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The Specials were an English 2 Tone band formed in 1977 in Coventry.
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hypem.com
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2-tone.info
2-Tone biography (unofficial)
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www.vespaclassics.com
Music Videos by The Specials
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Quasimodobell
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The Specials just confirmed that all 7 original members have reunited the legendary band! They've been rehearsing and plan to rehearse all through the summer. No live dates have been booked yet, but they told BBC Radio that they hope to tour in September/October. Vocalist Neville Staple said:"We're just seeing how it goes. You don't wanna go out there as some old geriatrics – not me. What we've got to do is make sure the music at least is right."
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2I think I may have finally found a use for MOG , which I seem to abandon every few months for lack of anything to do with it. So while I sort through all the old music I've got sitting around that no one seems to have heard and start ripping some of my Dap-Tone stuff to the computer, have a song everyone seems to be vaguely aware of but never really heard.... MORE
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This takes me back. It's hard to belive now but back then there were BM and NF marches in my town:(
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10The weekend doesn't always mean a break from work for me ... I'm self employed and am camped in front of my computer most hours of the day (admittedly I have to make up for hours that I've lost due to mogging, but this seems a small price to pay in exchange for sanity). But I'm heading to a friend's birthday celebration tonight, then I have a show (The Ponys) downtown tomorrow, so it's looking to be a relatively computer-free couple of days. Wishing you all a fun and safe we... MORE
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...it's been crazy hot for the past week and change...which started me thinking about global warming, how it seems to be getting hotter and drier every year a couple of days ago, tens of thousands of LA County area residents were sitting in the dark over the weekend...I was not one of them...I'd forgotten, however, about being back in the south and how that humidity made you want to choke people...I'm buggin' out, son...I'M BUGGIN ' OUT!!! continued on Chronicles of Ridicu... MORE
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4Is anyone else stateside ready to pack it in? No one is around this week to get any work done.
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From the somebody's-been-drinkin-a-little-coffee-today Dept:...Long before those simple-assed commercials I saw a year or so ago were being aired, I got turned onto the Specials by the tune "Blank Expression" from their eponymous LP that came out after they'd changed their names from the Coventry Automatics and started dropping songs...years after that, it dawned on me that Fishbone's Norwood Fischer copped the bass line for that tune "Cholly" from the British Ska band (they ... MORE
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1979, white boy english ska. The comedown from punk, less violent but still pissed off, looking for a job, a place to hang out, looking for a future. The Specials summarized what British youth were going thru, but everyone had a good time listening. While more famous for "Free Nelson Mandela", which is a bit later in their career (after lineup changes) the early Specials records are arguably their best. Check out "Gangsters" - an essential 80's track from The Specials!!!
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