The Slackers Stubborn Allstars The Skandalous All-Stars The Silencers Sic & Mad Da Whole Thing Malandro Nine Five Reggae Workers Of The World The Witch And The Burro
Musician, songwriter and producer from New York City who has played in many ska bands. He has also released three solo acoustic albums and collaborated with other ska and punkrock artists.
ALBUMS
Victor Ruggiero, Chris Murray, Lauren.napier
52 Pick Up
2022, CD, KODA Ventures #1
Vic Ruggiero*
Stuff In My Pockets
2022
Lauren*, Vic* , and Kepi
Dylan Digs Donovan
2021, Cass, Single, Ran, This & That Tapes
P.A Rhapsodies X Vic Ruggiero* & Lauren Napier*
RENDEzVOUS Vol.6
2021, 7", Ltd, Parking Lot Sounds
Vic Ruggiero*, Lauren.napier
Loud As Folk Record Club Volume 6
2021, 12", Lat, Loud As Folk Record Club
Vic Ruggiero* & Kepi Ghoulie*
After The Flood... The Moldy Basement Tapes
2021
Victor Ruggiero / MC Zulu*
Blue Is The Color / Rocking Session
2020
Vic Ruggiero*, Simon Chardiet, The Mooks
Vic Ruggiero &Simon Chardiet are..The Mooks!!!!!!
2019, 9xFile, MP3, 320, Not On Label (The Mooks (3) Self-released)
Lauren.napier, Victor Ruggiero
The Desert Echoes
2019
Victor Ruggiero
Clandestine Confidential
2018, CDr, Comp, Not On Label
Vic Ruggiero* / Wadadah II* & Kazayah*
Babylon Ain't Yer Friend / Haile I
2018
Victor Ruggiero
Live In Ypsilanti, MI At The Elbow Room
2017, CDr, Not On Label (Victor Ruggiero Self-released)
Vic Ruggiero and Friends*
Rare 45's
2017, CDr, Comp, Not On Label (Victor Ruggiero Self-released)
Victor Ruggiero + The Forthrights And Chris Murray
Live In Chicago 2010
2017
Victor Ruggiero
Rare Breed Lathe Cut 7"
2016, Lathe, 7", Rare Breed Recording Company
Victor Ruggiero
Heroes b/w Always On My Mind
2015, 7", Ltd, Lat, Paper + Plastick
Victor Ruggiero
Parking Lot / New Jersey Story
2014, 7", Single, Unison Music (3)
Vic Ruggiero*
This
2014
Jesse Wagner & Vic Ruggiero*
Urban Pirate Booty Vol. 4
2013, 7", Yel, Urban Pirate Records
Vic*
Vinyl
2013, 12", Not On Label
Vic Ruggiero* / Chewing On Tinfoil
Ska Is Dead Vol. 2, #1
2012, 7", Blu, Underground Communique Records, Asbestos Records
Kevin Seconds, Vic Ruggiero*, Kepi Ghoulie*, Greg* & Shanti*
T.Rex Trax
2012, 
,
, Folk/Folk Rock
Vic Ruggiero* & Maddie Ruthless / The Forthrights
Ska Is Dead Vol. 1, #3
2011, 7", Whi, Underground Communique Records, Asbestos Records
Vic* & Kepi
I'm Waiting For The Man
2011, 7", Num, Lav, LawLess Records
Ari Up* & Victor Ruggiero
Rare Singles And More...
2011, CD, Album, Ska In The World Records
Ari Up* & Victor Ruggiero
Baby Fada / Regular Slam
2011, 7", Single, Dou, Ska In The World Records
Vic Ruggiero*
Don't Feed The Cats In Iraq
2010, CD, Asian Man Records
Vic Ruggiero* & Kepi Ghoulie*
The New Dark Ages
2009, CD, Album, Asian Man Records
Vic Ruggiero*
Never Go Back Home
2009, 7", EP, Mono, Ltd, Red, Silver Sprocket Bicycle Club, Thought•Squad
Vic Ruggiero* / The Zoot16 G.B Version*
Meatball And Sushi Party
2009, CD, Album, Ska In The World Records, 
Victor Ruggiero
Songs For Clandestine Lovers
2009
Vic Ruggiero*
On The Rag Time
2009
Victor Ruggiero
Something In My Blindspot
2008
Victor Ruggiero
Hamburguru
2007
Vic Ruggiero*
Blues And Clues (Euro Version)
2006, CDr, MiniAlbum, Ltd, Not On Label
Vic Ruggiero*
Mean + Nasty
2005
Vic Ruggiero*
Alive At The Ladybug House
2004
Vic Ruggiero*
Livin In Sin And Understandin N.J.
