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Two-tone or 2 tone, also known as ska-rock [citation needed] and ska revival, is a genre of British popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s that fused traditional Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and reggae music with elements of punk rock and new wave music.
Mar 22, 2024 · 22 March 2024. By Miguel Roca-Terry,Visual Data Journalist, BBC England Data Unit. BBC. 2 Tone music started in Coventry in the 1970s. Here’s a quick guide introducing the style if you...
Mar 22, 2024 · 2 Tone music was a blend of Jamaican reggae, ska, and British punk music. Jerry Dammers was an important figure in the new musical style. He started a label called 2 Tone Records in 1979 and was ...
Apr 30, 2021 · Jerry Dammers (founder, the Specials, 2 Tone): Neol Davies – the white member of the Selecter – and I had played with the reggae musicians that would later be in that band. I’d written songs ...
Two-tone or 2 tone is a genre of British popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s that fused traditional Jamaican ska music with elements of punk rock and new wave music. Its name derives from 2 Tone Records, a record label founded in 1979 by Jerry Dammers of The Specials, and references a desire to transcend and defuse racial tensions ...
Two-tone or 2 tone, also known as ska-rock [citation needed] and ska revival, is a genre of British popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s that fused traditional Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and reggae music with elements of punk rock and new wave music. Its name derives from 2 Tone Records, a.
Late 1970s, Coventry, England. Subgenres: Skacore. Other Topics: 2 Tone Records. reggae rock. Two-tone or 2 tone, also known as ska-rock and ska revival, is a genre of British popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s that fused traditional Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and reggae music with elements of punk rock and new wave music.
