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The Specials

In music week  5 Red is focusing on The Specials. Today we used our research and retrieval skills to find facts about the band to create fact files and informative posters.

When did the band start? 

Who  are the founding members?

How many albums have they made?

How did the politics of 1980’s shape the poems written by The Specials?

 

 

7 responses to “The Specials”

  1. Callum D.

    1) They Started In 1977.
    2)The Founding Members Are John Bradbury,Edgidio Newton, Stan Campbell,Coran Wheeler,Gary Mcmuns.
    3)They’ve Made 40 Albums And The Latest One Is The Encore.
    4)They Shaped It Because The Govenment Lied To Them And Stole Their Money.

  2. Yusra M.

    1) The band started in 1977.
    2) The founding members of The Specials are Dammer, Tim Strickland, Lynval Golding, Silverton Hutchinson and Horace Panter.
    3) In total, The Specials have made 40 albums.
    4) Politics shaped their songs because they cut factory funds, leading to a higher unemployment rate, which means people were poor. They took all of the money to themselves without caring about others. Songs you can find about this are Vote for Me, Ghost town and Rat Race.

  3. Samantha N.

    The band started in the 1977.
    They made 40 albums in total.
    The most popular song was ‘Ghost Town’.
    The founding members are Gary Mcmuns, Jerry Dammers, John Shipley and more

  4. Sarina A.

    1)They started at 1977
    2)The founding members are Egidio Newton
    Rico Rodriguez Stan Campbell Coran Wheeler
    John Shipley Nigel Reeve Rhoda Dakar John Bradbury and
    Gary mcmnus
    3) They have made 40 albums
    4) The politics shaped the pope as they were cutting down allowances and shops and factory ‘s had to close down and more then 60 percent had no jobs.

  5. Sabirin D.

    The banded started 1977.
    They have made 40 albums
    The founding members are Egidio Newton
    Rico Rodriguez Stan Campbell Coran Wheeler
    John Shipley Nigel Reeve Rhoda Dakar John Bradbury and
    Gary Mcmuns.

  6. Yumna M.

    The band started in
    They made 40 albums including there newest one
    The most popular song was Ghost town
    The politics shaped the pope as they were cutting down allowances and shops and factory’s had to close down and more than 16 percent had no jobs. It was very hard for teenagers to find jobs.m

  7. Aiva G.

    They have made 39 albums . The most popular of all is the song ghost town. Thank you I really appreciated this day

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