
'79 Ska Revival
Garry Bushell(Author)
Red Planet Publishing Ltd
Published on 31. October 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-1-912733-13-2 (ISBN)
Description
Back in 1979, pop was getting dull again. Everyone said it was time for a new dance. No-one expected it to come from Coventry. The Two-Tone revolution, led by the Specials, took the pop world by surprise with their infectious mix of Ska rhythms and punk attitude. Madness and The Selecter followed close on their heels. Within a matter of moments the 2-tone bands had stolen our hearts and conquered the charts with a non-stop procession of unforgettable hits; 'Gangsters', 'A Message To You Rudy', Too Much Too Young', 'The Prince', 'One Step Beyond', 'My Girl', 'Too Much Pressure'... And the bands kept coming - Bad Manners, The Beat, The Bodysnatchers. Even Judge Dread came back. Garry Bushell, who wrote the original Dance Craze magazine, was the first rock writer to see the Specials live, the first to interview madness and the first to watch the bands attempt to export their magic to the USA.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
306 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-912733-13-2 (9781912733132)
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Person
Garry Bushell was born and raised in South East London. He started his career on Sounds, interviewing everyone from The Clash and Steel Pulse to Blondie, U2, The Specials and Iron Maiden. He is best known for his award winning Bushell On The Box TV column. Garry managed the Cockney Rejects, The Blood and Maninblack; his own group the Gonads have been going for 42 years without any notable success
Content
1.Introduction 2. The Specials / Rude Boys Can't Fail, 3. Madness / Blue Beat and Pork Pies, 4. The Selector / Rudies Uber Dallas, 5. Judge Dread / The Second Coming of Judge Dread, 6. Bad Manners / Lip Up Scatty: The Height of Bad Manners, 7. 2-Tone Reviews, 8. The Body Snatchers / Live Injection, 9. The Beat / Beat on the Brats, 10. The Rude Tour / On the Rude Again, 11. Ruder Than You, 12. The Pioneers / Train to Skaville, 13. Epilogue, 14. Music Adverts, 15.Scrapbook.