1981 riot in Coventry
1981 saw a riot in Coventry over racism attended by boxer Errol Christie while The Specials played a gig of unity at The Butts stadium
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Neville Staple at a book signing in 2009 for Original Rude Boy
Neville Staple at book signing in 2009 for Original Rude Boy
Neville Staple joins The Specials
Tony McMahon co-wrote the biography of Neville Staple of The Specials titled Original Rude Boy published by Aurum Press in 2009
Greenham Common, CND and no nukes
The early 1980s saw a surge in anti-nuclear protest with the Greenham Common peace camp, CND and a movement against nukes
Dead Kennedys and Governor Jerry Brown
California Über Alles was an American punk onslaught by The Dead Kennedys on Democrat governor Jerry Brown in 1979
Neville Staple biography reviewed in the Huffington Post
Original Rude Boy is the biography of Neville Staple front man in The Specials and the book was co-authored with Tony McMahon
Record Mirror front covers from the late 70s
Record Mirror had some amazing front covers in the late 70s with pop stars like Siouxsie Sioux and Debbie Harry
The Queen shot at in 1981
An incident you may have forgotten or been unaware of – but back in 1981, Her Majesty The Queen was shot at several times during the annual Trooping Of The Colour. In those days, the Queen rode side saddle down the Mall from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards Parade and that’s when an unemployed military…