Terry Hall, a face of Britain's ska revival, is dead at 63
Terry Hall, frontman of the Specials, the British ska band that blended pub-fight energy with socially conscious lyrics that explored the political an
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Terry Hall, frontman of the Specials, the British ska band that blended pub-fight energy with socially conscious lyrics that explored the political an
<strong>Letter: </strong>In South Africa, through music like The Specials, my friend and I discovered that our black and white friendship was normal, says <strong>Cornelia Köhler</strong>
The son of Coventry factory workers, he overcame a traumatic childhood to find fame in the Thatcher years as the frontman of the Specials.
Terry Hall, the voice of The Specials, and his doleful vocals starkly illustrated the politics of disillusionment.
All Terry Hall’s work was marked by the same intensity and seriousness, and he never lost that sense of needing to speak out about social injustice.