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 favorites “Concrete Jungle”, “Rat Race” and “Hey, Little Rich Girl”, later covered by Amy Winehouse.
Roddy Radiation Net Worth: What Is Roddy Radiation Net Worth?
Radiation’s net worth is $1-5 Million at the age of 64 years old. He earned the money being a professional Guitarist. He is from England.
After The Specials split in 1981, Byers was dropped by Chrysalis before he re-emerged with The Tearjerkers, a band that he had begun in the last months of The Specials. The band played numerous gigs and gained a cult following.
The band originally were Roddy Byers (vocals/guitar), Mark Byers (vocals/guitar), Joe Hughes (vocals/bass), Pete Davies (drums), and Slim Tearjerker aka Clive Pain (vocals/keyboards/accordion).
Byers’ first real band was formed in Coventry in 1975 and was called The Wild Boys. It was in The Wild Boys that he started songwriting. His first was “1980’s Teddy Boy”, and later came “Concrete Jungle” which was recorded by The Specials for their debut album, Specials (1979)