Reggae Rock
Reggae rock is a fusion that puts reggae and ska rhythms together with rock guitars and song structures, often with touches of punk and hip hop.
British rock bands tried the blend in the 1970s, and it became a scene of its own in Southern California in the 1990s, led by the Long Beach band Sublime. Songs switch between laid-back offbeat verses and louder rock choruses, with lyrics about beach life, love and everyday troubles. It is more guitar-driven and less bass-led than Jamaican reggae.
Artists it is known for: Sublime, 311, Slightly Stoopid, Dirty Heads.
- Family
- Reggae & Caribbean
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A genre
- From
- UK and California, 1970s to 1990s
- Also called
- Cali reggae
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 2%
About 1,500 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have reggae rock among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Reggae Rock artists
Sublime
311
Slightly Stoopid
Stick Figure
RebelutionThe reggae rock artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.