The X-Ray Specs... they do nothing!

I got seriously addicted to ""Germ free adolescents" , one of 70 punk rock's best album, to be sure

"some people say that little girl should be seen but not heard, but I say.....OH BONDAGE UP YOURS!

Would love to have seen that. I love the Specials.

wookalar: Would love to have seen that. I love the Specials.

I'm not a ska guy, but I have everything the Specials ever did.
Ever since I heard "Ghost Town" when I was kid I was addicted.

Excellent stuff. Excellent news.

This is all Sarah Palin's fault.

I bet that the if you were there you really would have enjoyed yourself, but what do I know I am a poseur. In all seriousness, this would have been an incredible show.

The article didn't mention that the singer for X-Ray Spex went AWOL for a while. I think she joined the Moonies or some shiat, amirite? Paulie whats-her-face. I'm assuming she was a part of the reunion, but does anyone know for sure?

This would not be The Specials first show since their 1981 breakup. They toured, though I don't know how extensively, in the mid to late 90's. A band I was in opened for them in Hartford, CT in 1997. Great group of guys, fantastic performance.

/Once again, crack reporting from Rolling Stone.
//Sir Horace!!!

the first Specials album plays like a greatest hits collection.
well, i guess it should it was almost all covers.
/great band

amoeba: The article didn't mention that the singer for X-Ray Spex went AWOL for a while. I think she joined the Moonies or some shiat, amirite? Paulie whats-her-face. I'm assuming she was a part of the reunion, but does anyone know for sure?

Hari Krishna. Poly Styrene. You're a douchebag.

mekkab: Why must you record my phone calls...

"are you planning a bootleg LP?"

awesome, wish i was there.

I come here to honestly ask who the hell are these people and why should I care?

urethra_franklin: This would not be The Specials first show since their 1981 breakup. They toured, though I don't know how extensively, in the mid to late 90's. A band I was in opened for them in Hartford, CT in 1997. Great group of guys, fantastic performance.

/Once again, crack reporting from Rolling Stone.

Terry Hall, the singer, was not aboard for the 1996 reformation. 3 out of the 7 member band at that point were non-original ringers, so the "officiality" is questionable.

Hell, even FTFA: "However, because co-founder and keyboardist Jerry Dammers wasn't present at the show, the band was billed as Terry Hall and Friends."

So.. Rolling Stone wasn't wrong, especially for a 150 word blurb.

Dog Man : I come here to honestly ask who the hell are these people and why should I care?

Save yourself the time and effort, just go put on a Madonna album you loser.

Dog Man: I come here to honestly ask who the hell are these people and why should I care?


Just look 'em up on wiki, rip some of their music off and give it a listen and try and activate your dormant critical faculties to provide you with an answer.

nickxero: urethra_franklin: This would not be The Specials first show since their 1981 breakup. They toured, though I don't know how extensively, in the mid to late 90's. A band I was in opened for them in Hartford, CT in 1997. Great group of guys, fantastic performance.

/Once again, crack reporting from Rolling Stone.

Terry Hall, the singer, was not aboard for the 1996 reformation. 3 out of the 7 member band at that point were non-original ringers, so the "officiality" is questionable.

Hell, even FTFA: "However, because co-founder and keyboardist Jerry Dammers wasn't present at the show, the band was billed as Terry Hall and Friends."

So.. Rolling Stone wasn't wrong, especially for a 150 word blurb.

Good call, forgot about the ringers. I remember their set but not much afterwards. There were two kegs backstage, and those guys can drink.

"Germ Free...." is probably the best punk record to ever come out of the UK...... at least out of that first wave of bands, and maybe of all time

/sees a few Damned albums, Never Mind The Bullocks, and a few Clash albums as the only contenders........

peewinkle: "Germ Free...." is probably the best punk record to ever come out of the UK...... at least out of that first wave of bands, and maybe of all time

/sees a few Damned albums, Never Mind The Bullocks, and a few Clash albums as the only contenders........

I'm guessing those are the only UK punk records you've ever heard then, yeah?

peewinkle: "Germ Free...." is probably the best punk record to ever come out of the UK...... at least out of that first wave of bands, and maybe of all time

/sees a few Damned albums, Never Mind The Bullocks, and a few Clash albums as the only contenders........

"Bullocks"

Big fan, huh?

Patroclus: peewinkle: "Germ Free...." is probably the best punk record to ever come out of the UK...... at least out of that first wave of bands, and maybe of all time

/sees a few Damned albums, Never Mind The Bullocks, and a few Clash albums as the only contenders........

I'm guessing those are the only UK punk records you've ever heard then, yeah?

Uh, no. Willing to wager that my UK punk vinyl collection is bigger than yours. And I was talking about the "first wave" (pre-1981 or so).

/The Ruts, The Adverts or Uk Subs, anyone?
//I know, I know, don't feed the trolls
///first wave Left Coast American Punk FTW

TheHoodedClaw: peewinkle: "Germ Free...." is probably the best punk record to ever come out of the UK...... at least out of that first wave of bands, and maybe of all time

/sees a few Damned albums, Never Mind The Bullocks, and a few Clash albums as the only contenders........

"Bullocks"

Big fan, huh?

Just a stupid American hillbilly

Does anybody else sort of wish to be a New York or London street hoodlum in the times when punk was getting huge?

I grew up on the music after getting introduced to modern ska in early HS (mid-late 90s), went to old ska then new skapunk then new punk then classic punk. Clash, Bad Religion, Specials, Adolescents, Buzzcocks, Pistols... I would kill to have been a scenester back then. Maybe it's just nostalgia and I'd be disenchanted after being spit on the first fifty times. I dunno.

Reunion gigs suck.
Living in the past is for Boomers.

alk44: Does anybody else sort of wish to be a New York or London street hoodlum in the times when punk was getting huge?

I was, in NY. not to the level of people a few years older than me but I saw some good shows
/The Clash, Blondie, Buzzcocks
//I met TSOL, RHCP, Circle Jerks through friends in back up bands
///I saw Metallica as a back up band in a bar

I heard about this reunion happening a while back, glad to see it has gone through. My friend is totally obsessed with Terry Hall, I hear about him every day.

anybody like the Adicts? all the original members from 1976 and everything. the singer monkey, hit me with a ball of confetti once.

//oooh i'm hurt.