Special AKA, The

The Special AKA: In the Studio (2 Tone)

Review by Cynthia Rose, NME, August 1984

MOST LISTENERS who would snap up In the Studio own the majority of it already, as singles or B-sides. And with the release of its ...

Special Aka: In The Studio (original version)

Review by Don Snowden, Boston Phoenix, August 1984

THE 2-TONE ska era was never more than another passing Anglo hip trip in America, but the Specials represented the pinnacle of the idealistic phase ...

The Special AKA: 26,732 Hours In The Studio with Jerry Dammers

Interview by Gavin Martin, NME, August 1984

JERRY DAMMERS didn't have much sleep last night. Well into the small hours of the morning he'd been labouring over a hot Hammond organ in ...

Special AKA: New Band, Old Cause

Profile and Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, November 1984

SAN FRANCISCO: Jerry Dammers, leader of the Special AKA, is a very idealistic man. He believes, for instance, that popular songs can change the way ...

The Special AKA: Jerry Can

Interview by Jack Barron, Sounds, January 1985

JERRY DAMMERS cut himself with a razor this morning. A short tear of paper covers the wound just below his equally brief right sideburn. ...

Jerry Dammers: A Ghost From The Past

Interview by Nick Hasted, Independent, The, April 2007

THE MAN WHO created 2-Tone, Coventry's own Motown, and wrote Britain's most perfect fusing of politics and pop, the single 'Ghost Town' by his great ...