The Specials

His distinctively dour voice can be heard on hits like Ghost Town, Gangsters and Too Much, Too Young.

I spent the time trying to figure out how not to die." I wasn't comfortable with any of them so I became the singer." "He worked in a stamp shop" the musician told Mojo magazine. "I was abducted, taken to France and sexually abused for four days," he told The Spectator in 2019. "They didn't seem like they could play very well either, so the thing was to form a band then work it out. "When we picked up a gold disc for Ghost Town, I felt really bad about it," he said. "His music and his performances encapsulated the very essence of life… "I spent around three months trying to figure out what was going on. If you have a story suggestion email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). "We fronted The Specials and Fun Boy Three together, making history. I just sat on my bed rocking for eight months." "And then punched in the face and left on the roadside."

Terry Hall, the lead singer of ska-punk band the Specials, has died after a "brief illness" at age 63.

“Gutted to hear of the passing of #terryhall. “The Special’s third album — 38 years since the last one, More Specials — is well timed,” the review states. “His music and his performances encapsulated the very essence of life… He formed Fun Boy Three with Neville Staple of the Specials and The Go-Gos’ Jane Wiedlin after their departure from Specials in 1981. “Terry was a wonderful husband and father and one of the kindest, funniest, and most genuine of souls,” the note continued. On Monday, the band released a statement on social media informing fans that the musician had died after a “brief illness,” though more details were not made available.

The band's albums were landmarks of the interracial '2-tone' scene that swept England and beyond in the late '70s and early '80s.

“Terry was a wonderful husband and father and one of the kindest, funniest, and most genuine of souls. His music and his performances encapsulated the very essence of life… Terry Hall, frontman for the English ska-punk band the Specials, has died.

Terry Hall, lead singer of the English 2 tone and ska revival band The Specials, has died.

The band, also known for its staunch opposition of racial injustice, frequently commented on politics and social reform in England and beyond. The Specials are known for tracks including “Gangsters” and “Ghost Town,” the latter of which remained at No. The post called Hall “our beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country has ever produced,” going on to say that “his music and his performances encapsulated the very essence of life…

Terry Hall, the singer of the influential English ska band The Specials, has died. As confirmed by the band, Hall's death followed a brief illness.

With classics like “Ghost Town” and “Doesn’t Make It Right,” the band captured the “impending doom” that was Britain in the early 80s, and it resonated with angry, disaffected, and marginalized people around the world. Hall dropped out of school at 14 and found himself in the English punk scene, joining a band called the Squad. Though Hall did not partake in the first Specials reunion between 1993 and 1998, he rejoined the group in 2008. The band broke up shortly after the success of “Ghost Town,” and Hall formed Fun Ball Three and, later, The Colourfield. “At 12, I got abducted by a pedophile ring in France, and that was a real eye-opener,” Terry Hall, the singer of the influential English ska band The Specials, has died.

Terry Hall, the lead singer of the Specials, died at the age of 63 following a brief illness, according to the band's social media posts.

“’Love Love Love’,” the band’s statement concluded. The band’s final record with Hall, “Protest Songs 1924-2012,” was released in 2021. Their other notable songs included the cover “A Message to You, Rudy” and “Doesn’t Make it Alright.”

London (AP) -- Musician Terry Hall, who helped create of the defining sounds of post-punk Britain as lead singer of The Specials, has died. He was 63.

Terry Hall, the frontman for English ska-New Wave band the Specials, has died at 63 after 'a brief illness.'

[also noted that the Go-Go's](https://twitter.com/belindacarlisle/status/1604993543759503365) are "forever bound in music history" with Hall. Fun Boy Three originally recorded the song, but Wiedlen, who had a fling with Hall, [told songwriter website Songfacts.com](https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/jane-wiedlin-from-the-go-gos) that Fun Boy Three’s was “a lot gloomier than the Go-Go’s version.” and Europe in the 1980s alongside like-minded outfits Madness and the English Beat, with songs including “Gangsters,” “A Message to You, Rudy” and “Ghost Town” among their darkly springy hits. In 1984, the Specials’ “Free Nelson Mandela” reached No. [English singer-songwriter-activist Billy Bragg](https://twitter.com/billybragg/status/1604989343218929664) posted a tribute, writing that the band, “were a celebration of how British culture was envigorated by Caribbean immigration” and Hall’s performances “a reminder that they were in the serious business of challenging our perception of who we were in the late 1970s.” [with guitarist Jane Wiedlin](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/10/26/go-gos-reflect-legacy-rock-and-roll-hall-fame-induction-foo-fighters-jay-z-carole-king-tina-tuner/8544035002/) after the all-girl band supported the Specials on a 1980 tour of England.

Hits like Ghost Town, Gangsters and Too Much Too Young soundtracked British life in the late 1970s and early 80s. Tributes came from UB40, Boy George and Elvis ...

