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The Specials took politics into pop like no band before or since
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The Specials documentary brings early 1980s back to life in all its riot-torn horror
Director Joe Connor’s film for Sky Arts is the place to go for a straight-up tribute to a band that brought politics into British pop like no other before or since. The Specials, a seven-strong band of black and white musicians, were the original rockers against racism, only in their case it wasn’t rock playing but a mix of punk, reggae and ska.

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