Having endured tough formative years in Coventry, Hall is easily recognized as a defining voice of '80s flip-pop
Having endured tough formative years in Coventry, Hall is easily recognized as a defining voice of '80s flip-pop
enduring British decadence and disenfranchised teenagers with the band Terry Hall, lead singer and former
member of the Specials. Fun Boy Three and the Colorfield, 63, has died, his bandmates have singled out.
It is with exquisite disappointment that we announce the passing of Terry, after a short illness, our first-rate
friend, brother and of direction deeply seemed as one in every of America's finest singer-songwriters
the band tweeted.. "Terry proved to be a wonderful husband and father and the kindest, funniest and most
righteous soul around. His songs and performances captured the essence of life...joy, pain, humor, stopping
for justice, but most of all love." The band asked Hall's personal family to respect privacy. Neville Staple,
Hall's bandmate of The Special and Fun Boy 3, said he was "deeply saddened" by the news. "We knew
Terry was sick but didn't realize how bad it was until recently," she wrote "We've got a few tune-ups
together for 2023. It's painful and must be particularly tough on Terry's partner and family." Hall joined
the first incarnation of the Specials – then known as the Automatics – in 1977 after Coventry band-turned-singer
Tim Strickland formed the Coventry Autos, known as the Specials a.k.a. The Specials rose to
prominence as pioneer band 2 Tone led by Joe Strummer who invited Reportedly, The Clash would be
managed by Lee and BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel. They released their first single in 1979, Gangsters