![]() ![]() While resurrecting Ska was hardly revolutionary, the band's multi-racial scope was, resulting in the aptly named 2-Tone record label. What they did, essentially, was give Ska a swift kick in the pants, hurrying its mellow rhythms just so, while leaving its horns and humor intact. Just as Punk was catching its second wind in Britain, and Ska was becoming a quickly fading memory, the Specials arose - not quite like a phoenix from the ashes but as rude boys from yesteryear - to blend the sounds of England's present and Jamaica's past.
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