An acoustic walk through the music and influences of a generation of late 70's and 80's these writers, performers, musicians and icons are renowned for paving the way of youth culture at the time. The honest, aggressive and energetic lyrics of over 40 self penned hits are appreciated by a whole new fan base in this acoustic format. An informal gathering of musicians , backing, improvising and enjoying the songs and stories they have experienced.
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Autumn 2005 Tour Dates

2001 Debut Tour Photos
Jake Burns - JJ Burnel - Pauline Black - Nick Welsh

3MEN+Black! Studio Album
Jake Burns - JJ Burnel - Bruce Foxton - Pauline Black - Nick Welsh
Track Listings, MP3s and how to order

In 2004 Dave Wakeling of The Beat, joined Jake Burns from Stiff Little Fingers and Pauline Black and Nick Welsh from The Selecter
Songs that were performed included Missing Words, Skin Deep, Wasted Life, Harp, Too Much Pressure, Nobodies Hero, On my Radio, Nobody's Hero, Going Underground, Eton Rifles, A Town called Malice, All Around The World, Mirror in the Bathroom & Tears of a Clown, all written or Co-written by members of the band, as well as songs by other Artists who have inspired the band over the years, such as Hawkwinds' Quark Strangeness and Charm and Bob Marleys' Redemption Song.

2004 Tour - Live Photos & Reviews
Jake Burns - Dave Wakeling - Pauline Black - Nick Welsh


FEB 2005. A One Off 2TONE Special
Pauline Black, Nick Welsh and Dave Wakeling were joined by Roddy 'Radiation' Byers from The Specials and Rhoda Dhakar from The Specials AKA
The coming together of the songwriters and front personnel of bands that formed the label - music genre of the time, 25years on.
UNSEEN and UNHEARD all together with their scatter brain stories and songs acoustically done.
with the songwriters & front people from ALL THE BANDS ON 2TONE
2005 2Tone Special Tour
Tour Reviews

Read an interview with Pauline Black on The History and idea of 3MEN+Black
by Katy Lewis, Online Broadcast Journalist BBC Beds, Herts & Bucks Website

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• Jake Burns is the only original member in SLFs current line-up. The primary songwriter and vocalist throughout, he's the heart and soul of SLF. After SLF split in '83, he formed a group called Jake Burns and The Big Wheel, and later worked as a producer at BBC Radio One. His musical influences include The Clash, Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Dr. Feelgood, and Bob Marley. He's appeared on television several times. He played a supporting role in the television movie Iris in the Traffic--Ruby in the Rain, (in which SLF performed one song,) and he's been a guest on several quiz shows over the years. It's been said he has a photographic memory. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he now lives in Newcastle, England.
• John Jaque Burnel has been the songwriting and identifiable bassist of The Stranglers, for 26 years
• Pauline Black the front 'woman in the mighty ska - 2 tone giants Selector, she is joined by Nick Welsh the guitarist from Selector. They presently have an acoustic album out called Unplugged from The Rude Boy Generation
• Nick Welsh is probably best known for being the bassist in The Selecter and formerly Bad Manners but he has worked with some of the biggest names in Ska and Reggae, Prince Buster, Laurel Aitken, Rico Rodriguez, Dave Barker & most recently Lee "Scratch" Perry with whom he received a Grammy Award Certificate for his work on the CD Jamaican ET which won The Best Reggae Category in 2002. Nick also writes music for TV which has been used world-wide on shows as diverse as WWE (world wrestling entertainment), The Osbournes and even adverts for Ariel soap powder!
• Bruce Foxton isn't comfortable unless he's working his arse off. "Jake and myself have also got into writing library music for ads and so on, and we're working on a new CD-ROM game. I'm also representing a young rock/funk band, called Headnoise. They'll be doing a couple of dates with SLF on tour in March."