Terry Corridor, lead vocalist of British ska-punk band the Specials, has died at age 63. On Monday, the band launched a press release on social media informing followers that the musician had died after a “transient sickness,” although extra particulars weren’t made obtainable.
“It’s with nice unhappiness that we announce the passing, following a quick sickness, of Terry, our stunning pal, brother and one of the good singers, songwriters and lyricists this nation has ever produced,” learn the assertion.
“Terry was a beautiful husband and father and one of many kindest, funniest, and most real of souls,” the notice continued. “His music and his performances encapsulated the very essence of life… the enjoyment, the ache, the humour, the battle for justice, however principally the love.”
Alongside together with his work with the band whose cowl of “A Message to You Rudy” was a success, Corridor was a former member of the Colourfield and Enjoyable Boy Three. He shaped Enjoyable Boy Three with Neville Staple of the Specials. He additionally wrote a success track with the Go-Go’s Jane Wiedlin.
“Gutted to listen to of the passing of #terryhall. He was a beautiful, delicate, proficient and distinctive particular person. Our extraordinarily transient romance resulted within the track Our Lips Are Sealed, which is able to ceaselessly tie us collectively in music historical past,” Wiedlin wrote on Twitter. “Horrible information to listen to this. 😢”
Among the many Specials’ biggest hits are songs reminiscent of “Ghost City,” “Gangsters,” and “Too A lot Too Younger.” The group had a number of revivals, for which Corridor returned in 2008.
Asking for privateness for Corridor’s household, the Specials wrote on Twitter: “He will probably be deeply missed by all who knew and cherished him and leaves behind the reward of his outstanding music and profound humanity.”
The band added, “Terry typically left the stage on the finish of the Specials’ life-affirming reveals with three phrases: ‘Love Love Love.’”
Corridor shaped the ska group in 1977, and served as lead vocalist till 1981. He later returned for a reunion in 2008 up till his demise.
The group launched album Encore in 2019, the place they had been deemed as “legends” by Rolling Stone‘s Will Hermes. “The Particular’s third album — 38 years because the final one, Extra Specials — is nicely timed,” the evaluation states. “As frontman Terry Corridor places it, the band stay ‘horribly related.’”