Jerry Dammers at Rock Against Racism, Leeds, in 1981. The Specials & 2 Tone Records founder Jerry Dammers, who didn't take part in band's reunion, wrote, "Terry's death is very shocking, horrible and tragic news," continuing, "Terry was so young. That honesty is heard in so many of his songs in joy and sorrow. and The Spatial AKA Orchestra. and The Spatial AKA Orchestra.. I wanted the drums in mono on one track, the bass in mono on another and the rhythm that shuffle organ and Lynval's DI'd guitar on another. The car industry was closing down in Coventry. was sampled in. I looked through the vast, seven-foot-wide venetian blind that faced the street and I saw dozens of local residents almost exclusively young black men running by my window carrying record players, televisions, CD players, radios, amplifiers, microwaves, small fridges, speaker systems, anything they could carry. For most of the 1970s, St Pauls a predominantly black and white working-class area had been the victim of deteriorating housing, poor education services and an increasingly strong police presence. That he didnt turn into John Barry was a disappointment to me, but probably not to him. When we all woke, to survey the damage, most people quickly squirrelled back to their homes, appalled and embarrassed by the carnage they saw all around them and by lunchtime the streets were empty again. The carpet shop always seemed to suffer, not that any of the stock was ever taken. Bristol Beacon. We wanted to play 2,000 to 3,000-sized venues. Affiliation PRS Comments Keyboardist. Amongthe others who have shared kind words and remembrances: Belinda Carlisle,Boy George, Rage Against the Machine,Dexy's Midnight Runners, Billy Bragg,Squeeze's Chris Difford, The Sleaford Mods, Ted Leo, Rancid, The Interrupters, Lush's Miki Berenyi, Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley, Everything But the Girl'sTracey Thorn, Less Than Jake,The Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Newcombe,Matt Sharp (Weezer, The Rentals), Geoff Barrow (Portishead, Beak>),The Charlatans' Tim Burgess, former Cure member Lol Tolhurst, The Mountain Goats, Michael McKean, Jon Cryer, Sparks, Mark McGrath, Frank Turner, Catbite, Shepard Fairey, director Tim Pope,and more. 5th September 2015. Dammers was born in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, South India, as the son of Horace Dammers, the Dean of Bristol Cathedral from 1973 to 1987. We havent changed that much, we still take the piss out of each other, theres an understanding that hasnt gone away. There is a suggestion that his real name was Gerald Danki but this seems unsubstantiated. Compared to the two-speed society of the tweenies (as economists are still trying to describe the second decade of the 21st century) 1985 seemed almost quaint. Simple Minds. On Tuesdays doing the door at a West End nightclub (where essentially you let in your friends for free and drank the profits) and on Wednesdays waking up with enough time to sign on. Et alors que les 95 annes vcues par Nelson Mandela ont inspir de nombreux scnaristes et fait l'objet. Join Facebook to connect with Jerry Dammers and others you may know. To check the availability of The Specials tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094. Around the same time, if you had been reading the small ads in the arts pages of your favourite national newspaper, you would have seen that revival tours were all the rage. The single had two B-sides, each written by a different member of the Specials. Having spent the last week or so working from home, trying to marshal the troops via Zoom, a few days before the lockdown I walked into the office to pick up some material I needed for a project we had just successfully moved to the autumn. Written by Specials keyboard player Jerry Dammers, "Gangsters" is a reworking of Prince Buster's 1964 ska classic "Al Capone." It samples the car sound effects that open the original song. C'est un homme au destin exceptionnel qui s'est teint le 5 novembre dernier Johannesburg. However, a . This Sunday at the Union Buildings, the official seat of the South African government in Pretoria, he will receive one of the country's highest awards, the Order of the Companions of OR Tambo, for outstanding work benefiting the country. It was clear that something was very, very wrong."