"Ghost Town" is a song by the British two-tone band the Specials, released on 12 June 1981. The building which housed the club is now Coventry Central Library.[11]. The ska legends are touring this year to celebrate their 30th anniversary without their keyboard player and main songwriter. Not only was this one of the most important records of the early 1980s, it remains one of the most evocative, provocative singles of all time, a prime piece of agitprop that still has the power to shock. Glastonbury, Worthy Farm. 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. For me and for so many others at the time, my support network was the black economy, acting as a cocktail barman at Brixtons chi-chi nightclub The Fridge one minute and bunking the tube the next. Like all great records about social collapse, it seems to both fear and relish calamity. He was an integral part of the Specials re-forming in 2008, and [he] toured with them extensively up to the present day. But so embedded were these in the British psyche, that Dammers needed only a minimum of words to paint his picture. Sure, the band were earnest, but they were studiedly sarcastic, too, which endeared them to everyone from ageing punks to their younger siblings. They were gigs, after all. Although there were only 80 arrests during the first riot, more than 5,000 people were involved, a massive groundswell of anger. We were 1970s bands in a time of two-man synth bands. I said free Nelson Mandela. That weird little band from 1983 whose only hit you once devoured as though it were the essence of life itself? Anything for cash. and The Spatial AKA Orchestra. You know the brass bit is kind of jazzy, it has a dischord? 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. Ill get there in the end, he says. 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. Billy Bragg paid tribute to Bradbury, writing on Twitter: A bad day for good music. Brixton would change over the next 30 years or so, especially after the millennium. Dammers was born in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, South India, the son of a clergyman who went on to become Dean of Bristol . It was as though Id been walking around at night and someone had suddenly turned the lights on. When he was examined later Blakelock had 42 different wounds. Jerry Dammers does not have a wife or a son. During his formulative years Jerry was a mod, hippie and skinhead. 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. The Guardian cites a statement released by the bands spokesperson praised the musicians influence on the 2 Tone scene. It is with deep regret that we say goodbye to our great friend, the world's greatest drummer, our beloved Brad. It does not seem like he is in a relationship either. Born May 22, 1955 Add or change photo on IMDbPro Add to list More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Known for Mystery Men 6.1 Soundtrack ("Gangsters") 1999 Operation Ivy tribute LP on the way; Catbites cover of Healthy Body streaming now, Type O Negative and Crowbar members form new band Eye Am, Elvis Costello played 10 show at Gramercy Theatre (setlists & video for whole residency), Elvis Costello wrapped his NYC residency with The Imposters (pics, setlist, video), The National share New Order T-Shirt from new LP, selling an actual New Order t-shirt, When We Were Young 2023 adds second day with same lineup. Subscribe to our mag by Mojo Staff | Posted on 20 12 2022 He went on to find happiness with second wife, director Lindy Heymann, and their son Orson, eight. The fact that it became popular when it did was just a weird coincidence. The camera was probably worth two grand, while the booze probably wasnt worth more than 100 tops. 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. The Mandalorian season three first look review: Baby Yodas back, Mae Stephens colourful funk-pop sound is transcending TikTok, Shania Twain: Im probably most proud of not giving up on my voice, Final Fantasy 16 is a lavish RPG twist on Bayonetta and its all the better for it. Walk into a Brixton pub and you felt eyes upon you. Jeffrey - Hilversum, Netherlands. and The Spatial AKA Orchestra. There would be no woolly thinking in Mrs Thatchers government. there were riots and civil disobedience all over the country. The video was just as bleak, featuring a road trip through some of the least salubrious streets of Central London. As they travelled around the country the band witnessed sights that summed up the depressed mood of a country gripped by recession. Jerry Dammers attended Coventry's King Henry VIII School. [9] Jo-Ann Greene of Allmusic notes the lyric "only brush[es] on the causes for this apocalyptic vision the closed down clubs, the numerous fights on the dancefloor, the spiraling unemployment, the anger building to explosive levels. And so you started treating the place with the same disdain; what was the point of throwing an empty cigarette packet in a bin if the bin was going to be thrown through the off-licence window later in the day? 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. Dammers recalls: "Terry was given to performing with his back to the audience. The riots were more than a collection of urban disturbances, they were a media flashpoint that drew international attention to the huge rift in ideologies between the left and the right in the country, as well as the gap between perception and reality in terms of how the government were coping with the economy. This article includes content provided by Spotify. So the levels of anger were huge. Jerry Dammers has hit out at the Specials reunion, claiming he's been driven out of the band. And it's nothing compared to the sacrifices the people in South Africa made to fight apartheid.". Its strange times.. No, really. Ghost Town was obviously referencing the situation. Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers (born 22 May 1955) is a British musician who is a founder, keyboard player and primary songwriter of the Coventry, England, based ska revival band The Specials, The Special A.K.A. