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Two-tone, or 2 tone, also known as ska-rock [citation needed] and ska revival, [1] is a genre of British popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s that fused traditional Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and reggae music with elements of punk rock and new wave music. [1]
2 Tone Records was an English independent record label that mostly released ska and reggae-influenced music with a punk rock and pop music overtone. It was founded by Jerry Dammers of the Specials and backed by Chrysalis Records .
The 2 tone genre, which began in the late 1970s in the Coventry area of UK, was a fusion of Jamaican ska rhythms and melodies with punk rock's more aggressive guitar chords and lyrics. [25] Compared to 1960s ska, 2 tone music had faster tempos, fuller instrumentation, and a harder edge.
2 2 Tone ska revival (starting in late 1970s) 3 Third wave ska (starting in early 1980s) 4 Post-third wave (starting in early 2000s) 5 References. Toggle the table of ...
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 ...
He founded 2 Tone Records, [15] [16] [17] as a ska version of the Motown label, [18] the main label that kick started the ska revival of the late 1970s/1980s. Dammers got graphic artists to produce specific art for the label, including the iconic man in the suit graphic, which was based on a photo of reggae musician Peter Tosh.
"On My Radio" is a song by the English 2 tone ska revival band the Selecter, released as a single on 5 October 1979 by 2 Tone Records. It peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart, remaining on the chart for nine weeks, and became their most successful single. [2]
Too Much Pressure is the debut studio album by the English 2 tone ska revival band the Selecter.After the band's official formation in 1979 in Coventry, following the release of a song entitled "The Selecter" by an unofficial incarnation of the band, the band's hit single "On My Radio" prompted their labels 2 Tone and Chrysalis to ask the band to record their debut album.