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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. 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 on ...
- 1977–1981, 1982-1984, 1993, 1996–2001, 2008–present
- See Members section
- Coventry, England
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The Specials' ascendancy was swift. Two years, seven hit singles including two number ones, two hit albums, sell-out tours – the mass stage-invasions and audience energy only adding to the myth.
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Dec 19, 2022 · The Specials toured in 2009 to celebrate their 30th anniversary, with Hall though without Dammers, who claimed he’d been forced out of the band. Lineup changes continued, and stalwart drummer ...
"We did More Specials, the second album," says Lynval. "And oh God, someone left the band every day, the band would fall apart, then the next day they would rejoin again." In 2009, with Britain in another recession, the Specials reform to play live - without founding member Jerry Dammers who clashes with the others during initial rehearsals.