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. RICO RODRIGUEZ Deceased 4th September 2015. I think he hid that a bit in his statement. Terry Hall reacts to main songwriter's statement. I was thinking about Ghost Town the other day as I walked home, lost in reverie, but oh-so-aware of everything around me. Discover Jerry Dammers's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Jerry Dammers Spatial AKA Orchestra. Read those below. Dammers was born in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, South India, as the son of Horace Dammers, the Dean of Bristol Cathedral from 1973 to 1987. Join Facebook to connect with Jerry Dammers and others you may know. She gives the civil servants hell, said one observer soon after she became prime minister. Cars blazing, people running everywhere, while another said it was like Beirut, not London. Who died out of The Specials? Jerry Dammers is born Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers on 22 May 1955 in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, South India. Of course large-scale investments would have helped Brixton, although the more disquiet there was, the more unlikely any investment seemed. C'est un homme au destin exceptionnel qui s'est teint le 5 novembre dernier Johannesburg. 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. Its only the most extreme people who appear to still be out there. Quotation Biography. [23], In December 2021, a commemorative plaque was affixed to the house where the former Woodbine Street recording studio was located. And no, I couldn't come up with an answer. A little more give and take and a few more people skills, it could have definitely worked out better.. Musician and arranger Delia Derbyshire, who died in 2001 and musician Ray King were also honoured with plaques. Beyond our punky start on stage, it was in the studio with Elvis Costello producing, where Terry was able to sing quietly, that I think his hidden strength came out, a delivery which brought out the melancholy in some of The Specials songs, and which I think a lot of people could relate to. The record companies were happy to leave two-tones problems behind.. [12][13], Collins took a recording of the separate tracks back to his home in Tottenham in north London where he spent three weeks mixing the song. 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. 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'. Oct 18 2019. We will try to find the right answer to this particular crossword clue. 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. No noise. [2] Jerry Dammers attended King Henry VIII School, Coventry. And it wasnt quiet, so much as mute. He left India at the age of 2, first living in Coventry, then moving to Sheffield at the age of 10. The worlds defining voice in music and pop culture: breaking whats new and whats next since 1952. Jerry Dammers. Many consider The Specials' Ghost Town, with its depiction of poverty and injustice in Thatcher's Britain, the song of the 1980s. I even sat through some of the tortuous recording of the 1985 album In The Studio by The Special AKA (as The Specials morphed into), containing Jerrys defining moment, the monumentally influential Free Nelson Mandela. Since the song had no proper beginning or ending during recording at Woodbine Street, Collins recreated the idea of fading in over a sound effect, which he had used previously on "Lift Off", the B-side of "At the Club". Terrible news to hear this. Jerry Dammers is a British musician who is a founder, keyboard player and primary songwriter of the Coventry, England, based ska revival band The Specials, The Special A.K.A. And I was thinking why doesn't anyone produce something equally as strong for Assange today? 'Ghost Town' wasn't a free-for-all jam session. Dammers was born in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, South India, the son of Horace Dammers who was later Dean of Bristol Cathedral from 1973 to 1987. With all the original members, too, strangely apart from the drummer, who had no doubt died in a bizarre gardening accident in what the rest of the band at the time thought was a misguided, if not completely unfunny, homage to Spinal Tap. Jungle Music (1982) by Rico Rodriguez and The Special AKA Producer credit: Jerry Dammers. Born 22 May 1955 in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, South India. The news comes three months after the death of the bands trombonist, Rico Rodriguez. . He ran off with it, but then as soon as he passed an off licence, he stopped, turned around and then threw it through the window. He also founded 2 Tone Records. The flat was right behind the Ritzy cinema, just off Coldharbour Lane, a first-floor, two-bedroomed housing association flat that backed on to a small courtyard and faced Brixtons Front Line. Hes fucking missing out. Spotify. You could see that frustration and anger in the audience. Contents Paul morley talks to jerry dammers 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. Rest in power Terry Hall.". I could see them then trying to form the words that would make me understand what they had just asked me. Real name Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers Born May 22, 1955 Country United Kingdom IPI . Whatcha Talking 'Bout by Musical Youth (1983) Fine Style by Dr. Echo and DJ Reverend (1994) was covered in. I saw it develop from a boom town, my family doing very well, through to the collapse of the industry and the bottom falling out of family life. In the end I spent most of the day there, doing emails, making more video calls and mostly cancelling things. 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. Madness also paid tribute to Prince Buster by using the title of his single "Madness" for their name and on their first . Thank you very much for buying this selection of represses from some of the original seven inch singles released on the 2 Tone label between 1979 and 1984. Free Nelson Mandela. There were 45 injuries to members of the public and nearly 300 to the police; more than 5,000 rioters were involved, many of who had simply come out to fight, as they had nothing better to do and nowhere better to do it. He was butchered to death. It seems fitting that Dammers should receive an award named after Oliver Tambo, who was president of the African National Congress while in exile from South Africa. He nicked as many bottles of booze as he could carry. Wrong!'"