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The Specials' Roddy Radiation and his band the Skabilly Rebels perform "Concrete Jungle" Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz.
20 de dic. de 2022 · The Specials’ recording career came to a violent end when the ska-punk wizards' guitarist, Roddy “Radiation” Byers, was unable to play the haunting chords in their swansong hit Ghost Town, according to band founder Jerry Dammers.MOJO 258, with Blur cover, available in the UK from Tuesday, March 31. “Ghost Town contained the dreaded ...
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Roddy Radiation Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More | AllMusic. Roddy Radiation. Follow Artist +. The son of a soul band trumpeter, Roddy "Radiation" Byers' first instrument was trombone, before he switched to guitar at 13 and began the traditional apprenticeship through the local, Coventry,…. Read Full Biography.
Roddy Byers- I listened to Bob Marley and some Dub stuff in the mid 70,s but I didn’t really listen to Ska. Who influenced and made you want to take up the guitar? RB- Well I liked the Monkees when I was 12 yrs then went on to Jimi Hendrix, but Keith Richards and Johnny Thunders were the ones for me later.
The Skabilly Rebels, usually billed as "Roddy Radiation & The Skabilly Rebels", are an English band formed in 2003 by Roddy Radiation, formerly of The Specials, and Sam Smith, who had previously worked together in rockabilly band The Bonediggers.The band is based in Coventry, England.Their songs, all written by Radiation, are a hybrid of ska and rockabilly music styles.