[4]. . He also founded 2 Tone Records. Head to GQ's Vero channel for exclusive music content and commentary, all the latest music lifestyle news and insider access into the GQ world, from behind-the-scenes insight to recommendations from our editors and high-profile talent. The late summer of 1981 was a wake-up call for so many people I knew, as we had all finished college and were experiencing the inevitability of life on the dole, looking for work while juggling the day-to-day existence of a life without structure or a support network. He has hours of material in the can, as he says, but needs time to get it into shape. The Specials singer Terry Hall has denied the claims of founding member Jerry Dammers that he was kicked out of the band ahead of their forthcoming reunion. The music video, directed by Barney Bubbles, consists of bass player Panter driving the band around London in a 1961 Vauxhall Cresta, intercut with views of streets and buildings filmed from the moving vehicle, and ends with a shot of the band standing on the banks of the River Thames at low tide. Im not a perfectionist but I want this to be good. Jerry Dammers also brought along several items as a gift to the 2-Tone museum. Wrong! London, Clapham Common. [8], The tour for the group's More Specials album in late 1980 had been a fraught experience: already tired from a long touring schedule and with several band members at odds with keyboardist and band leader Jerry Dammers over his decision to incorporate "muzak" keyboard sounds on the album, several of the gigs descended into audience violence. I think it is good, but I want to give it my best shot. We had both lived in Brixton for some time and had become almost immune to the attritional nature of the place. Whatcha Talking 'Bout by Musical Youth (1983) Fine Style by Dr. Echo and DJ Reverend (1994) was covered in. The first major Brixton riot, on 11 April, resulted in 450 injuries, the destruction or burning of more than 200 vehicles and 150 damaged buildings. Oct 18 2019. "Why?" [20], The summer of 1981 saw riots in over 35 locations around the UK. Its strange times.. That weird little band from 1983 whose only hit you once devoured as though it were the essence of life itself? "It was inspired by what we saw touring," recalls The Specials' founder and song writer Jerry Dammers . He is known for establishing 2 Tone Records and his amazing skills on turntables and consoles. Founder of Two-Tone Records and core member of The Specials. People at the time would pay good money to see bands they enjoyed in their youth, sometimes regardless of how many original members they contained. The forgotten riot is the one in Brixton that started on 28 September 1985. And it's nothing compared to the sacrifices the people in South Africa made to fight apartheid.". In South London, conflict gave an edge to every transaction in a corner shop, every late-night walk home. More importantly, it was heard in South Africa where it was banned but became an anthem in the fight against apartheid. This situation was particularly fraught in the London borough of Lambeth, where over a quarter of the population were black, while 40 per cent of those were under 19. Well, I had to put a piece of tissue under my chin because sweat was dripping off my face due to it being so scary one mistake and that would have been it! To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. - Jerry Dammers/The Specials (1984) It was a simple song that packed a mighty punch, a masterstroke of music and politics, wrapped up in four glorious minutes of ska-infused beats from the pen of Jerry Dammers, of the UK group The Specials. Jerry Dammers, founder of The Specials and 2 Tone Records A special 40th anniversary Two Tone Records seven-inch box set that features 12 iconic singles released on the label and an art card signed by Jerry Dammers. Jerry Dammers will be playing a DJ set from his unrivalled collection of library music records,later in the night will be showcasing a new composition recorded by Jerry accompanying the paintings of Turner Prize-nominated Coventry artist George Shaw. I knew Dammers extremely well for about five years in the 1980s. Not funny peculiar, funny ha ha. I could see them then trying to form the words that would make me understand what they had just asked me. [22], The song experienced a thematic resurgence on music streaming platforms in 2020, after lockdown orders were placed following the COVID-19 pandemic. The New Rock Revolution what happened next? Many consider The Specials' Ghost Town, with its depiction of poverty and injustice in Thatcher's Britain, the song of the 1980s. The founding member of the 1970s ska group, who will not be part of their 30th anniversary shows, released a statement claiming the band are trying to "rewrite history". You know the brass bit is kind of jazzy, it has a dischord? Unemployment was heading for three million and it was a very worrying time., It wasnt a surprise when it went to No1 most things two-tone became hits, said Pauline Black, the lead singer of fellow 2 Tone band, The Selector. London wouldnt experience riots again for another 26 years, when the looters couldnt even be bothered to swathe their frustration with their own plight with anything tangible; the looting in 2011 was simply an excuse to steal some new trainers. Jerry Dammers has paid tribute to John Bradbury, the drummer with The Specials, who has died aged 62. 