[4]. Meta. In South London, conflict gave an edge to every transaction in a corner shop, every late-night walk home from the Underground. [15][16] "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" was written by lead singer Terry Hall and describes a mundane night out in Coventry. Free Nelson Mandela. These were small gangs, little groups of boys who had grown up together, becoming disenfranchised together. Not a well-known name to many. She was, though, when she claimed that money couldnt buy either trust or racial harmony. It was our version of gallows' humour, as we were no longer surprised by break-ins, muggings or harassment from the locals. He felt that there was something very, very wrong affecting the country. Speaking ahead of the newly . 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. Im not a perfectionist but I want this to be good. "What made 2-Tone different to everything else at that time was that Jerry directed all the visuals," confirms Storey. Even though the polices stop and search powers were about to be curtailed by a government who could see that they werent working, many in the force had become almost institutionalised, especially in their attitudes towards black youth. The mixed racial make-up of The Specials - and most of the other bands on the 2 Tone label - was a deliberate and provocative . They originally met when she directed the video for his 1997 single Ballad Of A Landlord, but. Riot City. [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. The aural landscape is so vast that each member sounds disconnected from the next, says Dorian Lynskey, in his history of protest songs, 33 Revolutions Per Minute. The looters concentrated on the electrical shops, on the ghetto blasters, television sets and radios. However, it was to come sooner than anyone thought, as Tesco bought a site on Acre Lane the day after the 1985 riots. He left India at the age of 2, first living in Coventry, then moving to Sheffield at the age of 10. Added by koan Managed by Isa. Here are the possible solutions for "The ____, English ska revival band founded in 1977 by Jerry Dammers" clue. 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. Now I was attuned to everything, including the sound of looters breaking in through the front door of our building. Ghost Town, though, felt properly revolutionary, the kind of record that no one had the right to expect anymore. Specials drummer John Bradbury dies. Ghost Town. You got to free. However, Dammers issued a statement in December denying this, claiming that The Specials had driven him out of the planned reunion. That honesty is heard in so many of his songs in joy and sorrow. I told him, philately will get you nowhere!" The writer: Ghost Town was written by Jerry Dammers. The founder of The Specials and 2 Tone, Jerry Dammers, has moved his Spatial AKA Orchestra on some way from its beginnings as a tribute to maverick jazz musician Sun Ra. [13], The three songs for the single were recorded over ten days in April 1981 in two separate sessions at Woodbine Street: seven days from 3 to 9 April and then a further three days from 15 to 17 April. Dammers's politics dovetailed with his musical aspirations. Racial tension was high, as the Afro-Caribbean community felt victimised. Then, a few weeks later, in Toxteth, came the predictable sequel, followed by copycat riots in Southall, Moss Side, St Pauls, Handsworth and Chapeltown, in Leeds. To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. 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. He then ran away, leaving the camera behind. Back in 1981, walking around Electric Avenue and Atlantic Road after the first nights disturbance was nothing if not surreal. He is famous for founding 2 Tone Records and having his masterful skills on turntables and keyboards. The ghost town is theirs to haunt., When I think about Ghost Town I think about Coventry, said the bands drummer, John Bradbury, who grew up in the city. The worst were in Brixton, on 10-12 April. Werent they just. As the studio was so small, each band member recorded their part separately, adding to the sense of separateness; and when they were together, there was bickering, scowling. Coventry, The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum. The streets werent just empty of people, they were empty of life. In the days after the first riot, Brixton was a binary postcode: furious and violent at night and completely empty and silent during the day. Everywhere there was tension. The Specials & 2 Tone Records founder Jerry Dammers, who didn't take part in band's reunion, wrote, "Terrys death is very shocking, horrible and tragic news," continuing, "Terry was so young and I feel very sad. I said he was very funny and they looked at me like I hadnt heard the question. Brads drumming was the powerhouse behind the Specials, and it was seen as a key part to the 2 Tone sound. We havent changed that much, we still take the piss out of each other, theres an understanding that hasnt gone away. The band had already had huge success as the standard-bearers of the multiracial 2 Tone organisation (which included the likes of Madness, The Selector and The Beat) and had had hits with Gangsters, A Message To You Rudy and Rat Race, among others. "[21] The song created resentment in Coventry where residents angrily rejected the characterisation of the city as a town in decline. Ghost Town initiated a strand of spooked British pop that has lived on in Tricky and Portisheads trip-hop and the dubstep of Burial and James Blake.. The Specials are due to play a series of 30th anniversary gigs in the spring of 2009, with the tour being billed as a full reunion. He has hours of material in the can, as he says, but needs time to get it into shape. [12][13] Following further conversations with Dammers, Collins travelled up from his home in London to meet the Specials at their rehearsal studio and agreed to produce their new single. He also founded 2 Tone Records. 