2 Tone

2 Tone (or Two Tone) is a style of music created by fusing elements of punk rock and ska.

The 2 Tone sound was pioneered in the late 1970s after

2 Tone (or Two Tone) is a style of music created by fusing elements of punk rock and ska.

The 2 Tone sound was pioneered in the late 1970s after English musicians (mostly based in the West Midlands area) heard the sounds of 1960s Jamaican ska artists and decided to play the same music, although with influences from contemporary punk and pop music. These bands included The Specials, The Selecter, The Beat and Madness. The new music genre (and associated subculture) became known as 2 Tone, because most of the bands were signed to the record label 2 Tone Records. Other record labels associated with the 2 Tone sound were Stiff Records and Go Feet Records.