DANCECRAZE SLOAN:

"Ska/Reggac is the only form or popular n1usic where cultural and racial it11egrn1io11 in the fnns anti the musicians is the norm rather than the cxpcctation. And besides that, it'sjust friggin' good music."

Grent music, with social commentary thrown in to boot.

ft has inllucnccd such musicians os the Clash, and Elvis Costello, who incidentally produced the Specials' lirst album. II has suffered many half-assed revivals in the past two decades. and been mixed with pop. punk. and rock. But no music is as true to the image of the British Rude Boy as the hnnds on 2 Tone Records.

The mnn responsible for the founding of this label was Jerry Dammcrs, founder/keyboardist of the Specials. With I his came the crooning Coventry soundN~if greats such as Madness and Inspector 7, as well as afore• mentioned, the Selecter, the Beul. Bad Manners and the Bodysnat<.:hcrs.