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Terry Hall was the self-assured eye of the Specials storm

As the pioneering 2 Tone band’s lead singer, Hall’s impassive style made him a star – and helped him weather the vicissitudes of fame, the changing charts and British decline

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The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Get Up, Stand Up: An Interview With The Specials

The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Get Up, Stand Up: An Interview With The Specials
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How The Specials Ghost Town became the anthem of a country falling apart

How The Specials’ Ghost Town became the anthem of ‘a country falling apart’ Forty years ago, as violence and poverty menaced their hometown, The Specials set out to unite the races. Then the National Front arrived The Specials in Coventry in 1980 Credit: Eugene Adebari/Shutterstock Coventry-formed ska band The Specials wrote Ghost Town in a pressure cooker – one that you could measure as barely six-foot-high. “I’m not going to say too much because I don’t want to upset anybody,” says the track’s producer, John Rivers, reflecting on the 11-day recording session that took place in his tiny basement studio in Leamington Spa.

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Teenage Fanclub s Norman Blake: My first band was the Spanking Newts | Teenage Fanclub

Teenage Fanclubâs Norman Blake: âMy first band was the Spanking Newtsâ Norman Blake with some of his teenage influences: (clockwise from left) Terry Hall, ice skating and the novels of John Wyndham. Composite: Getty/Redferns Norman Blake with some of his teenage influences: (clockwise from left) Terry Hall, ice skating and the novels of John Wyndham. Composite: Getty/Redferns Back with a new album, the Fannies frontman remembers his teenage years, from the kindness of the Specials to selling guitar strings to John Martyn â and trying to impress with his ice-skating skills Thu 22 Apr 2021 10.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 22 Apr 2021 11.31 EDT

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The Selecter to reissue Too Much Pressure

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