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Career. Formed in London by Nicky Summers in 1979, in the aftermath of the punk rock scene, The Bodysnatchers released two ska / rocksteady singles on 2 Tone Records. Their first concert was in November 1979 at the Windsor Castle pub in west London, where they supported Shane MacGowan 's band The Nips. For their third gig, they were invited by ...
By the end of 1979 the nation was well and truly in the grip of 2 Tone fever and it wasn’t longer before the music press was suggesting that The Bodysnatchers would be the labels next signing. So with only a few months experience behind them they were indeed signed to the label. Their signing didn’t exactly meet with universal approval ...
Aug 18, 2015 · Sadly, The Bodysnatchers, like most of the bands from Two-Tone, didn’t really catch on in the U.S. – partly because America was still digesting Punk and partly because, like their label mates, The Bodysnatchers music often dealt with social issues, particularly the poverty-stricken aspects of life in Thatcher-era Britain. And even though America had its own issues of poverty, class and ...
Jun 12, 2024 · When Rhoda Dakar joined the ranks of the ska revivalists as the lead singer of The Bodysnatchers, the band became the first and only all-female, mixed-race outfit signed to the 2 Tone label. Within the context of 2 Tone, the impact of The Bodysnatchers is often downplayed.
Seven-piece all-girl ska/reggae band, The Bodysnatchers, were brought together in September 1979 by bass player Nicky – then a part-time veg seller in Berwick Street market – via adverts in the music press: “Rude Girls Wanted” (she says she got a lot of dirty phone calls). Along came dark toffee coloured singer and employee of the ...
The Bodysnatchers were a seven-piece all-female band involved in the British ska revival of the early 1980s. Formed in london by Nicky Summers in 1979, they released two ska/rocksteady singles on the 2 Tone record label. The Bodysnatchers’ first concert was at the Windsor Castle pub in London, on 24 November 1979.
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Profile: English female ska pop band on 2-Tone. The 7-piece released just 2 singles before breaking up. 5 members formed The Belle Stars whilst Rhoda Dakar resurfaced in The Special AKA. Sites: 2-tone.info , Wikipedia , theguardian.com , nickysummersthebodysnatchers.blogspot.com , web.archive.org. Members:
