What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: Coventry University (The Lanch) Jerry Dammers and Horace Panter of The Specials and Pauline Black of The Selecter all attended this University. The song 'Rat Race' was conceived in this building and the promotional video was subsequently filmed in the Main Hall in 1980. Recorded plaque organisation: 2-Tone Trail.
Jerry Dammers, Horace Panter, and Pauline Black were key figures in the Two-Tone ska revival movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s; their bands, The Specials and The Selecter respectively, addressed social issues like unemployment and racial harmony, significantly influencing British popular music.
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