Terry Hall, the lead singer of ska-punk band the Specials and a defining voice in British music history, has died at age 63. According to an emotional post on the band's Instagram page, Hall died ...

Terry Hall, frontman of the Specials, the British ska band that blended pub-fight energy with socially conscious lyrics that explored the political and racial tensions of Britain in the late 1970s and ...

Terry Hall, who fronted the groundbreaking British ska-punk band the Specials and went on to a noteworthy career in his other bands and as a songwriter and collaborator, died on Dec. 18. He was 63. On ...

A new generation of ska-punk bands has a message for you, Rudy, and it’s all about unity. Embracing the 80s British ska scene’s politically charged idealism while taking musical inspiration from 90s ...

The British ska-revival band The Selecter formed in the late 1970s, playing what can be described as rock fused with calypso and American jazz. Much of what set the band apart was its charismatic lead ...

In 1992 — well after ska music’s 2 Tone era — no one could’ve told The Miggedys lead singer Tricia Lynn Gonzales there was a seedy underbelly to the music that saved her world. She was 17, and the ...

“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing, following a brief illness, of Terry, our beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country ...

The Specials remembered Hall as a "beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country has ever produced." Joey Nolfi is a senior writer at ...

Founder and lead vocalist of British ska-punk band the Specials, Terry Hall, has died at age 63 after a battle with a “brief illness.” After forming the group in 1977, the Specials saw a peak in ...

Terry Hall, the longtime voice of legendary ska group The Specials has died after what the band termed a brief illness. He was 63. Hall and the Specials reached their widest appeal with the haunting, ...