The combination of punk and ska defined the 2 Tone sound, while the social climate gave the bands a strong political and anti-racist attitude. According to Ali Wells, another curator on the show, the ...

Birmingham and Coventry's 1980s 2 Tone ska scene is at the center ... shows the protagonists forming a second-wave ska group in the vein of the Specials or the Selecter. The band's music was ...

Narrated by Tim Armstrong (Rancid, Operation Ivy, The Transplants), the series traces the roots of New York Hardcore, British 2-Tone Ska, and German Krautrock with conversations with the founders of ...

Back then I thought ska music was old fashioned, it was the kind of music I’d grown up with - the music my dad listened to. Having the opportunity to interview members of both The Specials and ...

The Specials Ltd are the world’s most authentic and original tribute to 2-Tone Records Legends, The Specials. Please note: The event information above has been added by the organiser.

It was a distinctive new sound that emerged from Coventry in the late 1970s, combining elements of ska, reggae ... its most successful band, The Specials. 2 Tone bands challenged racist attitudes ...

Come join us sailing the Thames, taking in London's historic sights, all to the sounds that inspired and defined the 2 Tone era. The music of; The Specials ... promoting ska since 1988 and ...

Two Tone will tell the story of an ... The music scene - which fused traditional Jamaican ska music with punk - produced bands including The Specials, The Selecter, The Beat and Madness, who ...