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The Specials were an English 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. [1] The bands 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 on horns.
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 ...
Members of the UK ska band The Specials, AKA The Special AKA. Pages in category "The Specials members" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
The Specials toured in 2009 to celebrate their 30th anniversary, with Hall though without Dammers, who claimed he’d been forced out of the band. Lineup changes continued, and stalwart drummer ...
The Specials in 2022. Hall contacted his former Specials bandmates with the prospect of a reunion. [21] He announced that the Specials would be reforming for tour dates and possibly recordings on 30 March 2008. [22] [23] Six members of the band performed on the Main Stage at Bestival as the surprise act on 6
More Specials is the second album by English ska band the Specials, released by 2 Tone Records in September 1980. After the success of the band's debut album, band member Jerry Dammers assumed the role as the band's leader and stirred them into expanding their 2 Tone sound into other genres of music, most prominently a lounge music and easy listening style inspired by Muzak.
Neville Eugenton Staple (born 11 April 1955), sometimes credited as Neville Staples, [2] is a Jamaican-born English singer, known for his work with the 2-tone ska band the Specials, the pop group Fun Boy Three, as well as with his own group, the Neville Staple Band.
Dammers has said that anti-racism was a key element of the band, and the Rock Against Racism movement was formed at the same time. He also saw the Specials as an opportunity to integrate white and black people through the same music, and he picked members to make the band multi-racial. [8]