1998, CDr, Not On Label (Victor Ruggiero Self-released)
Vic Ruggiero*
Understanding New Jersey • Living In Sin
1998
Vic Ruggiero*
My Own Private Apocalypse
CDr, Album, Not On Label
Dan Fyah Beats, Victor Ruggiero
Nu Man Kind / Run Away
10", CHX
Vic Ruggiero*
Live In Europe
CDr, Not On Label
Pat Atho, Jesse Wagner, Gab De La Vega, Finny McConnell, Victor Ruggiero, Lenny Lashley
Out Of Control: The Acoustic Session Vol. 1
LP, Ltd, Gal, Out Of Control Produzioni
The Slackers
Wasted Days
2001
Stubborn All-Stars*
Back With A New Batch
1997
Sic + MAD* & Omega Jackson
Still Vexed!
2020, Cass, Special Potato, Rockin' Rex
The Slackers
Nobody's Listening
2020
The Slackers
Blue
2020
The Slackers
Peculiar
2019, 7", Re, Pirates Press Records
The Gadjits
Wish We Never Found This
2016
Sic & Mad
The Closed Loop
2013, CD-ROM, Album, Special Potato
The Slackers
The Great Rocksteady Swindle
2010, ,
, Ska/Soul/Rocksteady
The Slackers
Self Medication
2008, ,
, Ska/Reggae
The Slackers
The Boss Harmony Sessions
2007
Skavesa'
Ten Years Of Love & Hate
2006, CD, Derotten Records
Chris Murray
Slackness
2005
Various
Let's Skank Volume 4 (Put Some Reggae In Your Ska)
2004, CD, Comp, Patate Records, Belleville International, 
,
, Reggae/Ragga/Dub/Rocksteady/Ska/Dancehall
Mr. T-Bone
Sees America
2004
The Slackers
The Slackers + Friends
2003, 
,
, Reggae/Ska/Rocksteady
Corey Dixon And The Zvooks*
Calm Down
2001, CD, Album, KOB Records, Black Butcher Records, 
,
, Ska/Rocksteady
Heavy Step
The Long Shot
2000, CD, Album, Kick Save Records
The Slackers
Wasted Days
2000, ,
, Reggae/Ska/Boogaloo/Rocksteady
The Nods
Before There Were Slackers There Were... The Nods
1999, CD, Special Potato
The Skandalous Allstars*
Age Of Insects
1999, CD, Album, Shanachie, ,
, Ska/Punk
David Hillyard And The Rocksteady Seven*
Playtime
1999, ,
, Rocksteady
The Gadjits
Wish We Never Met
1999, ,
, Garage Rock/Mod/Punk/Ska/Rock & Roll
The Slackers
The Question
1998, ,
, Reggae/Ska/Rocksteady
The Slackers
Redlight
1997, ,
, Reggae/Ska/Boogaloo/Rocksteady
The Slackers
What We Gonna Do Now?
2024, 12", S/Sided, Pirates Press Records
The Slackers
The Slackers
2016
Bad Cards
Bad Cards
2015, LP, Album, TP, Panic State Records, ,
, Ska
Bad Cards
Bad Cards
2015
The Slackers
The Producer Series Vol 1: Victor Axelrod Sessions
2015
The Slackers
The Producer Series Vol 2: Brian Dixon Sessions
2015,
The Slackers
The Producer Series Vol 3: Agent Jay Sessions
2015
Reggae Workers Of The World
Reggae Workers Of The World
2015
The Slackers
My Bed Is A Boat
2013
The Slackers
Ganbare!
2011, ,
, Ska
Sic & Mad
Songs For The Revolution
2009, CD, Album, Stubborn Records, ,
, Ska/Punk/Psychedelic Rock/Garage Rock
The Slackers
Better Late Than Never
2009
The Slackers
The Slackers And Friends Upsettin' Ernesto's
2004, 
,
, Ska
The Slackers
Close My Eyes
2003, ,
, Ska
The Slackers
Live At Ernesto's!
