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STEEL PULSE at The Ambassador next Tues

  • 22-06-2004 8:10pm
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    jmc
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    Ahead of their Irish date at The Ambassador Theatre in Dublin next Tuesday (June 29th) Steel Pulse’s landmark debut album ‘Handsworth Revolution’ was voted onto The Observer Music Monthly’s 100 Greatest British Albums at the weekend.

    One of the late, great Bob Marley's favourite bands, STEEL PULSE became one of reggae's most successful acts in the late '70s and early '80s.

    52. Handsworth Revolution, Steel Pulse
    Island, 1978; chart position: 9
    British reggae's finest hour

    “Reggae's emergence as an international force may have been built on the success of Bob Marley, but the wave of British reggae bands that broke through in the mid to late Seventies made clear the music's roots and message went beyond Jamaica.”

    “Matumbi, Aswad, Steel Pulse and others broadened the sound and scope of reggae, and lent Britain's black community a newly confident voice.”

    “The very title of Steel Pulse's 1978 debut carried a minor tremor, elevating a drab Birmingham suburb into the same mythic realm as Trenchtown or Watts.”

    “The sentiments of the track, and others like 'Soldiers' and 'Prodigal Son', were mainstream Rasta, a mix of cultural celebration and militancy, but the group's organic sound owed much to Britain's rock culture.”

    “So did their sense of onstage theatricality, which saw them dressed in white hoods and smocks for 'Ku Klux Klan', the stand-out track here and one with particular resonance at a time when the National Front's racism was in the ascendant.”

    “Appearing on Rock Against Racism bills alongside the likes of the Stranglers helped Handsworth Revolution achieve crossover status and rack up a cool quarter million sales. After Black Sabbath and the Moody Blues, the West Midlands had found another set of champions.”
    (NS) Burn it: ‘Ku Klux Klan’; ‘Prodigal Son’.

    For the full 100 list: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/0,12103,1033618,00.html

    www.steel-pulse.com

    Tickets for Steel Pulse at The Ambassador on Tuesdat, June 29th are €27.50 (inc. booking fee) and €33.50 (inc. booking fee) on-sale now from usual outlets nationwide. Special Guests to be announced.

    Doors: 7:30pm


    - DISCOGRAPHY:
    Handsworth Revolution (1978)
    Tribute To The Martyrs (1979)
    True Democracy (1982)
    Caught You (1980)
    Earth Crisis (1984) – Grammy Reggae Nomination 1984
    Reggae Greats (1984)
    Babylon The Bandit (1985) – Grammy Reggae Winner 1985
    State Of Emergency (1988)
    Victims (1991)
    Rastafari Centennial (1992)
    Smash Hits (1993)
    VEX (1994)
    Rastanthology (1996)
    Rage And Fury (1997) – Grammy Reggae Nomination 1998
    Sound System (1997)
    Reggae Greats (1997)
    Living Legacy (1999)
    Ultimate Collection (2000)


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