Terry Hall has died.

[jon1959]

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/19/terry-hall-lead-singer-of-the-specials-dies-aged-63

Only 63. Very sad - 'much too young'.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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He never looked healthy to be fair

[Wash DC Blue]

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I'm so sad about this 😢

[Harry Lime]

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Very sad news

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Something very different about them and Selecter

I didn't realise what a difficult life he had until skimming some articles

[RichardM]

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Part of my youth..😞

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Something very different about them and Selecter

I didn't realise what a difficult life he had until skimming some articles

For me The Specials and The Selecter were THE sound of early 80s ska. Madness became too poppy. Bad Manners were more a fun band. The Beat had a different sound again.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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For me The Specials and The Selecter were THE sound of early 80s ska. Madness became too poppy. Bad Manners were more a fun band. The Beat had a different sound again.

Specials , Selecter , Beat ......good bands

Madness , Bad Manners .....rugby club Xmas party nonsense

[RichardM]

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Specials , Selecter , Beat ......good bands

Madness , Bad Manners .....rugby club Xmas party nonsense

Bad Manners were fun though

[RichardM]

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For me The Specials and The Selecter were THE sound of early 80s ska. Madness became too poppy. Bad Manners were more a fun band. The Beat had a different sound again.

The Beat and the Specials were my favourites of that genre/era

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Bad Manners were fun though

I could watch people dance about pissed up to them but that was it for me

How did they write enough songs to sell an album ?

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Specials , Selecter , Beat ......good bands

Madness , Bad Manners .....rugby club Xmas party nonsense

Been lucky enough to support The Selecter twice in TJ's. Great people.

[RichardM]

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I could watch people dance about pissed up to them but that was it for me

How did they write enough songs to sell an album ?

I don't know that they did. Were a lot of their songs covers, as were many Specials and Beat songs?

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Been lucky enough to support The Selecter twice in TJ's. Great people.

Great Venue or it was

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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I don't know that they did. Were a lot of their songs covers, as were many Specials and Beat songs?

They all sounded the same