They were a band born out of political and racial tension. They were overworked and riven with internal disagreements about the jazz and easy-listening-influenced direction leader Jerry Dammers was taking them in. Seven top 10 singles and two gold albums in two years an entire youth subculture formed in their wake a record label, 2 Tone, that seemed to guarantee success for anyone who signed to it: Madness, the Selecter, the Beat, the Bodysnatchers.īut the Specials were falling apart. ![]() ![]() ![]() They had enjoyed a dizzying, agenda-setting rise to fame. ![]() I n early 1981, the Specials were both at the top of their game and in their death throes.
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