Dave Wakeling was the front man of the British ska combo The Beat and here is a self-portrait he penned when the band was at the height of its fame
Dave Wakeling was the front man of the British ska combo The Beat and here is a self-portrait he penned when the band was at the height of its fame
1979 and 1980 were the glory years of the so-called “second wave” of ska music – first wave in Jamaica twenty plus years before and now the 2Tone wave came crashing out of Coventry. The Specials seized the charts by the scruff of the neck with a string of hits. And even WH Smith felt …
Heroes of 2Tone in the Record Mirror – from my archives!
Neville Staple book signing at Somerset House – Original Rude Boy – written with me
Neville Staple playing Gangsters!
When The Specials went to Northern Ireland
The Beat – Too Nice To Talk to
Ranking Roger in the Record Mirror – lead vocalist in The Beat or The English Beat as the band is called in the United States
Missing Words – The Selecter and Pauline Black
1980 – the Year of the Skinhead – why did this sub-culture revive at this time?