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Two-tone or 2 tone, also known as ska-rock[citation needed] and ska revival, [1] 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. [1]
Apr 30, 2021 · Fri 30 Apr 2021 01.00 EDT. 2 Tone Records began in a Coventry flat in 1979 and peaked two years later, when the Specials’ era-defining Ghost Town went to No 1 as riots blazed around a UK in...
May 25, 2016 · Dammers took the energy of punk with the rhythms of ska and created a new genre of music known as Two Tone—an inclusive, socially aware, “danceable earfest.” Dammers formed the Specials AKA with like-minded youngsters and the best of local talent. The Specials pioneered Two Tone music.
2 Tone (or Two Tone) is a music genre created in England in the late 1970s by fusing elements of ska, punk rock, rocksteady, reggae and pop. The 2 Tone sound was developed by English musicians (mostly based in the West Midlands area) who grew up hearing 1960s Jamaican music and decided to play a similar style of music.
Here’s how it works. Features. Louder. The 10 best 2 Tone songs as chosen by The Selecter's Pauline Black. By Pauline Black. published 26 May 2015. The Specials, The Beat, the Selector – the greatest songs from original ska-punk movement, 2 Tone…. The 2 Tone label – as it was back in 1979 when it first started - was very much something ...
Jun 9, 2021 · A fixture on soundtracks and playlists ever since, it remains the acme of a genre that was – as the exhibition ‘2 Tone Lives and Legacies’ at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry demonstrates – a transformative moment in British pop culture. A bundle of things all at once, 2 Tone was always about more than music.
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.