The end of the summer of 1995 marked a new beginning for dad’s old formalwear. "Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac—yeah!" sing the boys from Rancid on "Time Bomb", a standout track ...

Ska started to hit in America not long after the 2 Tone movement took off in the UK ... Clyde in particular had style for miles and could really shred on the guitar. Fishbone’s bassist Norwood ...

Why is it called Two-Tone? Like all the best youth movements, ska was as much about fashion as it was the music - and the snappy music was reiterated in the dress too. Ska-boys (and girls ...

Pauline Black, the “defiantly chic” frontwoman of the Selecter, a politicized two-tone ska revival ... The latest fashion news, beauty coverage, celebrity style, fashion week updates, culture ...

With its mix of Black and white members and Jamaica-influenced style of sharp suits and porkpie hats, the band became leaders of the anti-racist 2 Tone ska revival movement. With Hall's deadpan ...

2 Tone — which included bands like The Specials, Madness, The Selecter, The Beat, Bad Manners, and The Bodysnatchers covering ’60s ska classics and writing their own material in that style ...

Here’s a quick guide introducing the style if you haven’t heard of it before. 2 Tone music was a blend of Jamaican reggae, ska, and British punk music. Jerry Dammers was an important figure in ...

This year marks the 45th anniversary of the release of debut album "Too Much Pressure" by Coventry band The Selecter, who toured with The Specials and Madness in 1979 as 2-Tone ska swept the ...

For a brief and rather glorious period at the dog end of the 1970s, the 2 Tone ska movement gripped ... Their sound and style shifted over time, but the ska beat is at the centre of some of ...