2 Tone ska group formed in 1979 in Coventry, England. The original band split up in 1981 after releasing their second album.
In 1991 Neol Davies and Pauline Black reformed The Selecter with new musicians and toured with the classic repertoire. Two years later Neol Davis left, leaving Pauline Black leading The Selecter through the 90's up to 2004 aided by original Producer Roger Lomas.
In 2010 Davies started a new band and performing as 'Neol Davies aka The Selecter' while Pauline Black reunited with Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson recorded a new Selecter album, 'Made In Britain' and started touring again up to the present. Less

The Specials (originally known as The Coventry Automatics, then later named The Special AKA) were the first band of the 2-Tone era in the late '70s and early '80s in Britain. Led musically by keyboardist Jerry Dammers, the band also comprised Terry Hall (lead vox), Neville Staple (vox/percussion), Lynval Golding (rhythm gtr/vox), Roddy "Radiation" Byers (lead gtr), Sir Horace Gentleman (aka Horace Panter; bass), and John Bradbury (drums). From 1979 to 1981, they released seven singles, two of which ("Too Much Too Young" & "Ghost Town") got to #1. By the time "Ghost Town" reached UK#1 on July 11, 1981 amidst massive street violence in the UK's major cities, The Specials had split. Jerry Dammers and John Bradbury continued under the name The Special AKA until 1985, as did Horace Panter to a certain extent. Roddy Byers left but made a guest appearance on one single, and Terry Hall, Neville Staple, and Lynval Golding formed Fun Boy Three. Less