20th February 2009. [5][6][7] It was the 12th-best-selling single in the UK in 1981. I saw the reformed Specials support Blur at their gig in Hyde park in 2012 and the band looked like a bunch of fiftysomething cab drivers and sounded like the musical equivalent of a Sunday morning football match. It was sparked by the shooting of Dorothy Cherry Groce by the police, while they were looking for her son Michael Croce in relation to a suspected firearms offence. I was thinking about Ghost Town the other day as I walked home, lost in reverie, but oh-so-aware of everything around me. Jerry Dammers, the founder and main songwriter of The Specials, has denied claims made by his former bandmates in a recent interview. The camera was probably worth two grand, while the booze probably wasnt worth more than 100 tops. Jerry Dammers is in the middle or thereabouts of recording a new album, down in his studio in South London. I was thinking about Jerry Dammers recently. And who could blame them? Fascinated by the record's sound, Dammers telephoned the song's co-writer and producer John Collins a few days later, although as Dammers first phone call was in the middle of the night, Collins initially took it to be a joke. Terry Hall of The Specials and Fun Boy Three died on Sunday, December 18 but the news didn't break till late Monday afternoon. I don't know how they did it but it was amazing to see.". You've got to, you've got to. After becoming overwhelmed with the multitude of choices available in the 24-track studio used during the recording of More Specials, Dammers had decided that he wanted to return a more basic set-up, and after a recommendation from bass player Horace Panter who was familiar with the place, the band chose the small 8-track studio in the house owned by John Rivers in Woodbine Street in Royal Leamington Spa. With all his DJing work cancelled for the time being, he is wisely using this period to try to finalise output hes been tinkering with for years. One policeman said it looked like World War III. Bradbury was also a member of soul group JBs Allstars and ska band, Selecter. Motivated by racial tension, a perception of inner city deprivation and heat, the defining factor was the ongoing war of attrition between the black community and the police. Jerry Dammers has launched a blistering attack on the Specials reunion and planned gigs, called them "a takeover, rather than a proper reunion" on the part of Terry Hall and his manager, Lynval Golding. As news of the attack spread, so hostilities began and the police lost control of the area for two days, during which time dozens of fires were started and shops looted, photojournalist David Hodge died a few days later, after a gang of looters he was trying to photograph attacked and beat him. Please enjoy your records. The building which housed the club is now Coventry Central Library.[11]. Jerry Dammers attended King Henry VIII School, Coventry. Recording simply in mono really helped the instruments balance themselves." Photograph: Jo Wiser, ANC's glory fades as South Africa's 'born free' generation votes, 'I'm more mature than South African democracy itself', Theborn free generation: 20-year-olds in South Africa prepare for first vote video, Jerry Dammers: how I made Free Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela: the triumph of the protest song. They were greeted with open arms by the critics and public alike, only they werent really The Specials at all, because the most important member, Jerry Dammers, the man who invented them, who gave the band their political edge, who wrote most of their songs and who was responsible for making them truly memorable, was not encouraged to participate in the reunion (I founded The Specials and now they've excluded me, said Dammers when the band first reunited, in 2008). and The Spatial AKA Orchestra. Lonely Library feat. He is a composer and writer, known for Mystery Men (1999), Natural Born Killers (1994) and Sixteen Candles (1984). Back in 1981, walking around Electric Avenue and Atlantic Road after the first nights disturbance was nothing if not surreal. Begging you, begging you please. Back in 2009 I wrote sleevenotes for the rerelease of his solo album Laugh. As the streets of London go into lockdown, The Specials Ghost Town and the feverish social background against which the song was written feels more resonant than ever. The video's locations include driving through the Rotherhithe Tunnel and around semi-derelict areas of the East End as well as in Lothbury and Throgmorton Street in the financial district of the City of London in the early hours of daylight on Sunday morning, where the streets were deserted as it was the weekend. The looters (even though they were ostensibly rioting, all they were really doing was stealing) did actually run up to the first floor, although they immediately headed back down again as the sound of sirens approached. . Collins wanted the song to sound more like a Sly and Robbie roots reggae track, so he brought a copy of a Sly and Robbie-produced single, "What a Feeling" by Gregory Isaacs, to the studio so that drummer John Bradbury could mimic the drum sound. The Broadwater Farm riot in Tottenham, in North London, a week later, was dominated by two deaths. Jerry Dammers attended Coventry's King Henry VIII School. My thoughts are with all his family.. You got to free. Dammers said, "People weren't cooperating. Nothing. Inspired by punk, they had their own grudges to articulate and they were doing it through the medium of ska. