The Selecter

The Selecter are a 2 Tone ska revival band from Coventry, England, formed in January 1979.

 The Selecter featured a racially diverse line-up. Their lyrics featured themes connected to  politics. Reinforcing the songs of  Neol Davies  were the voice and  rude girl  style of  Pauline Black and the rhythms of Desmond Brown on the  Hammond organ. The band's name is based on the term "selector", which is a Jamaican word for  disc jockey. The band were one of the most successful ska bands of the 2 Tone era, notching up a handful of hit singles in the British charts.

The Selecter reformed in 1991 and vocalist, Black, continued to perform and release music under The Selecter name until 2006. Some confusion emerged over two competing lineups for the Selecter in 2011, between that featuring Davies and that featuring Black and Arthur 'Gaps' Hendrickson, In June 2011 Black applied for, and won, The Selecter trademark and the right to use the name herself.