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poster design: Daniel Robson
On October 31st 2010 The Selecter returned to the live arena to celebrate the
30th anniversary of
their seminal debut album, ‘Too Much Pressure’, by performing the whole
album live at the “Sinners Day Festival”, Ethias Stadium, Hasselt,
Belgium. A highly successful capacity audience was treated to the same
adventure at Bloomsbury Ballroom in London on Nov 13th 2010.
“Too Much Pressure” released by this important and influential
band in Feb 1980 remains a classic touchstone for a generation of Ska
lovers and the band are excited to announce they will be playing the
album in its entirety plus a selection of other much loved Selecter
tracks & some new surprises in 2011.
Mixing punk, ska and reggae, ‘Too Much Pressure’
successfully reflected
the social and political issues of the early Thatcher years in Britain
and gave a voice to disaffected youth across the racial divide.
These 2011 shows will see the band fronted by the original singing
duo of the female icon of the 2-tone era
Pauline Black &
'DeKilla' himself,
Arthur 'Gaps' Hendrickson. Classic hits like
‘Three Minute Hero’, ‘Missing Words’, 'On My Radio','James Bond'
and of course
‘Too Much Pressure’
will be joined by new songs, the first of which
'Big In The Body, Small In The Mind',
is due for release as a download single on May 30th, thus heralding the return of one of the most vital, visceral and
important Ska acts ever, who promise to deliver stunning 'live' performances for both old and new
2-tone fans.
Band Line-up:
Lead Vox: Pauline Black
Lead Vox: Arthur “Gaps” Hendrickson
Drums: Winston Marche
Guitar: Anthony Harty
Keyboards: Greg Coulson
Bass: John Thompson
Horns: Neil Pyzer & Orlando LaRose
Further info:
Definitive Band History
Interesting Fact:
Excerpt from a biography of John Lennon, "The Last Days Of John Lennon",
written by his butler/chauffeur, Frederic Seaman in Sept 1991:
" sitting at the black upright piano, Yoko mumbled the lyrics to her
song as John played the melody on the white grand. Soon, he winced and
motioned her to stop. Insisting that the song required a "lively
backbeat" to compensate for its lack of melodic variety, John suggested
trying a ska beat. he asked me to bring him a tape of The Selecter, a
British ska groupl that we had listened to on Long Island. I scrambled
to make a cassette copy of the Selecter album in the kitchen.
When I brought John the Selecter tape, he played it at loud volume,
while fiddling with his drum machine, attempting to duplicate the
frenetic beat of a song titled "Too Much Pressure". John napped his
fingers and tried desperately to sell Yoko on the idea of incorporating
the fast tempo into her song, but she would not hear of it. She demanded
that John turn off the tape player and rhythm box. Gnashing his teeth in
frustration, John complied."
Contacts for The Selecter: Zac
Peters
Company: Midnight Mango Productions, The Old
Stables, Spring Farm, Moorlinch, Bridgewater, Somerset, TA7 9DD
E mail:
zac@midnightmango.co.uk
Tel: +44(0)7837681905
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