For one night, The English Beat's Antonee First Class will go back to his Pittsburgh DJ days

Someone from Pittsburgh being a member of The English Beat was not on anyone’s 2000s bingo card. But it happened when Antonee First Class joined the legendary British ska band, taking on the role of beloved toaster Ranking Roger.

In reality, Barrington “Anthony” Dunn — born to Jamaican parents in London — was less a Pittsburgher than a bright star passing through.

He came here after high school in 1989 with his parents — his father being the well-known British toaster/DJ Militant Barry — thinking he might only stay a few months. The family settled in Wilkinsburg, where he and his dad opened a store, First Class Records, and ran dance parties for about a decade.

Soon after moving to New York, Antonee saw The English Beat (a band he knew in England as just The Beat), which gave us such br