Jerry Dammers (born Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers, 22 May 1955, Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, South India) is a founder and keyboard player of the Coventry, England based ska revival band The Specials, The Special A.K.A. and The Spatial AKA Orchestra. Before his days in The Specials, Dammers had been a mod in the 1960s, then became a hippie, before becoming a skinhead. He had been a member of The Cissy Stone Soul Band, and studied art at Coventry's Lanchester Polytechnic, where he met Horace Panter.

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  • Jerry Dammers (born Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers, 22 May 1955, Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, South India) is a founder and keyboard player of the Coventry, England based ska revival band The Specials, The Special A.K.A. and The Spatial AKA Orchestra. Before his days in The Specials, Dammers had been a mod in the 1960s, then became a hippie, before becoming a skinhead. He had been a member of The Cissy Stone Soul Band, and studied art at Coventry's Lanchester Polytechnic, where he met Horace Panter. He contributed to the founding of 2 Tone Records, which helped develop the 1970s/1980s ska revival. He became a noted anti-Apartheid campaigner, helping to create Artists Against Apartheid in the US, and writing the song "Free Nelson Mandela" about the jailed African National Congress leader in South Africa. He also introduced Simple Minds to producer Tony Hollingsworth and they became the first major act to agree to perform at Hollingsworth's Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert, which was broadcast worldwide from London's Wembley Stadium, on 11 June 1988. That same year, he briefly played with the re-formed Madness on their single "I Pronounce You" and its attendant album The Madness. In October 2000 Jerry Dammers attended the Q Magazine Awards in London's Park Lane Hotel. Dammers was the winner of that year's Q Merit Award. According to Emap. com the Merit award, "recognises a career that's touched the hearts of everyone". Previous winners of the award include Keith Richard, Sir Paul McCartney, and Sir Elton John. Dammers has fallen out of the spotlight in recent years, but he still regularly DJs in English nightclubs, as well as performing with his new band, The Spatial AKA Orchestra, playing his own compositions and tributes to Sun Ra and other experimental jazz artists. The band features established jazz musicians Zoe Rahman, Larry Stabbins and Denys Baptiste. They perform in elaborate Ancient Egyptian and outer space-themed costumes, and share the stage with bizarre props such as model alien heads and mummy Sarcophagi. In November 2006, he celebrated being awarded an honorary degree from Coventry University by DJing at the launch party of the Coventry branch of the Love Music Hate Racism organisation. In the same month, he attended a private viewing of a Harry Pye curated art exhibition in East London that featured paintings of bands and singers that had once been championed by the late BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel. Dammers read out a four page poem, in which he thanked Peel for helping his own band, and for supporting black musicians. Carl Barât of The Libertines recently included a Dammers composition, "Too Much Too Young", on his personal compilation album Under The Influence. Pete Doherty, former member of The Libertines, namechecked "What I Like Most About You is Your Girlfriend" on Down in Albion, the first Babyshambles album. The song "Merry Go Round" contains the lyrics "He says, 'What I like most about you, Pete/Is your girlfriend and your shoes. '" Those who have recorded a song written by Dammers include Tricky,, The Prodigy ("Nite Klub") and Elvis Costello ("What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend"). Dammers has produced singles for Robert Wyatt, the Untouchables, UB40 and Junior Delgado. He contributed "Riot City" to the soundtrack of the Julien Temple film Absolute Beginners and "Brightlights" to the compilation album Jamming: A New Optimism. Dammers currently lives in Brixton, South London, England, UK, with his family.
  • Jerry Dammers war der Gründer und Keyboarder der Ska-Band The Specials aus Coventry. 1979 gründete er das Plattenlabel 2 Tone Records, das mit der Veröffentlichung der Specials, Madness, The Selecter und The Beat wesentlich zum Ska-Revival der frühen 80er-Jahre beitrug. Er engagiert sich bis heute gegen Rassismus und schrieb unter anderem den Song "Free Nelson Mandela" zur Freilassung des Anführers des südafrikanischen ANC Nelson Mandela. Er organisierte 1986 das Festival Freedom Beat sowie 1988 das Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert im Wembley Stadium.
