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Jerry Dammers The Specials. The Specials Ska music, British musicians, Teddy boys Signalling the 'mark two' of the band as The Special AKA, Dammers, along with labelmates The Bodysnatchers' Rhoda Dakar. Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers [1] GCOT (born 22 May 1955) is a British musician who was a founder, keyboard player and primary songwriter of the Coventry-based ska band the Specials (also known as the Special A.K.A.) and later the Spatial AKA Orchestra.Through his foundation of the record label Two Tone, his work blending political lyrics and punk with Jamaican music, and his incorporation of.

Before too long, The Automatics renamed themselves The Specials, and leader Jerry Dammers quickly set about orchestrating a cultural revolution.Built upon the idea of blending white working-class culture with Jamaican music and style, The Specials (and their own independent label, 2-Tone) presented black and white musicians onstage together for the first time in Britain. Signalling the 'mark two' of the band as The Special AKA, Dammers, along with labelmates The Bodysnatchers' Rhoda Dakar.

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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. The Specials' recording career came to a violent end when the ska-punk wizards' guitarist, Roddy "Radiation" Byers, was unable to play the haunting chords in their swansong hit Ghost Town, according to band founder Jerry Dammers.MOJO 258, with Blur cover, available in the UK from Tuesday, March 31.

I WISH I went to this party featuring Jerry Dammers of The Specials and founder of the iconic. The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, were an English 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry The Specials' recording career came to a violent end when the ska-punk wizards' guitarist, Roddy "Radiation" Byers, was unable to play the haunting chords in their swansong hit Ghost Town, according to band founder Jerry Dammers.MOJO 258, with Blur cover, available in the UK from Tuesday, March 31.

The Specials Ska music, British musicians, Teddy boys. Jerry Dammers may be revered for leading ska legends The Specials, but after a devastating dispute with his former bandmates, he is trying to forget them and make a fresh start. After the original Specials split up (in a Top of the Pops dressing room in 1981), Dammers carried on as The Special AKA before dedicating himself to running the.