Too much too young

The Specials broke up acrimoniously after hitting big with Ghost Town in 1981. Now they’ve reformed, says Ed Power

The Specials have known each other since their teens. Only Jerry Dammers has not returned to the fold..

LIKE many of the bands that have reformed in recent years, the reunion of English ska-punk legends The Specials has involved ‘group therapy’. If ever there was a band that had wounds to lick, it was The Specials, who split up acrimoniously in the summer of 1981.