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. They were slightly yobby the NME called their debut album a speed and beer-crazed ska loon but they had an underlying social conscience. I dont think he likes the idea of touring, to be honest. They turned up with supermarket trolleys, safe in the knowledge they would never be caught. Originally, the lead part was done on Jerry's guide organ before the flute was dropped in on the brass track. Yes, there was a royal wedding, in sharp juxtaposition to inner-city decay, a wedding that would produce a genuine royal superstar, yet the riots the worst for a century would resonate throughout the country for years. Spent an afternoon listening to these without disappointment. It was this tense environment that produced the extraordinary sound of Ghost Town. Evoking themes of urban decay, deindustrialisation, unemployment and violence in inner cities, the song is remembered for being a hit at the same time as riots were occurring in British cities. Internal tensions within the band were also coming to a head when the single was being recorded, resulting in the song being the last single recorded by the original seven members of the group before splitting up. Their first, a live recording of Too Much Too Young, was essentially The Sex Pistols Bodies gone ska, but the intervening year saw The Specials ditch that punky-reggae template. For those of us who were not part of Thatcherisms good life, for those of us who were excluded, then Ghost Town spoke to our bruised hearts, says Tony Parsons, who was still writing for the NME at the time. But apart from that, I have no idea why Jerry isnt doing it. Member of The Specials Buy. In March 1981, Jerry Dammers heard the reggae song "At the Club" by actor and singer Victor Romero Evans played on Roundtable, the singles review show on BBC Radio 1. . Hand on my heart, this is what I feel is a bit sad for Jerry. And I was thinking why doesn't anyone produce something equally as strong for Assange today? Born in India, but raised in . According to a man watching from his second-floor flat, the mob was relentless, like vultures tearing at his body. Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old? 10th December 2008. The riots themselves felt contemporary and weirdly particular. We had almost been written off and then "Ghost Town" came out of the blue. Dammers was the creative genius behind The Specials, the man who gave them their idiosyncratic musical tropes and who set them apart from the likes of The Selector, The Beat or Bad Manners. 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He was in a little band in Coventry and I wanted to show. There were weird, diminished chords: certain members of the band resented the song and wanted the simple chords they were used to playing on the first album, Its hard to explain how powerful it sounded. Accustomed to low-level civil unrest, nothing had prepared the police for confrontations involving rioters using axes, sledgehammers and even cars as weapons. In the space of just two years, from 1979 to 1981, the original Specials managed to embody the new decades violent energies, morals and conflicts though always with an ironic and often sardonic detachment that kept the band cool as the 1980s grew increasingly hot. Scroll Down and find everything about the Jerry Dammers you need to know, latest relationships update, Family and how qualified he is. 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Jerry Dammers - Biography Biography Dammers was born in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, South India, the son of a clergyman who went on to become Dean of Bristol Cathedral, he attended King Henry VIII School, Coventry. Odd jobs were essential to supplement what you got from the government: film extra work, a spot of photography, retail conference stewarding, modelling for friends who couldnt find anyone else. The riots would eventually end, although not before The Specials themselves collapsed. . [2] The song spent three weeks at number one and 11 weeks in total in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Tributes from friends, fellow musicians and famous fans have been pouring in via social media. He left India at the age of 2, first living in Coventry, then moving to Sheffield at the age of 10. Now Dammers is being honoured in South Africa, a country that he has never visited before. RICO RODRIGUEZ Deceased 4th September 2015. Cryptic, droll, a heart of gold, and