Megalith Records is a ska

Ska

Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...

 record label

Record label

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 founded on August 22, 2002 and located in Norman, Oklahoma

Norman, Oklahoma

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. It is owned by Robert "Bucket" Hingley of The Toasters

The Toasters

The Toasters was one of the first American bands in the third wave of ska, and is one of the longest active third wave ska bands.They have released nine studio albums, most of them on Moon Ska Records. The Toasters experienced a small degree of commercial success in the late 1990s due to the...

 and the defunct label Moon Ska Records, and managed by Jeremy Patton, current webmaster and graphic artist for the Toasters. Manufacturing duties are carried out by Brett of AtoZ Media Services, a CD pressing plant company based in New York City

New York City

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In addition to CDs and LPs, all of the label's releases are available from more than 50 digital download pay sites. The label has released more than 60 records. The label has released some digital-only albums and plans to continue this, many of which are releases that have been out of print for years, or have not had physical releases available in the United States. The label has struck a physical distribution deal with MVD Entertainment Group, for in-store CD product sales and distribution.

Bands

• Babylove and the Van Dangos
• Betagarri
  Betagarri
  Betagarri is a ska band from Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Basque Country. It was formed in 1993, but it was not until February 1997 that they recorded their first album, Betagarri, with the Vitoria record company Mil A Gritos, who also produced their second work, Arren Erro Zaharra, a year...
  
  
• The BiG
• The Bluebeats
• Bigger Thomas
• Bomb Town
• Channel One
• Deal's Gone Bad
  Deal's Gone Bad
  Deal's Gone Bad is a band from Chicago, Illinois. Their sound mixes reggae, rocksteady, and ska music with American soul. They have been together since 1994, with numerous lineup changes over the years. The current incarnation has been mostly stable since 2003...
  
  
• The Dendrites
• Deskarats
• Desorden Público
  Desorden Público
  Desorden Público is a ska/rock band founded in 1985 in Caracas, Venezuela.The band's music mixes ska, latin rock, reggae and traditional Latin music styles. The group's lyrics are known for commenting on Venezuela's and Latin America's politics and society...
  
  
• Don Segundo
• Eastern Standard Time
• Fast Food Orchestra
• Hub City Stompers
  Hub City Stompers
  Hub City Stompers are a ska/reggae/Oi! band based out of New Brunswick, NJ, formed in summer of 2002. The band has included former members of bands such as Foil, Professor Plum, Inspecter 7, The Schematics, Bomb Town, and other New York City and New Jersey bands. They are influenced by various...
  
  
• Kingston Kitchen
• King Django
  King Django
  Jeff Baker, better known as King Django, is a New Brunswick, NJ-based ska musician. He was the leader of Skinnerbox and Stubborn All-Stars....
  
  
• Los Furios
• Los Skarnales
• Mile 21
• Mr. T-Bone
• New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble
• The Palookas
• Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra
  Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra
  Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra are a Hungarian ska band formed in Budapest, in 2003. The band's musical style has fused Jamaican-style ska and reggae with jazz melodies and elements of traditional Hungarian folk music....
  
  
• The Pepper Pots
• RiceRokit
• Rotterdam Ska-Jazz Foundation
  Rotterdam Ska-Jazz Foundation
  Rotterdam Ska-Jazz Foundation is a band from the Netherlands playing a mix of ska, jazz, rocksteady, reggae and soul, with a strong '60s influence.-Discography:* 2007: Motiv Loco * 2005: Sunwalk U.S....
  
  
• Royal City Riot
• Royal Roost
  Roost Records
  Roost Records was a record label established in 1949, primarily to record jazz, taking its secondary name from the New York club with which it was associated...
  
  
• The Rudie Crew
• Ryan Scroggins And The Trenchtown Texans
• The Scorchers
• St. Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review
• 3-Minute Warning
• The Toasters
  The Toasters
  The Toasters was one of the first American bands in the third wave of ska, and is one of the longest active third wave ska bands.They have released nine studio albums, most of them on Moon Ska Records. The Toasters experienced a small degree of commercial success in the late 1990s due to the...
  
  
• Two And A Half White Guys
• 2Tone Lizard Kings
• Westbound Train
  Westbound Train
  Westbound Train is a ska band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2001. Their name originates from the Dennis Brown hit song by the same name....
  
  
• Victor Rice
  Victor Rice
  Victor Rice is a musician and producer from New York City. He is most noted for his work within the third wave ska genre of the 1990s through the early 2000s, as both a bassist and as a producer....
  
  
• The Void Union

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• Megalith Records
• Megalith Records Releases Catalog
• Megalith Records Artists Roster
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