Roddy Radiation

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

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Specials

  1979

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  More Specials

  1980

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  Dance Craze

  1981

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  The Best Of The Specials

  2008

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  Singles

  1991

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  In The Studio

  1984

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  More... Or Less. The Specials Live

  2012

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  Too Much Too Young

  1980

Credited work

461 releases · 45 albums · active 1979–2026

• Performance · 574
• Other credits · 21

Studios: T.W. Studios · Wessex Sound Studios · Horizon Studios, Coventry · Woodbine Studios

Frequent collaborators

• Various
• The Specials
• Specials
• Special Beat
• The Selecter
• The Special A K A
• Desmond Dekker
• The Special A.K.A.

Around the web

• Wikipedia