The Specials: Before, During And After

This blog will cover mostly The Specials, but will also cover before The Specials, the bands after The Specials and the band members. Current Members: Terry Hall (vocals/co-songwriting) Lynval Golding (rhythm guitar/vocals) Roddy Byers/Roddy Radiation (lead guitar) Horace Panter (bass guitar) John Bradbury (drums) Nikolaj Torp (keyboard player) Jonathan Read (trumpet player) Tim Smart (trombone player) Drew Stansall (saxophone and flute player) Past Members: Neville Staple (toasting/backing vocals/percussion) Jerry Dammers (keyboards/main songwriter) Rico Rodriguez Dick Cuthell Rhoda Dakar Stan Campbell Garry McManus Egidio Newton John Shipley Mark Adams (played keyboards for the 1996 reformation) Aitch Bembridge (played drums for the 1996 reformation) Adam Birch (played trumpet for the 1996 reformation) Silverton Hutchinson (Original drummer 1977 - 1979) Specialized - An album full of Specials covers, in which all proceeds are going to The Teenage Cancer Trust. http://www.specializedcharityalbum.co.uk http://www.teenagecancertrust.org Bands that the members of The Specials formed or featured in: The Coventry Automatics The Special AKA Terry Hall: Squad Fun Boy Three The Colourfield Terry, Blair And Anouchka Vegas Solo Neville Staple: Fun Boy Three Special Beat Solo Lynval Golding: Fun Boy Three Special Beat Pama International Jerry Dammers: The Special AKA The Spatial AKA Orchestra Roddy Byers: The Wild Boys The Tearjerkers The Bonediggers The Skabilly Rebels Horace Panter: General Public Special Beat John Bradbury: JB's Allstars Special Beat The Specials 2013 Tour Dates: UK Tour 2013 9th May: Glasgow Barrowland 10th May: Glasgow Barrowland 13th May: Newcastle O2 Academy 15th May: Manchester O2 Apollo 18th May: Liverpool Olympia 19th May: Leicester De Montfont Hall 21st May: Birmingham O2 Academy 23rd May: Newport Centre 25th May: Margate Winter Gardens 26th May: Portsmouth Guildhall 28th May: London O2 Academy Brixton Websites: http://thespecials.com http://thespecials2.com http://www.roddyradiation.com http://www.jerrydammers.com Official Specials YouTube Channel Roddy Radiation's YouTube Channel Related Blogs to check out: Fuck Yeah Terry Hall Oh Yeah English Beat effyeahska Nutty Boys Fuck Yeah Two Tone Fuck Yeah Rude Boy ohyeahgeneralpublic

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THE SPECIALS Toronto Kool Haus July 9th 2013

Second time I’ve got to see the Specials in Toronto. While their show at sound Academy in 2010 was much more energetic, this time We were much closer, so close that Golding was chatting with us before they took the stage, and jumped into the crowd to shake our hands after their encore “You’re Wondering Now". Awesome night!

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Neville Staple

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2 Tone Records - Promotional Poster #5

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the specials at the fox theater / march 20th 2013

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The Special AKA flyer (1979)

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My very first Specials vinyl! The Specials is on its way..

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THE SPECIALS

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So alex found a way to incorporate her favorite thing [ska] into her other favorite thing [theatre]. For this project in my scenic design class I had to create a set design for a song to be performed. I picked “Doesn’t Make It Alright.” 

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The Specials come to Boston on July 11th! Tickets on sale April 12th. Stoked!

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(via British Ska Band The Specials Play House of Blues Boston | Boston Ska (dot) net)

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THE SPECIALS, LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA. MARCH 2013

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A photo of The Specials my dad took when he went to see them and Madness on tour in the eighties.

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House photographer Alex Crick captured some sweet shots from The Special’s recent performance at Showbox SoDo. Check out the full album HERE.

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[PHOTOS] The Specials @ Commodore Ballroom

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[SETLIST] The Specials @ Commodore Ballroom

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THE SPECIALS relax!

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