2000, ,
, Ska
The Skandalous All-Stars
Punk Steady
1998, CD, Album, Shanachie, ,
, Ska/Punk
Stubborn All-Stars*
Open Season
1995
The Slackers
Kill You / Statehouse
2023, ,
, Ska/Dub/Reggae
The Slackers
Don't Let The Sunlight Fool Ya
2022, ,
, Ska
The Slackers
New York Berlin / Tell Them No
2022
The Slackers
Windowland
2021
The Slackers
Wrongful Suspicion
2018, 
The Slackers
The Boss
2016
The Slackers
The Slackers
2015
The Slackers
Stash Box (Fan Favorites, The First 20 Years)
2011, CD, Comp, Ltd, Special Potato, ,
, Roots Reggae/Ska
The Slackers
New Year's Day
2010
The Slackers
The Great Rocksteady Swindle
2010
The Slackers
Lost And Found (Rarities, Redos, And Remixes 1998-2007)
2009
The Slackers
Minha Menina / No More Cryin' - Ska Version
2007, 7", Single, Ltd, Num, Music With Soul! Records, ,
, MPB/Ska
The Slackers
Peculiar
2006
The Slackers
Slack In Japan
2005, CD, Album, Ska In The World Records, Disk Union
Da Whole Thing
At Version City!
2005
Stubborn Allstars
Nex Music
1999, CD, Album, Stubborn Records
Stubborn All-Stars*
NYC Ska Sensation
1999, CD, Comp, Jamdown Records
Stubborn Allstars
At Version City
1999
Sic&Mad*
23 Blues: The Destruction Of Utopia Pt. 2
1997, CD, Album, Stubborn Records
The Slackers
Better Late Than Never
1996, ,
, Reggae/Ska/Rocksteady
Stubborn All-Stars*
Old's Cool (4 Song EP)
1994, 7", EP, Stubborn Records
APPEARANCES +
Zatopeks*
Loitering & Sauntering
2024
The Nice Ups
Buddy Holly/Say It Ain't So
2023
Macsat
Turn It Up
2023
Mikey & His Uke
Daly City Train
2022, File, AAC, Single, 256, Not On Label (Mikey & His Uke Self-released)
Various
Endless Possibility: A Tribute to Jack Terricloth
2022
Dani Radic With The Slackers
Dani Radic With The Slackers
2021, ,
, Ska
Proyecto Secreto
Alto
2020, LP, Zephyrus Records
The Slackers
Live At Sugarshack Sessions
2020, 3xFile, FLAC, EP, Sugarshack (2)
Crazy Baldhead
Go Oasis
2020
U.S. Highball
Up To High Doh
2020
Orange Street
Ghost Town Rockin'
2020
Victor Rice
In America
2020
Shandon
Best Of 25 Years On The Road
2020, 
,
, Ska
The Mooks
Daddy's Gonna tell You No Lie
2019
R.W.W.*
Every Once In A While
2018, 7", Single, Badasonic Records, 
,
, Funk/Reggae
The Slackers / Lo Pardal Roquer
I Can't Hide / Sóc De L'Oest
2018, 7", RSD, Ltd, Num, Ponent Roots, Grans Records, 
The Gramophone Allstars Big Band*
Maraca Soul
2017, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Reggae/Ska
Various
Riddim CD #84
2016, CD, Comp, Riddim Magazine,
The Barstool Preachers*
Blatant Propaganda
2016
Crazy Baldhead
The Stereo Prophecy And Electric Hymns
2016
Faintest Idea
Increasing The Minimum Rage
2016, ,
, Ska/Punk/Reggae
Be Like Max
Against All Odds
2015, CD, Album, Not On Label (Be Like Max Self-released)
Rancid
All The Moon Stomper's
2015, ,
, Ska/Punk
Various
Hooligans United: A Tribute To Rancid
2015, ,
, Ska/Punk/Hardcore/Psychobilly
Anthony Raneri
The Young Ones / Check Your Time
2015
Crazy Baldhead
Boots Embraces
2014, LP, Not On Label (Crazy Baldhead Self-released), ,
, Reggae/Ska/Rocksteady
Rude Bones
Good Times, 7300 Days
2014, CD, Album, Ska In The World Records, ,
, Ska/Punk
The Slackers
The Slackers Live On Video
2014, DVD, Not On Label, ,
, Reggae/Ska
The Phenomenauts
Escape Velocity
2014
Sammy Kay
Fourth Street Singers
2014
The Debonaires*
Movin'
2013
Sammy Kay And The East Los 3*
Love Letters
2013, ,
, Ska/Soul/Rocksteady
Various
The Clash Goes Jamaican
2013
David Hillyard
Dave Hillyard Presents California
2013
The Slackers / Crazy Baldhead
Occupy!