  • Jerry Dammers (de son vrai nom Jeremy Dammers), né le 22 mai 1955, à Ootacamund (Udhagamandalam), en Inde, est le fondateur et le clavieriste d’un groupe de ska de Coventry : The Specials (nommé plus tard « The Special A.K.A. »). Il a également contribué à créer le label 2 Tone record, qui a participé au « revival » de la musique ska dans les années 1980. Il commença une campagne anti-apartheid, écrivant le titre Free Nelson Mandela pour le leader sud-africain de l’ANC; organisa un concert de soutien à Nelson Mandela à Londres au stade de Wembley, le 11 juin 1988. Cette même année il joua avec Madness sur le titre I Pronounce You. Depuis, Dammers est loin des projecteurs mais il est régulièrement DJ dans les clubs anglais.
  • Jerry Dammers is het pseudoniem van Gerald Dankley, een Brits muzikant en DJ. Hij was de oprichter van The Specials en het 2 Tone label.
  • Jerry Dammers, född Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers 22 maj 1955 i Utakamand, Indien, är en brittisk musiker, känd som grundare och keyboardspelare i skabandet The Specials (tidigare The Special AKA). Det var också Dammers som startade skivbolaget 2 Tone Records, som blev starten för den populära "andra ska-vågen" i slutet på 1970- och början på 1980-talet. Han blev en välkänd apartheid-motståndare, bland annat skrev han "Free Nelson Mandela" och organiserade konserten Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute, som sändes över hela världen från Londons Wembley Stadium den 11 juni 1988. Samma år spelade han keyboard på det tillfälligt återförenade Madness singel "I Pronounce You". Dammers har förlorat mycket av sin stjärnstatus på senare år, mycket på grund av att han fått tinnitus och därför haft svårt att skriva låtar, men han DJ:ar fortfarande på engelska klubbar.
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  • Jerry Dammers (born Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers, 22 May 1955, Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, South India) is a founder and keyboard player of the Coventry, England based ska revival band The Specials, The Special A.K.A. and The Spatial AKA Orchestra. Before his days in The Specials, Dammers had been a mod in the 1960s, then became a hippie, before becoming a skinhead. He had been a member of The Cissy Stone Soul Band, and studied art at Coventry's Lanchester Polytechnic, where he met Horace Panter.
  • Jerry Dammers war der Gründer und Keyboarder der Ska-Band The Specials aus Coventry. 1979 gründete er das Plattenlabel 2 Tone Records, das mit der Veröffentlichung der Specials, Madness, The Selecter und The Beat wesentlich zum Ska-Revival der frühen 80er-Jahre beitrug. Er engagiert sich bis heute gegen Rassismus und schrieb unter anderem den Song "Free Nelson Mandela" zur Freilassung des Anführers des südafrikanischen ANC Nelson Mandela.
  • Jerry Dammers (de son vrai nom Jeremy Dammers), né le 22 mai 1955, à Ootacamund (Udhagamandalam), en Inde, est le fondateur et le clavieriste d’un groupe de ska de Coventry : The Specials (nommé plus tard « The Special A.K.A. »). Il a également contribué à créer le label 2 Tone record, qui a participé au « revival » de la musique ska dans les années 1980.
  • Jerry Dammers is het pseudoniem van Gerald Dankley, een Brits muzikant en DJ. Hij was de oprichter van The Specials en het 2 Tone label.
  • Jerry Dammers, född Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers 22 maj 1955 i Utakamand, Indien, är en brittisk musiker, känd som grundare och keyboardspelare i skabandet The Specials (tidigare The Special AKA). Det var också Dammers som startade skivbolaget 2 Tone Records, som blev starten för den populära "andra ska-vågen" i slutet på 1970- och början på 1980-talet.
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