cover]]The Selecter were a 2 Tone ska revival band from Coventry, England, formed in the late 1970s. Like many other bands of the ska revival movement, The Selecter featured a racially mixed line-up.Their lyrics featured themes such as violence, politics and marijuana set to strong melodies and an irresistible beat.What set The Selecter apart from the other 2 Tone bands at the time was the songs of Neol Davies, the voice of Pauline Black and the pumping rhythms of Desmond Brown on the Hammond. The band's name is based on the term selector, which is a Jamaican word for DJ. The Selecter was, at first, just Neol Davies and John Bradbury (who was later to be the drummer in The Specials). The band name was also the title of the seminal instrumental released as the b-side of the first 2Tone record "Gangsters vs. The Selecter" in July 1979. Pauline Black has been the lead singer in The Selecter since its formation as a band in August 1979 when

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