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Reggae rock featuring the lead singer of Bad Brains.

9 MP3 Songs
REGGAE: Reggae rock, ROCK: College Rock

Show all album songs: Our Faith Songs


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Bio/ by Sandra Brennan

Iconoclastic, enigmatic and angst-ridden are words used to describe former front man for the punk/thrash metal group Bad Brains, H.R. (Ras Hailu Gabriel Joseph I). A devout Rastafarian, H.R.''s songs, a seamless blend of singing, rap and African chanting, demand social and economic equality and an end to oppression and racism. He got his start with the Washington, D.C.-based Bad Brains, and sang with them through the ''80s. H.R. periodically left to pursue his own career, returning only to make a few quick bucks. He infused their music with his own brand of reggae rhythms, which they called "rasta-core," but grew disillusioned because fans were more interested in their hardcore sound than the message of love he was trying to convey. Compared to the rough-edged, riotous energy of the Brains, H.R.''s reggae was mellower as can be heard in his late ''80s album Singin'' in the Heart (SST) which he recorded in between Bad Brains'' I Against I and Quickness. H.R. left the band for good in 1989 and has since worked on developing his solo career.

The "OUR FAITH" recordings went on to influence a worldwide audience with two European tours and three U.S. tours promoting both of the Railroad Records HR releases.

RASTAFARI! GIVE THANKS! SELASSIE LIVE!

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Keywords: mp3 album;reggae rock;rock college
File Size: 42 MBytes