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More Specials is a Punk rock and Ska act. Their sound grew out of Lee Thompson, Belinda Carlisle, Madness, Nelson Riddle and John Barry. Those roots explain a lot about how More Specials arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Selecter, Bad Manners, Symarip, Toots and the Maytals and Prince Buster, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Go-Go's, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around More Specials, reaching back through Lee Thompson and forward to The Go-Go's. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
More Specials is the second album by English ska band the Specials, released by 2 Tone Records in September 1980. After the success of the band's debut album, band member Jerry Dammers assumed the role as the band's leader and stirred them into expanding their 2 Tone sound into other genres of music, most prominently a lounge music and easy listening style inspired by Muzak. Several band members disagreed with Dammers' vision and brought their own influences to the album, including from northern soul and rockabilly, contributing to an eclectic sound palette. The relations between band members continued to sour into the album's accompanying tour and most of the band departed in 1981.
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More Specials connections
More Specials grew out of Lee Thompson, Belinda Carlisle, Madness and Nelson Riddle, shares an orbit with The Selecter, Bad Manners, Symarip and Toots and the Maytals, went on to shape The Go-Go's. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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