Aswad: Dingwall's, London
Richard Williams, The Times, 22 August 1980
FOR ALL its enjoyable effects, the ska-punk blend of 2-Tone music may have done lasting damage to another, potentially even more valuable fusion: local reggae, played by West Indian immigrants. Once, it looked as if these young musicians would be able to take Jamaica's popular music and turn it into a vehicle for their own ideas and feelings. Over the past four or five years several bands have appeared bearing that promise.
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