Two-tone ska legends the Specials are closer to reforming their original lineup than they have been in 25 years, according to their frontman Terry Hall. In a recent interview with BBC 6 Music, he said, "People keep offering us money all the time, and you try and be polite, but you have to say no matter how much money you've got that won't make us do it. We'll only do something if we feel it's right. I mean this is the closest we've been in 25 years to maybe doing something, but maybe not what's expected, I don't know."
Another version of the band previously reunited in 1993 to back up Desmond Dekker on his album of ska covers, King Of Kings. As previously reported, Dekker died last week at his home in England at age 64.
The Specials formed in Coventry, England in 1977. They enjoyed success with their first album, The Specials, which was produced by Elvis Costello, and had a number one hit with "Ghost Town" in 1981. After the single was released, Terry Hall, Neville Staple, Roddy Radiation and Lynval Golding officially left the Specials, and Jerry Dammers was left to contemplate the future of the band. Through the decline of the second wave of ska in the '80s the band went through many configurations, like the Special AKA, and, at one point, even joined with The Beat to form the Special Beat in the early '90s. These various incarnations released Today's Specials (1996,) Guilty Til Proved Innocent! (1998) and Skinhead Girl (2000). If the original 1977 members reunite, it would be the first time they recorded together in 25 years.
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