Steven Knight's BBC drama details the beginnings of 2-Tone and Ska, and is drawing fans to Birmingham and Coventry
Steven Knight's BBC drama details the beginnings of 2-Tone and Ska, and is drawing fans to Birmingham and Coventry“Wow, I haven’t seen that place for a while,” says Charley Anderson, the former bass player of The Selecter, over FaceTime from his home in Negril Beach, Jamaica.
Curtis, sporting the same kind of Harrington jacket, pulled-up light blue jeans and short mohawk donned by rudeboys, skinheads and punks around then, leads, which stop at sites like Mr George’s Nightclub, where bands like Sex Pistols and Motorhead performed. The Specials did too under their original name – The Coventry Automatics.We also stop at The Locarno Ballroom, now Coventry Central Library, once one of Britain’s most thronging music venues.
Coventry is proud of its unique musical identity and, unlike many smaller cities around the world, its healthy music scene meant bands didn’t feel the need to leave for opportunities. It was 2-Tone bands from Birmingham like The Beat, fronted by the late Ranking Roger – one of the first notable black punks – and band manager John Mostyn that connected the cities, just like the M6 inMostyn managed The Beat who were signed to the short-lived 2-Tone Records label in Coventry.
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