The Selecter

Wednesday 3rd May 2023

location_city Band on the Wall, Manchester

The Selecter

Coventry-based ska/2-Tone revival band originally formed in 1979, reformed in 1991, split in 2006, reformed in 2010...

The original line-up had a string of hits from 1979 - 1981, including "On My Radio", "Three Minute Hero" and "Missing Words".

Albums include their gold-selling 1980 debut "Too Much Pressure (1980), plus "Celebrate the Bullet" (1981), "The Happy Album" (1994), "Pucker!" (1995), "Cruel Britannia" (1998), "The Trojan Songbook - Vol 1 - 3" (1999 - 2001), "Real to Reel" (2003), "Made In Britain" (2011), "String Theory" (2013) and 2015's "Subculture".

The Selecter features founder members Pauline Black and Gaps Hendrickson.