Original rude boy
Subtitle: from borstal to The Specials : a life of crime and music
By: Neville Staple with Tony McMahon ; foreword by Pete Waterman
Contributors: McMahon, Tony
Edition: Pbk. ed.
Publisher: Aurum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781845135423
Subjects: Rock musicians; Specials (Musical group); Biography
Other titles: Life of crime and music
Notes: Originally published: 2009.

Includes discography (p. 339-341) and index.
Table of contents: title: Jamaica to rugby, the early years; title: Coventry, the Locarno and borstal; title: Jah Baddis, the sound system scene; title: The Specials, the rude boys arrive; title: On the road, sex, drugs and ska; title: The 2 Toning of America; title: The Specials, the rude boys leave; title: Fun Boy Three, bubblegum pop rules; title: Bhangra house, dance music takes over; title: The third wave, America revives ska; title: The Specials return, Jerry and me.