11 Facts About The Selecter

The Selecter are a 2 tone ska revival band from Coventry, England, formed in mid-1979.

The Selecter featured a diverse line-up, both in terms of race and gender, initially consisting of Arthur 'Gaps' Hendrickson and Pauline Black on lead vocals, Neol Davies and Compton Amanor on guitar, Desmond Brown on Hammond organ, Charley 'H' Bembridge on drums, and Charley Anderson on bass.

The Selecter were featured in the 2 Tone film documentary and on the live compilation album Dance Craze.

In 2006 she took a sabbatical from The Selecter, to write her memoirs Black By Design for publishing house Serpent's Tail.

The Selecter's later reformed The Selecter, this time with guest original lead singer Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson, and in summer 2010 they played two shows at the Sinner's Day Festival at The Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium, and at the Bloomsbury Ballroom in London.

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The Selecter started up his own home studio after the band disbanded in 1981 to write and record his own new songs, and he played a number of local shows in the Midlands.

The Selecter started up a new outfit called Selecter Instrumental, mostly playing movie tunes in a ska style.

The Selecter later recorded another album, Future Swamp, with guests including Ronnie Wood and Reef members Dominic Greensmith and Jason Knight.

The Selecter served as drummer in The Specials through their first reunion, both live and in the studio, from 1991 through to 2000.

The Selecter reunited when the band travelled over to Belfast, Northern Ireland to play a show in the capital's annual Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival.

The Selecter were "one of the key bands" of 2 Tone music, the late 1970s and early 1980s genre that mixed ska with the energy of punk rock.