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In the end of the 1970's, the UK witnessed the
birth of the "Two Tone" movement. It was
a Movement with a philosophy and with a music,
too.
The name of the music was a bit deceptive,
though. It was basically a Reggae rhythm with the
drums playing on the 2 and the 4 with the skanks
between the counts, where the bass continued to
play a reggae-ish line.
It sounded like Reggae, but it was not Reggae.
However, ten years before that, Jamaica also
had a music called Ska.
And this is not the only comparance...
Two-Tone was also an answer to the rising army
of neo-nazi's who called themselves skinhead. We
can see them in the streets today, even, too.
However, what most neo nazi skinheads do not know,
is that just like Ska, also the skinheads were
originally found in Jamaica.
Two-tone had the mission to tell the skinheads
about their Toots, and they did so with a lot of
music. Here are two of these bands.
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