2 Tone Records was a British record label which released ska and reggae influenced music with a punk overtone. It was started in 1979 by Jerry Dammers, of the English ska band The Specials. When The Specials split in 1985, the label stopped operating. It spawned the 2 Tone music and cultural movement, which was popular among skinheads and rudies. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ska is a form of Jamaican music which began as early as the 1930s. ... Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Jerry Dammers (born Jeremy Dammers on 22 May 1955, in Ootacamund, India) was the founder and keyboard player of the Coventry-based ska band, The Specials (later changed to The Special A.K.A.). He also contributed in founding the 2 Tone record label, which helped to popularize the new... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... The Specials are a British band formed in 1977 in Coventry (see 1977 in music). ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... This article is about subcultures. ... Rude boy, rudie, rudi or rudy is a subculture that developed in the early 1960s in Jamaica. ...

2 Tone signed The Selecter, Madness and The Beat, but they all left within two years. 2 Tone acts signed a contract which allowed them to leave the label after releasing just one single, which was unusual in the record industry. Madness and The Beat both took advantage of this clause, the former to sign to Stiff Records, and the latter to start their own label, Go-Feet. The Selecter were a British ska revival band from Coventry, England, formed in the late 1970s and who became one of the essential bands of the British ska movement. ... Madness are a British ska band who achieved most of their success in the 1980s. ... The Beat, known in the United States as The English Beat, was an essential Two Tone ska and pop music group. ... The Stiff Records record label was created in London in 1976, at the outset of the punk boom by entrepreneurs Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman (aka Jake Riviera). ...

Complete list of 2 Tone acts

• The Apollinaires
• Bad Manners
• The Beat (aka The English Beat in the U.S.)
• The Bodysnatchers
• Elvis Costello & The Attractions (for one unreleased single (CHS TT7) only)
• The Friday Club
• The Higsons
• JB's Allstars
• Madness
• Rhoda
• Rico Rodriguez
• The Selecter
• The Special AKA
• The Specials
• The Swinging Cats

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External link

• 2 Tone history site