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The Undertones / The Neville Staple Band – The Ritz, Manchester
An early start caught me out, my train arriving after seven, The Neville Staple Band already in charge by the time I’d made it from nearby Oxford Road station. And to channel ska inspiration Prince Buster and fellow 1979 breakthroughs … Continue reading
A Message from our Rude Boy – the Neville Staple interview
It will be 40 years in May since debut Special AKA single ‘Gangsters’ thrilled a nation, the first single on 2 Tone Records a fine example of all that followed from that ground-breaking independent label. Before 1979 was out, a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Tone, Bernie Rhodes, Coventry, Fidel Glasgow, Fun Boy Three, Gangsters, Ghost Town, Jamaica, Neville Staple, Pauline Black, Pete Waterman, punk, Put Away Your Knives, Ranking Roger, Rat Scabies, Roddy Radiation, Rude Rebels, ska, Terry Hall, The Beat, The Clash, The Specials, The Undertones
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Looking back at 2018. Part one – the first six months
As another busy year draws to a close, let’s take a trawl through 2018’s WriteWyattUK feature/interviews, selecting a few choice quotes from within, starting with the half-year up to … well, in the words of Neil and Tim Finn, ‘You … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Records, Ajay Saggar, Bill Bailey, Chas and Dave, Chas Hodges, Chris Hewitt, Chumbawamba, Damian O'Neill, Darron Robinson, Dave Peacock, Dave Robinson, Dave Wakeling, David Baddiel, Days of Future Passed, Deeply Vale, Donald Trump, Dunstan Bruce, Fun Boy Three, Gaz Birtles, Gordon Gibson, Gretchen Peters, Heather Small, Holly Ross, hygge, Interrobang, JC Carroll, Justin Hayward, Knebworth Park, Lee Thompson, Levellers, London, M People, Madness, Mark Chadwick, Mark E Smith, Mark Steel, Mary Whitehouse Experience, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, One Man's Madness, Preston, Rick Buckler, Roddy Radiation, Simon Fowler, Steve Smith, Stiff Records, The Beat, The Clash, The Common Cold, The Fall, The Jam, The Lovely Eggs, The Members, The Moody Blues, The Sha La La's, The Sound of the Suburbs, The South, The Specials, The Swinging Laurels, The Undertones, The Vapors, The Wesleys, Tom Williams, Top of the Pops, Wilko Johnson
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Continuing Songs of The South – in conversation with Gaz Birtles
When founder member Dave Hemingway and long-serving keyboard player Damon Butcher called time late last year on live involvement with The South – the band that rose from the ashes of The Beautiful South – discussions followed about what to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Wheeler, Andy Mackay, Crazyhead, Damon Butcher, Dave Hemingway, David Rotheray, Fun Boy Three, Gaz Birtles, Laurel Aitken, Leicester, Paul Heaton, Roxy Music, Su Robinson, The Beautiful South, The Housemartins, The South, The Specials, The Swinging Laurels
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