1979
The Specials released "Gangsters" and made
their success on the
U.K. music scene. Between
the years of 1979 and 1981, The Specials had
seven top ten singles as well as two top
five albums. The Specials also
formed their own record label which is
named 2 Tone Records.
1981
Terry, Neville, and Lynval left the Specials
to form Fun Boy Three.
Soon after those three left Roddy left
to form his own band called Roddy
Radiation and the Tearjerkers. This
is when Jerry, Brad, and Horace kept the
original sound with the name Special AKA.
They got new band members and
got special guests to fill in the gaps
to record the album In The Studio.
America
The Specials have gathered loyal and supportive
fans. They have
never reached the popularity and commercial
success that they recieved in
the UK. Many of their singles were
never released as singles in the US, they
have only appeared as album tracks.
-Paraphrased from the liner
notes of
"The Specials: The Singles Collection"(1991).
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I have finally gotten around to redoing
this page. I was prompted by
the fact that I found these awesome backgrounds
and stuff. I love
them. I hope that you find this
page looking cleaner and better. I am
on ethernet but I havent gotten around
to research what I was wanting
to do over the summer. But, I shall
get around sometime, I promise.
In the meantime, enjoy, I have to get
my brother to send me the scans
of the autographs of the Specials and
other scans I have at home. Life
is a bitch when you go to school away
from home ;)
1998 CMT