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Roddy Radiation
Keresley, United Kingdom
Roddy Radiation is credited on 307 releases across 47 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
307
Pressings credited
47
Albums
6
Decades active
143
In collections
Biography
Roderick James "Roddy" Byers (born 5 May 1955), known professionally as Roddy Radiation, is an English musician who played lead guitar for the Specials, as well as many rockabilly bands such as the Bonediggers and the Tearjerkers. He wrote the Specials favourites "Concrete Jungle", "Rat Race" and "Hey, Little Rich Girl", later covered by Amy Winehouse. Currently, Byers leads the Skabilly Rebels, a band that mixes ska rhythms with rockabilly.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
307 releases · 47 albums · active 1979–2024
- Performance · 388
- Other credits · 18
Studios: T.W. Studios · Horizon Studios, Coventry · Wessex Sound Studios · Basing Street Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- The Specials
- Various
- Specials
- Special Beat
- The Special A K A
- Desmond Dekker
- The Special A.K.A.
- The Selecter
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