he could tackle like a donkey! As I walked south, I may as well have been self-isolating, because I was completely, completely alone. / Friday Night, Saturday Morning. [24], In 2022, it was included in the list "The story of NME in 70 (mostly) seminal songs" at number 19, for "Lacing ska and reggae with the amphetamine edge of new wave". The overall sense I wanted to convey was impending doom. I told him, philately will get you nowhere!" The writer: Ghost Town was written by Jerry Dammers. Today's crossword puzzle clue is a general knowledge one: The ____, English ska revival band founded in 1977 by Jerry Dammers. You could see that frustration and anger in the audience. It was a boys jolly., In Toxteth, eye-witnesses recalled the brazen calmness of the looters, In Toxteth, eye-witnesses recalled the brazen calmness of the looters, who were almost using the rioters as a human shield. Your economy is destroyed and, to me, thats what Ghost Town is all about.. In 2002 Dammers told The Guardian, "You travelled from town to town and what was happening was terrible. Why The Specials' Jerry Dammers was the Lennon and McCartney of ska, Why Swing Out Sister's Kaleidoscope World is an overlooked classic worth revisiting in 2020, Why Miles Davis' Bitches Brew is such an extraordinary record. Ghost Town, though, felt properly revolutionary, the kind of record that no one had the right to expect anymore. These were small gangs, little groups of boys who had grown up together, becoming disenfranchised together. I said free Nelson Mandela. Apr 07 2010. Ghost Town. All along Hall has claimed that the door remained open to his former bandmate. I think he hid that a bit in his statement. Yup, well they were probably back too, playing the Shepherds Bush Empire the night after Joe Jackson and probably supporting Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark or The Happy Mondays. She gives the civil servants hell, said one observer soon after she became prime minister. Jerry Dammers has hit out at the Specials reunion, claiming he's been driven out of the band. Man behind song that became an anti-apartheid anthem to receive award for outstanding work benefiting the country, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Jerry Dammers said the award was a 'fantastic honour'. Its quite spooky walking about at night. [18][19] Although initial reviews of the single in the UK music press were lukewarm, by the end of the year the song had won over the critics to be named "Single of the Year" in Melody Maker, NME and Sounds, the UK's top three weekly music magazines at the time. They thought Groce was hiding in his mothers home, raided it and accidentally shot Mrs Groce, paralysing her from the waist down. Glastonbury, Worthy Farm. Walk into a Brixton pub and you felt eyes upon you. Completely. Real name Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers Born May 22, 1955 Country United Kingdom IPI . I said he was very funny and they looked at me like I hadnt heard the question. They felt they had been absolved in advance. She was criticised for this outburst, but she wasnt entirely wrong. Living in London you certainly got the feeling you were somehow living under siege. Racial tension was high, as the Afro-Caribbean community felt victimised. It was unbelievable. are touring this year to celebrate their 30th anniversary. Dick Cuthell and Rico Rodriguez had already gone back to London, and I had to record that flute by actually dropping in. He also founded 2 Tone Records. Dammers record was an apocalyptic portrait of inner-city oppression set to a loping beat offset by an unsettling and vaguely Middle Eastern motif: Government leaving the youth on the shelf No job to be found in this country The single sounded like the fairground ride from hell, a snake charmer of a song, complete with strident brass, madhouse wailing and dub-style breaks. Its one of the most baleful records to ever make No1. He also founded 2 Tone Records. And no, I couldn't come up with an answer. Born on May 22, 1955, Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India, Dammers had been in The Cissy Stone Soul Band, and later graduated from Coventry University. 'Ghost Town' wasn't a free-for-all jam session. However, there was a tense moment towards the end of recording when Dammers decided at the last minute that he wanted to add a flute to the song, and with no free tracks available Collins was forced to record the flute directly onto the track containing the previously recorded brass section, with the possibility that any error would have rendered the entire track unusable: The guy who played the flute was a member of the band King and we recorded him in the hallway with a microphone at the top of the stairs to get the natural reverb from the stairwell. He felt that there was something very, very wrong affecting the country. Added by koan Managed by Isa. 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