2012, 7", Num, Simmerdown Productions, ,
, Dub/Ska/Rocksteady
Bad Cards
Don't Wanna Go Home And Wasted Days
2012, 7", Disentertainment (2)
The Forthrights
The Forthrights
2012, 7xFile, MP3, EP, VBR, Not On Label, ,
, Ska/Reggae/Rocksteady
Maddie Ruthless Featuring The Forthrights
Maddie Ruthless Featuring The Forthrights And Friends
2012
Rocker-T*
Alphabet City
2011, CD, Album, Stubborn Records
Various
A Comp Is Just For Christmas
2010, 18xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, 12 Step Plan Records
Chris Murray
Chris Murray And Friends
2010, CD, Album, Rebel Alliance Recordings, ,
, Ska/Rocksteady
The Bandulus & McPullish
McPullish Encounters The Bandulus In The Ska Dub Zone
2010, CD, Album, Ltd, Num, Charlie's, Dub Organic
Rancid
Let The Dominoes Fall
2009, ,
, Ska/Punk
King Django & Stubborn Allstars
Open Season
2009, 
,
, Ska/Dancehall
P.O. Box
In Between The Lines
2009
Crazy Baldhead
The Sound Of '69
2008
Lady Ann
Bad Gyal Inna Dance
2008, ,
, Dancehall
Klasse Kriminale / The 69 Yobsters
Klasse Kriminale / The 69 Yobsters
2007, 7", EP, Rudeness Records, Superb 69 Records
Various
Sons de Uma Noite de Verão - A Retomada Do Ska No Brasil
2007, DVD-V, NTSC, Radiola Records (3)
Crazy Baldhead
Crazy Baldhead Has A Posse: 1997-2004
2006, ,
, Ska/Reggae
Various
Give 'Em The Boot V
2006, ,
, Ska/Hardcore/Psychobilly/Punk/Rocksteady
Roger Miret & The Disasters
My Riot
2006
Alexandra Lawerentz
Back For Christmas
2005, CD, Single, Thought•Squad
Desorden Público
Tokyo Loco
2005, CD, Comp, Ska In The World Records, Ska In The World Records
Various
Give 'Em The Boot
2005
Klasse Kriminale
Klasse Kriminale
2005
Transplants
Haunted Cities
2005
Various
Give 'Em The Boot IV
2004
River City Rebels
Hate To Be Loved
2004, ,
, Punk/Rock & Roll
Dave Hillyard & The Rocksteady 7*
Love Is Something
2003, 7", Brixton Records
P!NK
Try This
2003, 
,
, Pop Rock
Rancid
Indestructible
2003, ,
, Ska/Punk
King Django
A Single Thread (Select Recordings 1992 - 2003)
2003
Crazy Baldhead
Long Road
2002, 10", Not On Label (Crazy Baldhead Self-released)
Various
Let's Skank! Volume 3 (Patate Records Connection)
2002, CD, Comp, Patate Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Reggae/Dub/Rocksteady/Roots Reggae/Ska/Dancehall
Fruit Cocktail
Fruit Cocktail Vs. Hellcat
2002
Various
Give 'Em The Boot III
2002, ,
, Punk
David Hillyard And The Rocksteady 7*
United Front
2002, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Ska
Transplants
Transplants
2002
The Fad
Number 5
2002
The Pietasters
Turbo
2002
Corey Dixon And The Zvooks*
Come And Go
2001, CD, Black Butcher Records, KOB Records, ,
, Ska
King Django
Reason
2001
Various
Let's Skank 2 (French Connection)
1999, CD, Comp, Patate Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Reggae/Dub/Ska/Rocksteady
Various
Popkomm 99
1999, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, PIAS Germany, ,
, Techno/House/Punk/Hip Hop/Heavy Metal/Big Beat
Version City Rockers
Version City Dub Clash
1999
Various
Give 'Em The Boot II
1999, ,
, Rock & Roll/Punk/Ska/Ragga
Persiana Jones
Puerto Hurraco
1999, ,
, Ska
Victor Rice
At Version City
1999
Various
Who's The Man?
