The Specials: Before, During And After

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This blog will cover mostly The Specials, but will also cover before The Specials, the bands after The Specials and the band members.

Current Members:
Terry Hall (vocals/co-songwriting)
Lynval Golding (rhythm guitar/vocals)
Roddy Byers/Roddy Radiation (lead guitar)
Horace Panter (bass guitar)
John Bradbury (drums)
Nikolaj Torp (keyboard player)
Jonathan Read (trumpet player)
Tim Smart (trombone player)
Drew Stansall (saxophone and flute player)

Past Members:
Neville Staple (toasting/backing vocals/percussion)
Jerry Dammers (keyboards/main songwriter)
Rico Rodriguez
Dick Cuthell
Rhoda Dakar
Stan Campbell
Garry McManus
Egidio Newton
John Shipley
Mark Adams (played keyboards for the 1996 reformation)
Aitch Bembridge (played drums for the 1996 reformation)
Adam Birch (played trumpet for the 1996 reformation)
Silverton Hutchinson (Original drummer 1977 - 1979)

Specialized - An album full of Specials covers, in which all proceeds are going to The Teenage Cancer Trust.
http://www.specializedcharityalbum.co.uk
http://www.teenagecancertrust.org

Bands that the members of The Specials formed or featured in:

The Coventry Automatics
The Special AKA

Terry Hall:
Squad
Fun Boy Three
The Colourfield
Terry, Blair And Anouchka
Vegas
Solo

Neville Staple:
Fun Boy Three
Special Beat
Solo

Lynval Golding:
Fun Boy Three
Special Beat
Pama International

Jerry Dammers:
The Special AKA
The Spatial AKA Orchestra

Roddy Byers:
The Wild Boys
The Tearjerkers
The Bonediggers
The Skabilly Rebels

Horace Panter:
General Public
Special Beat

John Bradbury:
JB's Allstars
Special Beat

The Specials 2013 Tour Dates:

UK Tour 2013

9th May: Glasgow Barrowland
10th May: Glasgow Barrowland
13th May: Newcastle O2 Academy
15th May: Manchester O2 Apollo
18th May: Liverpool Olympia
19th May: Leicester De Montfont Hall
21st May: Birmingham O2 Academy
23rd May: Newport Centre
25th May: Margate Winter Gardens
26th May: Portsmouth Guildhall
28th May: London O2 Academy Brixton

Websites:

http://thespecials.com
http://thespecials2.com
http://www.roddyradiation.com
http://www.jerrydammers.com
Official Specials YouTube Channel
Roddy Radiation's YouTube Channel

Related Blogs to check out:

Fuck Yeah Terry Hall
Oh Yeah English Beat
effyeahska
Nutty Boys
Fuck Yeah Two Tone
Fuck Yeah Rude Boy
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Friday, May 31, 2013

blackxlist:

Neville Staple

Neville Staple

Friday, May 3, 2013

jbinjapan:

2 Tone Records - Promotional Poster #5

2 Tone Records - Promotional Poster #5

Sunday, April 28, 2013

alexpines:

the specials at the fox theater / march 20th 2013

the specials at the fox theater / march 20th 2013

Saturday, April 27, 2013

casualhedgehog:

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casualhedgehog:

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

jbinjapan:

The Special AKA flyer (1979)

The Special AKA flyer (1979)

poorsimms:

My very first Specials vinyl! The Specials is on its way..

My very first Specials vinyl! The Specials is on its way..

Thursday, April 18, 2013

suburbandandies:

THE SPECIALS

suburbandandies:

THE SPECIALS

Friday, April 12, 2013

So alex found a way to incorporate her favorite thing [ska] into her other favorite thing [theatre].
For this project in my scenic design class I had to create a set design for a song to be performed. I picked “Doesn’t Make It Alright.”

jacobwakeup:

The Specials come to Boston on July 11th! Tickets on sale April 12th. Stoked!
#ska #ska #ska
(via British Ska Band The Specials Play House of Blues Boston | Boston Ska (dot) net)

The Specials come to Boston on July 11th! Tickets on sale April 12th. Stoked!

#ska #ska #ska

(via British Ska Band The Specials Play House of Blues Boston | Boston Ska (dot) net)

Monday, April 8, 2013

elsiemprejoven:

THE SPECIALS, LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA. MARCH 2013

elsiemprejoven:

THE SPECIALS, LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA. MARCH 2013

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