Madness
2 tone · 1979–1983
Madness are an English ska and pop band from Camden Town, north west London, who formed in 1976. One of the most prominent bands of the late-1970s/early-1980s two-tone ska revival, they continue to perform with six of the seven members of their original line-up. Madness's most successful period was from 1980 to 1986, when the band's songs spent a total of 214 weeks on the UK singles chart, jointly holding the record with English reggae group UB40 for most weeks spent by a group in the UK singles chart during the 1980s.
The facts
- Formed 1979
- United Kingdom
- 2 tone, synth-pop, ska
- On 2 Tone Records, Verve Records, Stiff Records
- Members: Suggs
