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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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Back with a Special Beat Service – the Dave Wakeling interview
It gets a tad confusing with a few of the bands doing the rounds again all these years on, not least when original members have gone their separate ways, starting their own versions of the same group. Take The Beat, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Tone, California, Dave Wakeling, Fine Young Cannibals, General Public, Here We Go Love, I Just Can't Stop It, John Peel, Mick Jones, OTT, Ranking Roger, Roddy Radiation, Saxa, Special Beat Service, Stand Down Margaret, The Beat Birmingham, The English Beat, The Selecter, The Specials, The Undertones, Tiswas
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Skankin’ and rockin’ to a Skabilly beat – the Roddy ‘Radiation’ Byers interview
While no one could reasonably argue against the notion that Jerry Dammers was the architect and conceptual mastermind behind The Specials and the 2 Tone movement, his bandmates Roddy ‘Radiation’ Byers and Lynval Golding played a big part in establishing … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Winehouse, Bernie Rhodes, Bodysnatchers, Concrete Jungle, Coventry, Dave Wakeling, Go-Go's, Hey Little Rich Girl;, Horace Panter, Jerry Dammers, John Bradbury, Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Pete Waterman, Rat Race, Rick Rogers, Rico, Roddy Radiation, ska, Skabilly Rebels, Specials, The Beat, The Clash, The Selecter
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