Old School} [1960s]
"Soulmates, The"
()
"Soundpuppets"
(Panorama City) {ska} [1995-] See , for more info.
"Sound System"
(Toronto, Ontario, CANADA) {ska/dub} [Current] Includes former
members of King Apparatus. See , for more info.
"Space Ate Mafia"
(King Of Prussia PA) {ska} [1995-] See , for more info.
"Special Beat, The"
(UK) {Specials and The Beat, 2 Tone}
"Special Guests, The"
(Corpus Christi, TX) {ska-core} [1996-] See , for more info.
"Specials, The"
(UK) {*The* 2 Tone band(1)} [1978-1984]
"Special A.K.A, The"
(UK) {a.k.a. The Specials} [1978-]
"Specs, The"
(California) [Current]
"Spectre, The"
(Columbus, Ohio) {tradional} [Current]
"Sprawl"
(Houston) {ska/psycho-funk} [-1993] See , for address information.
"Spring Heeled Jack"
(New Haven, Connecticut) [Current] See , for address information.
"Spy Eye"
(Trieste, ITALY) See , for address information.
"Square Roots"
(San Francisco bay area) [Current] See , for address information.
"State Of Emergency"
(Chicago) {now Skapone}
"Statics, The"
()
"Statuto"
(Tourin, ITALY) [Current]
"Steadys, The"
()
"Steady Earnest"
(Boston) {includes members of Bim Skala Bim, others} [Current] See
, for address information.
"Stepbacks, The"
[Current]
"Sticker"
(Chicago) {ska/punk/hardcore/reggae/2-tone} [1996-] See , for more
info.
"Stiff Breeze"
(Stockholm, SWEDEN) [Current] See , for internet contact
information.
"Stiliti"
(ITALY) [1993-] See , for contact and other info.
"Stinkfish"
(Milwaukee/Madison, WI) {Third Wave} [1993-present] See , for
older internet information. Now known as "The Siren Six".
"Sto Zvirat"
{Czech-Ska} [Current]
"The Stoutbeats"
(Statesboro, Georgia)
{ska/samba/reggae/jazz/latin/traditional/ska-core} [1997-Current]
See , for more info.
"Strange Tenants"
(AUSTRALIA) {Traditional} [Early-mid 1980s]
"Stranger Cole"
(JAMAICA) {Old School} [1960s]
"Stretch"
(Provo, Utah) See , for address information. (Formerly *Stretch
Armstrong*.)
"Stubborn All Stars"
(New York City) {traditional} [Current]
"Sturgeon General"
() {ska} [Current] See , for more info.
"Sublime"
(California) {ska/dancehall/hip-hop} [Current] See , for more
info.
"Sucker Punch"
(Houghton) {ska/punk/ska-core} [Current-] See , for more info.
"Sugar and Spice"
(GERMANY) {all female}
"Suggs"
(UK) {Madness front solo work} [Current]
"Suicide Machines, The"
(Michigan) {ska/punk/ska-core} [Current] See , for address
information. (Formerly known as "Jack Kevorkian and The Suicide
Machines".)
"Supafly"
(New Orleans) [Current]
"Supertones, The"
(Southern California) {ska-core} [Current] See , for more
information.
"Sunday Best"
(UK) {Staples, Golding of FB3/Specials}
"Suspect Bill"
(Minneapolis, Minnesota) {big band ska} [Current]
"Suspects, The"
(Houston, Texas) [Current] See , for address information.
"Swan Lake"
{a la Madness}
"Swim Herschel Swim"
(Provo, Utah) See , for more info.
"Swing Kids"
(Glastonbury) {ska-core} [Current] See , for more info.
---------- Footnotes ----------
(1) Jerry Dammers founded 2 Tone.
 
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