[Dexy's Midnight Runners said](https://twitter.com/DexysOfficial/status/1605027233101647873) they were "very sorry and shocked to hear the sad news about the lovely, and brilliant Terry Hall". [The Proclaimers described him](https://twitter.com/The_Proclaimers/status/1605170152840261632) as "a quite brilliant, singer, songwriter and lyricist with profound humanity". [Former Bros singer Matt Goss said](https://twitter.com/mattgoss/status/1604986163441598464) The Specials were very important because they "made you feel alive" and Ghost Town was "a masterpiece". "And [they] turned us on to a trend that was an all encompassing movement of music and fashion SKA!!... It was a horrible time to be in the city but they gave us hope. That was the thing that it was. Carole Donnelly, a friend of Hall's, told BBC Radio 5 Live: "He was kind, witty, but a very shy man. Bringing the idiosyncratic and ironic songs to life beautifully." Together with the band, he was very vocal about racism and injustice in general," he added. Take care on the steps above young man." "There was so much turmoil going on in the country at that time… [Leftfield wrote on Twitter](https://twitter.com/Leftfield/status/1604981531818213377) that Hall was "such an amazing singer", adding: "He sang about real people and real issues.

Musician Terry Hall, who helped create of the defining sounds of post-punk Britain as lead singer of The Specials, has died. He was 63.

The Specials would stage a 30th-anniversary tour in 2009 and in 2019 released an album of new material, Encore, which became the band's first U.K. Hall told Uncut magazine in 2019 he was heartened by the reception the band had received after regrouping. Hall and Dammers gave conflicting accounts in the press as to why breach occurred after they had gathered for rehearsals. Hall joined the band that would become The Specials in the English Midlands city of Coventry in the late 1970s, a time of racial tension, economic gloom and urban unrest. Gutted to hear of the passing of #terryhall. In North America, they were perhaps best known for their cover of the 1960s Dandy Livingstone song A Message To You, Rudy.

Les vétérans du ska anglais ont annoncé la disparition de leur voix emblématique à l'âge de 63 ans.

"Sa musique et ses performances enrobaient la véritable essence de la vie... Né en 1959 et originaire lui-même de Coventry, Terry Hall avait rejoint très vite ce groupe en devenir à la fin des années 70 avant de connaitre le succès en 1981 avec l’emblématique Ghost Town qui se classa plusieurs semaines en tête des ventes au Royaume-Uni. Icône du mouvement britannique Rock Against Racism de la fin des années 70, le groupe anglais s’était fait le témoin d'un pays rongé par le chômage, la violence et le racisme avec son damier noir et blanc, symbole d'unité dans le melting-pot anglais et ses hymnes ska : Gangsters, A message to You Rudy, ou encore Too Much Too Young.

Le chanteur Britannique Terry Hall, membre du groupe de ska The Specials, est décédé à l'âge de 63 ans, ont annoncé ses camarades de scène, sur les réseaux ...

Parmi les différents succès rencontrés en tant que membre de The Specials, Terry Hall aura marqué l'histoire de la musique du Royaume-Uni avec le titre Ghost Town, sortie en 1981, et qui s'est classé au top des ventes durant plusieurs semaines. [Sa musique ](https://www.programme-tv.net/news/musique/)et ses performances résument l'essence même de la vie… [groupe britannique The Specials](https://www.programme-tv.net/tag/groupe/), avec Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding, Roddy Radiation et Horace Panter, créé à la fin des années 70.

Chanteur du légendaire groupe de ska, le musicien britannique est mort ce 19 décembre à l'âge de 63 ans.

Rage Against the Machine ou encore Elvis Costello ont partagé leur tristesse, ce dernier rappelant que “la voix de Terry était l’instrument parfait pour les chansons vraies et nécessaires de The Specials. Terry quittait souvent la scène à la fin des spectacles de The Specials, où la vie était affirmée, avec trois mots… Dans la suite du communiqué, ses camarades partagent leur tristesse : “Il manquera profondément à tous ceux qui l’ont connu et aimé et laisse derrière lui le cadeau de sa musique remarquable et de sa profonde humanité.

Le musicien britannique Terry Hall, chanteur principal du groupe The Specials, est mort à l'âge de 63 ans.

Plusieurs des membres originaux de The Specials ont organisé en 2009 une tournée 30e anniversaire. Elle a indiqué qu’il est mort des suites d’une brève maladie. Les membres ont aussi parlé de Hall comme étant « un mari et un père merveilleux et l’une des âmes les plus gentilles, les plus drôles et les plus authentiques.

Terry Hall, the frontman of ska band The Specials, has passed away aged 63. His former bandmates and those in the industry have paid tribute.

Terry often left the stage at the end of The Specials’ life-affirming shows with three words… “Terry was a wonderful husband and father and one of the kindest, funniest, and most genuine of souls. “He will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him and leaves behind the gift of his remarkable music and profound humanity.

Les membres du groupe de ska britannique The Specials ont annoncé lundi soir sur les réseaux sociaux que leur chanteur, Terry Hall, était décédé .

Après avoir quitté le groupe en 1981, Terry Hall a formé Fun Boy Three avec Neville Staple et Lynval Golding. Terry était un mari et un père merveilleux, l’une des âmes les plus gentilles, les plus drôles et les plus authentiques. Ils avaient sorti, en 2019, un nouvel album, Encore.