The post Arthur “Gaps” Hendrickson, Vocalist of The Selecter, Dead at 73 appeared first on Consequence. Arthur “Gaps” Hendrickson, vocalist of celebrated 2-tone ska band The Selecter, has died. He was ...

The Selecter were a British ska revival band from Coventry, formed in the late 1970s as one of the essential bands of the British ska movement. Much of what set apart The Selecter from many of the ...

Sad news: Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson of 2-Tone ska greats The Selecter died Tuesday at his home in Coventry, England where the band formed. He had been diagnosed with cancer last year. Word came from ...

This year marks the 45th anniversary of the release of debut album "Too Much Pressure" by Coventry band The Selecter, who toured with The Specials and Madness in 1979 as 2-Tone ska swept the nation ...

Pauline Black isn’t known as the “Queen of Ska” for nothing. She earned that title. Right there at the forefront of Britain’s late ’70s obsession with the genre, Black has guided The Selecter ...

Soon after Pauline Black joined the Selecter in 1979 to complete the band’s original lineup the band from Coventry, England, scored a hit with its debut single, “On My Radio,” and found itself part of ...

Pauline Black of ska royalty The Selecter performing at the 10th Supernova International Ska Festival in Virginia. (Credit: Heather Augustyn) It might sound like the plot of a movie. You know the one: ...

Arthur “Gaps” Hendrickson, vocalist for The Selecter, has passed away. The band released a statement on Instagram that reads, ”We are devastated to confirm that Selecter frontman Arthur ‘Gaps’ ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Selecter is led by their iconic frontwoman Pauline Black and co-fronted by ...

Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson, one of two lead singers for the great UK 2 Tone ska band the Selecter, has died. The band reported the news of Hendrickson's passing on Twitter last night. That announcement ...

The Selecter were one of the key bands of the U.K. ska revival of the late '70s and early '80s. Led by singer -- and style icon -- Pauline Black, the band will stop by KCRW’s studio for a live set ...