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STEEL PULSE (Royaume-Uni) Earth Crisis

One of Bob MARLEY's favorite, STEEL PULSE became one of reggae's most successful bands in the late Seventies and early Eighties. It released its debut album "Handsworth Revolution" in 1978, then its successors "Tribute To The Martyrs" and "True Democracy" in the early Eighties. With their innovative blend of straight-ahead reggae, flamenco and Euro-pop containing potent pleas for social reform, critics and fans alike hailed them as Bob MARLEY's successors. By the late Eighties, STEEL PULSE was making a blatant bid towards a commercial sound and lost its unique edge. However, in 1995 the band abandoned attempts to cross over to mainstream markets and returned to their roots with the album "Vex". The original members David HINDS (Keyboards), Ronald "STEPPER" McQUEEN (Bass), Basil GABBIDON and Selwyn BROWN all hail from the Birmingham Ghettoes of Handsworth. Their families were immigrants from the West Indies. Growing up in poverty, they were victimized by colonialist-racist attitudes that kept them from being accepted in the highly stratified British society. They found some solace and considerable cultural pride in the island music they grew up with, including calypso, mento, ska, bluebeat and eventually reggae during their boyhood in the Sixties.

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