Although she tapped keg music from a completely different, The Specials draw their inspiration from the same source as the punk. In their lyrics came anger and frustration about the deplorable state of England, in the late seventies faced with massive unemployment and poverty, reflected. Musically left the group led by keyboardist Jerry Dammers is influenced by ska and rocksteady from Jamaica. That
… mix of upbeat music and bright texts made by The Specials by far the most urgent representative of the so-called 2-Tone movement, named after the label founded the band and where kindred spirits like Madness and The English Beat found a spot. After the ominous Ghost Town single group fell apart. Band Members returned in groups like Fun Boy Three (singer Terry Hall) and The Special a.k.a. (Dammers).more
