Music
April, 1980
Madness: Cross-cultural permutations are nothing new in pop music, but a British skinhead playing the dread-lock music of Jamaica? The knuckle-heads who call themselves Madness play an early variation of reggae called ska, a horn-happy, jump-tempoed dance music that is the fave of the moment in Britain. And when Madness cakewalked onto the stage at Hurrah, one of New York's influential New Wave discos, the place lit up like a spliff. Roots music can sometimes taste like forbidden fruit, but Madn...
