Ten-piece ska and 2-Tone band Ska Face plays The Continental with the classic sounds of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Ska Face are playing The Continental on Saturday 19 December, from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. It's a night dedicated to the 2-Tone sound of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and they're a ten-piece band, so there's a full four-piece brass section behind the front, which is where the sound gets its weight.
They've spent years working within the 2-Tone scene. Rico Rodriguez, the trombonist who played with The Specials, praised their 'heavy riddim section' after playing with them in 2011. Jerry Dammers, who founded 2 Tone Records and The Specials, said after a June 2013 performance that he hadn't seen such energy since the early days of The Specials. They've supported UB40, The Selecter, Bad Manners, The English Beat and Toyah, and have played a part in the 2-Tone revival that's taken hold across the north of England.
The band is fronted by Tony Montana, and the set is a run through the 2-Tone classics. With ten people on stage, the brass section is a big part of it, and the whole thing is built around that heavy rhythm section that Rodriguez pointed out. It's the sound of the late seventies and early eighties brought back to a live stage in Preston.
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It's a Saturday night in December, and the set runs from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm at The Continental.
