A Brief Case History Of Madness

Their condition as carriers of a fast reggae hybrid, ska, was first diagnosed in 1979. This nutty sound was then transmitted to an increasingly larger audience until the success of their first 2-Tone single, 'The Prince', prompted Stiff Records to commit them (to a long-term contract). Since then three platinum albums and a number one video bear witness to the epidemic proportions of their popularity to which, happily, there seems to be no known cure.