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In 1976, Dave Freeman, Joe Hughes, and Neil O’Connor, as well as a string of unnamed drummers, were the Coventry-based Midnight Circus, becoming the Flys after Pete Ruler, brother from the band’s supervisor, joined up with up. An intro towards the Damned (musically) as well as the Buzzcocks (individually) offered …

True innovators from the punk era, the Special offers began the English ska revival craze, combining the highly danceable ska and rocksteady master with punk’s energy and attitude, and dealing with a more concentrated and informed politics and interpersonal stance than their predecessors and peers. The music group was originally …