A Specials event
The Specials announced a special NYC gig in April, at Terminal 5. I don’t know about you, but I am going to be there. For those of you who were too young or were not born in the late 70`s, the Specials were heading this movement of music in England that was called 2tone music, and tone was meant as skin color not a musical tone . It was music that was written and played by blacks and white people, reviving funky Ska music, a genre that was invented in Jamaica during the 50`s . 2tone was the name of the most important Ska music label as well, that had the 2 leading bands, The Specials and the Selecter It was part of the end of punk, beginning of what was called New wave era, when punk songs were becoming a little more than distorted 2 chord songs. The 2tone graphic design consisted of lots of black & white visuals like this Specials pin in the photo above. Listen to this awesome band and go to that gig. Just as an appetizer check out this Saturday night live video of The Specials:
Tags: 2Tone, NYC, Ska, Terminal-5, The-Specials
