Legendary front man of The Specials, Fun Boy Three and Special Beat, also known as The Original Rude Boy, Neville Staple, will be performing at a Christmas Party at the Cheese & Grain on Friday 21st December, organised by Gorilla Tactics. Also on the bill is full live band urban reggae heavyweights Laid Blak.
They will be supported by Gardna + Gorilla Tactics DJs. Neville Staple is credited with changing the face of pop music not only once but twice. His celebrates a super 40-year career in the music business which is well documented and started out from the early days with Ray King, Pete Waterman, The Coventry Automatics and his Jah Baddis Sound System, before taking to the stage with The Specials during the famous ‘Clash’ tour.
Neville’s 2-Tone legacy is huge. 2-Tone fused traditional ska music with punk rock attitude, energy and musical elements. The movement helped to transcend and defuse racial tensions in Thatcher-era Britain. Neville is celebrated in his home town of Coventry as a Living Legend, and was recently presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Rude Rebels is the brilliant new ska/punk album by Sugary & Neville Staple (The Specials, Fun Boy 3, etc), featuring Roddy Radiation. It follows the recent sold out ‘Rudegirl Sounds’ EP. One reporter in his review commented, “It isn’t hard to work out why The Specials lack energy on stage, it’s because Neville Staple took it with him” (Steve Oliver – Nottingham Post Review).
Friday 21st December, Cheese and Grain, Market Yard, Frome. BA11 1BE. Doors: 20:00 – Midnight. Tickets: £20 each from box office: 01373 455420.
