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โธ 1979โ1985
Two-Tone
Checkerboard floor, brass, and skanking.
Britain's 2-Tone revival, where Jamaican ska met Coventry council estates and everyone shared the same dance floor. Black-and-white suits, pork-pie hats, and a horn section that wouldn't let you sit down.
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โธ Did you know
- The 2 Tone label, founded by The Specials' Jerry Dammers in Coventry, deliberately put Black and white musicians in the same bands to answer the racism of the era.
- The label's rude-boy mascot, Walt Jabsco, was drawn from a photo of Peter Tosh on the cover of The Wailers' 'The Wailing Wailers' โ and named after one of Dammers' old American bowling shirts.