Roddy Radiation & The Skabilly Rebels

Due to overwhelming popular demand, Shenanigans Music are delighted to announce the return to Stourbridge of Roddy Radiation & The Skabilly Rebels. We sure anyone who attended their gig at Claptrap the venue last year will be keen to see them again and for those of you who couldn?t make it in October, now?s your chance. Roddy, as lead guitarist with The Specials, probably needs no introduction to many of you but for anyone unfamiliar with his work, have a look at this from Roddy?s website, www.roddyradiation.com ?Few musicians can lay claim to influencing a generation but Roddy Byers is one of them. As lead guitarist with The Specials, he helped write the soundtrack to the 2-Tone generation penning such classic songs as Rat Race, Hey Little Rich Girl and Concrete Jungle. His influence continues through Amy Winehouse?s cover of ?Rich Girl? and brought the music of 2-Tone to a whole new generation in the new millennium helping to kick start the recent Ska Revival. After 32 years of treating audiences to his own Ska-Rockabilly brand of ?Radiation? therapy, Roddy Byers stepped away as the Specials lead guitarist and into the centre spotlight as the frontman/guitarist of the Skabilly Rebels. Roddy and his Skabilly Rebels are the next phase of an audio formula Byers has been working to perfect since the day he stepped into the recording studio with The Specials back in 1979 ? a fusion of the driving rhythm of Ska and the gritty hard edge of Rockabilly and Punk.? We are very pleased to confirm that the support act for this gig will be the fantastic Kings of Hong Kong. Purveyors of 100% proof Rock ?n? Rolla, a heady mix of Garage, Trash, Surf and at least one kind of ?billy. You really don?t want to miss these guys so please make sure you?re in the venue by 3.30pm. This is an afternoon show with doors due to open at 3pm. Claptrap is an intimate venue so early purchase of tickets is highly recommended.