1998, CD, Comp, Full Stop Industries, ,
, Alternative Rock/Bop/Dub/Reggae-Pop/Big Band/Ska/Swing/Rocksteady
Dr. Israel
Inna City Pressure
1998, 
,
, Trip Hop/Dub/Drum n Bass/Hip Hop
King Django
Roots & Culture
1998
Rancid
Life Won't Wait
1998, ,
, Ska/Punk
Skinnerbox
Demonstration
1998
Rocker-T.* And Version City Rockers
Nicer By The Hour
1998, ,
, Reggae/Dub/Ska
Rancid
Hooligans
1998
Various
Dancin' Mood
1997, CD, Comp, Triple Crown Records, ,
, Ska/Rocksteady
Various
Version City
1997, CD, Comp, Stubborn Records, ,
, Rock & Roll/Reggae/Dub/Rocksteady/Ska/Acoustic
SKAndalous All-Stars*
Hit Me
1997, CD, Album, Shanachie, ,
, Ska
Various
Give 'Em The Boot
1997, ,
, Oi/Punk/Rocksteady/Ska/Rockabilly/Hardcore
Various
Tibetan Freedom Concert
1997, ,
, Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Dub/Hip Hop
Various
Oletime Someting
1997, ,
, Ska/Rocksteady
The Gadjits
At Ease
1997, ,
, Rock & Roll/Punk/Ska
Various
New York Beat Volume 2: Breaking And Entering
1997
Various
Roots, Branch And Stem • Living Tradition In SKA!
1996, CD, Comp, Stubborn Records
New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble
Low Blow
1996
Various
Oi! / Skampilation Vol. #1
1995, ,
, Ska/Punk/Oi
Tremoflex9000
America For Sale
CDr, Album, Not On Label
Kepi (2) And The Groovie Ghoulies*
Forty Years Of Kepi And The Groovie Ghoulies
2024, LP, Ora + LP, Pur + RSD, Comp, RM, Schoolkids Records (2),
Pop Punk/Acoustic
Various
Black Sand Relief: A Benefit For Michelle Ska And The People Of Maui
2023, LP, Album, Ltd, Oce, Asbestos Records
Various
Black Sand Relief: A Benefit For Michelle Ska And The People Of Maui
2023, LP, Album, Ltd, Gre, Asbestos Records
Various
Ox Compilation #164
2022, CD, Comp, Promo, Ox Fanzine, ,
, Punk
Various
The Urban Voodoo Machine’s Friends And Family Album Vol 1
2019, CD, Album, Gypsy Hotel Records
Various
Rare Breed Recordings 2018 Sampler
2018, 12xFile, MP3, Smplr, Rare Breed Recording Company
Various
Ska In The World
2012, CD, Comp, Ska In The World Records
Various
Gypsy Hotel - Volume 1
2011, CD, Comp, Gypsy Hotel Records,
Various
Modern Beat Katsuo Corner
2011, CD, Comp, Ska In The World Records
Various
Sell Your Soul... To The Cat
2010, CD, Comp, Black Cat Records (7), Black Cat Records (7)
Various
Return Of The Silver Sprocket Bicycle Club Sampler 2: Electric Boogaloo (The Reckoning)
2009, CD, Comp, Smplr, Silver Sprocket Bicycle Club
Various
Lovers Steady Lesson One
2009, CD, Comp, Ska In The World Records, ,
, Ska
Various
Out Of Many, One Ska People "Ska In The World Mix Premium"
2009, CD, Comp, Mixed, Ska In The World Records
Various
Ska Irish : Special Sampler Cd-r
2009, CDr, Comp, Smplr, Disk Union, ,
, Ska
Various
Plastic Bomb #62
2008, CD, Comp, Plastic Bomb Records
Various
The Up Beat : A Utah Ska Documentary
2008, DVD, NTSC + CD, Comp, Pick It Up Motion Pictures
Various
Wonderful Smile -Ska In The World Collection Vol.2-
2008, CD, Comp, Ska In The World Records
Various
Finest Selection Of Italian Romance
2008, CD, Comp, Music & Melody
Various
Muss Bleiben
2008, CD, Comp, Culture Taxi Records Inc.
Various
This Is Special Potatoe Volume 1
2002, CD, Comp, Special Potato
Various
Early Summer Campfire Songs
2000, CD, Comp, Dare To Care Records
Various
Ska Spelled Backwards
1997, CD, Comp, Backwards! Records
Various
Musica Italia - Volume 1
Cass, Comp, Musical, ,
, Ballad/Europop/Pop Rock/Soft Rock/Synth-pop/Vocal/Schlager/Romantic/Italo-Disco
Transplants
Haunted Cities
2005, 
,
, Punk
Rancid
Indestructible
2003
Dr. Israel
Inna City Pressure
Rancid
All The Moon Stomper's
, Ska/Punk