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. [3], The song's sparse lyric alludes to urban decay, unemployment and violence in inner cities. Jerry David Hounsell Dammers was born in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India in May 1955. We were touring, so we saw a lot of it. The record does not so much end as lose the will to go on, sinking back into the fog. At which point, the only honourable thing to do is shut up and move away., Massive Attack wrote, "The protest soundtrack to our youth & the blueprint of our band. We were watching a live TV broadcast of the Brixton riots and saw this bloke smash a camera shop window and grab the biggest camera he could find, which looked like a Nikon with a motor drive, says my friend Chris Sullivan, the former owner of the Wag Club. And if you looked carefully, you would have seen that The Specials were back too, churning out the old hits as though they were a human jukebox. Just over 30 years ago, in March 1984, Jerry Dammers released Free Nelson Mandela with his band the Special AKA, and this straightforward, cheerful but angry demand for the release of South Africa's most celebrated political prisoner became a top 10 hit in the UK, a bestseller across Europe and a no 1 in New Zealand. While punk was largely a cultural insurrection, repeatedly using thematic working-class imagery the brutalist modern tower block being the most obvious manifestation of this, a symbol of post-war progress that very quickly became a totem of social deprivation Ghost Town was a direct response to the urban distress that The Specials leader, Jerry Dammers, saw around him. "It was inspired by what we saw touring," recalls The Specials' founder and song writer Jerry Dammers . But a wicked sense of humour. . He was much respected in the world of drumming, and his style of reggae and ska was seen as genuinely ground-breaking when the Specials first hit the charts in 1979, the statement continued. Founder of Two-Tone Records and core member of The Specials. Jerry Dammers experimented with lounge-noir on their second album, causing intra-band friction. The Specials ' founder Jerry Dammers has revealed to Uncut that he recorded new Specials material with original members Horace Painter and Lynval Golding in 2003. Jerry Dammers: How The 'Devil's Chord' Split The Specials In an exclusive MOJO interview, the architect of 2 Tone reveals how violence at the Ghost Town sessions finished off the group. 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). The shots of the band in the car were achieved by attaching a camera to the bonnet using a rubber sucker: Panter recalled that at one point the camera fell off (briefly seen in the finished video at 1:18) and scratched the car's paintwork, to the displeasure of the car's owner. Hall has now reacted to Dammers claims, saying he was involved in initial plans for the reunion and said he has no idea why he didnt want to be part of the band. Scroll Down and find everything about the Jerry Dammers you need to know, latest relationships update, Family and how qualified he is. More importantly, it was heard in South Africa where it was banned but became an anthem in the fight against apartheid. And breaking that silence wasnt just the sound of petrol bombs and broken glass, it was the sound of Ghost Town by the architects of the recent two-tone revolution, The Specials. 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. [4] In response to the linking of the song to these events, singer Terry Hall said, "When we recorded 'Ghost Town', we were talking about [1980]'s riots in Bristol and Brixton. Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers GCOT (born 22 May 1955) is a British musician who is a founder, keyboard player and primary songwriter of the Coventry, England, based ska revival band The Specials, The Special A.K.A. There was also a growing sense that the Tories had no understanding of, and no pastoral interest in, the have-nots under their care, those who hadnt wouldnt benefit from financial deregulation, privatisation or Thatchers changes to the welfare state. [14] During this period Hall, Staple, Golding and Dammers all turned up at the house at various times to add further vocals. I was thinking about Jerry Dammers recently. [2] The song spent three weeks at number one and 11 weeks in total in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. 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. The gentrification of London was continuing at an unusually fast pace, one that reflected the new money swirling around and rushing into the city and the way in which it was being used as an architectural hothouse; but what was rarely discussed was the divisive way in which we were all now being forced to live, the rich rubbing up against the poor and neither of them appreciating it very much. Living in London you certainly got the feeling you were somehow living under siege. My thoughts are with all his family.. You got . It is arguably one of the most effective political songs in pop history. [Terry] Halls chirpy memories of the good old days, Rico Rodriguezs long elegiac trombone solo and that ghastly chorus of taunting wraiths. Turns out when he opened it up to do some repairs on the 1966 organ, he discovered service notes from 30+ years ago that led him to believe that he might indeed be in possession of Dammers iconic instrument. He is known for establishing 2 Tone Records and his amazing skills on turntables and consoles. The car industry was closing down in Coventry. Having no safety net meant we encouraged each other to be more entrepreneurial than perhaps we would have been otherwise, although none of us were the kind of people who would have pursued jobs for life. Ils se sont mme parls ! Born in India, but raised in . They streamed into the four ground-floor flats and took anything they wanted that they could carry (again, audio equipment, vinyl, TVs). 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