CHECK OUT THESE REGGAE/DANCEHALL ARTISTS

1. Tarrus Riley

Tarrus Riley - "She's Royal"


Tarrus Riley (ft Konshens) - "Good Girl Gone Bad"

www.myspace.com/tarrusriley
http://tarrusriley.com/

2. Demarco

Demarco - "Duppy Know Who Fi Frighten"


Demarco - "Love Come A Down"


www.myspace.com/demarcotheartist
www.demarcotheartist.com

3. Dennis Brown

Dennis Brown - "Man Next Door" (live)

www.myspace.com/dennisbrown

4. Rockers

directed by Ted Bafaloukos

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockers_(film)

5. Norris Man

Norris Man - "Signs of the Times"

Norris Man - "Don't Be Shy"

www.myspace.com/norrisman1

the following tracks from each of the artists listed above:

1. Tarrus Riley - "She's Royal"
2. Demarco - "Duppy Know Who Fi Frighten"
3. Dennis Brown (feat. Welton Irie) - "Man Next Door"
4. Peter Tosh - "Steppin' Razor" from Rockers Soundtrack
5. Norris Man - "Signs of the Times"

...but wait that's not all

We'll even throw in the "Reggae Skeleton Dance"

...just in time for your Halloween festivities

REEF - REPLENISH

Reef were an English rock band from Butleigh, near Glastonbury. The band members included Gary Stringer on vocals, Kenwyn House on guitar, Jack Bessant on bass and Dominic Greensmith on drums. Their second album, Glow, is ranked at number 26 in Kerrang!'s "100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die " list.

However, that's another story. We're here to talk about their, now gold, 1995 debut album release, Replenish. In March of 1995 REEF released their debut single ‘Good Feeling’ which peaked at No.24 in the UK charts.

This was followed quickly by ”Naked” which charted at No. 11 in the UK charts and ensured their first appearance on Top Of The Pops.

The album was recorded in the remote Cornish Sawmills recording studio and in a studio in Bath. And on June 19th ‘Replenish’ was released, charting at No. 9. The album was ranked at #10 on Kerrang!'s 1995 list. The band has a very funky, raw blues-rock 'n' roll essence to their sound built around an intense guitar-driven sound and the raspy howl of front man Gary Stringer. They sound like a bastard stepchild produced from The Rolling Stones and Led Zepplin spending the night with Jimi Hendrix in some shady back-alley street of Nawlins one dark and dreary night.

"We wanted our first album, Replenish, to be a really honest statement. Four people playing in a room and getting something that’s totally their own. It was recorded in the most basic way possible. Minimal room sounds. Up until recently, all I used for effects was a wah-pedal and I only used that on two songs." -- Kenwyn House.

A few facts about the band:

• Some of the members of Reef are extremely keen surfers, which explains many of the themes of surfing incorporated into their music and indeed the group's title.
• Track 5 on Replenish, entitled "Mellow", features the sound of swans in the final moments, taking off from the estuary where the Sawmills recording studio is located. The track was recorded outside, during a rainy night, on a jetty.
  
• Contrary to the popular belief that Reef chose their name as it is an anagram of Free, the name arose because of a misunderstanding.“We didn’t want anything specific like The Dirty Ashtrays. Anyway, Dom says, ‘Right I’m going to ring up the BBC and find out the name of the girl on the testcard, just for a vague angle, to give us some inspiration. So he rings up and finds out her name is Carole Hersee and Jack mishears him and goes, ‘What? Coral? As in reef? And Gary goes, ‘Reef? Yeah?’

Track listing

1. "Feed Me" – 3:44
2. "Naked" – 3:12
3. "Good Feeling" – 3:47
4. "Repulsive" – 5:12
5. "Mellow" – 3:05
6. "Together" – 3:57
7. "Replenish" – 2:45
8. "Choose to Live" – 6:36
9. "Comfort" – 3:14
10. "Loose" – 2:56
11. "End" – 4:16

Link

Reef at Henry Box School

http://www.thereefweb.co.uk/

http://www.myspace.com/reefmusicuk

The Reef Forum

Check out these rap artists:

Busdriver

Busdriver - "Me-Time (With The Pulmonary Palimpsest)"

http://www.myspace.com/busdriver - raps even faster than Suga Free!
http://www.busdriversite.com/

Blackalicious

Blackalicious - "Make You Feel That Way"

http://www.myspace.com/blackalicious

The Knux

The Knux - "Bang! Bang!"


Bang! Bang! - The Knux

http://www.myspace.com/theknux
http://www.theknux.com/

Tom Green can rap, Yo! Word to ya motha!

Tom Green Owns Xzibit in Freestyle Battle

THE ZIGGENS - CHICKEN OUT!

The Ziggens

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Ziggens are a band based out of Orange County, California whose self-described style of "cowpunksurfabilly" combines elements of surf rock, punk, ska, and country. The Ziggens are led by Bert Susanka who sings and plays rhythm guitar. Other members include Dickie Little on lead guitar, Jon Poutney on bass, and Brad Conyers who plays the drums and provides background vocals. The Ziggens have been playing since the early 1990s and have developed a strong following in Southern California.

The Ziggens were contemporaries with Sublime and were originally released under their Skunk Records label. Their song Big Salty Tears was covered and popularized byBradley Nowell on the Sublime Acoustic album. The Ziggens, and more specifically Bert Susanka were also mentioned in the Sublime song "Greatest Hits".

”I light my cigarette and I think
How Bert Susanka made me drink.
Load the box, and I pump that shit.
It’s the Ziggens greatest hits….”
--Sublime, “Greatest Hits,”

Also, Bert Susanka is sampled in the Sublime song Smoke Two Joints in the line: "Smoke cigarettes til the day she died", taken from The Ziggens song titled, "Outside." The Ziggens contributed a track to the Sublime tribute album released in June 2005, Look At All The Love We Found with a cover of the song Paddle Out. The Ziggens are currently with Cornerstone R.A.S., which is a spinoff of Skunk Records.

www.ziggens.com
www.myspace.com/theziggens

The Ziggens

Chicken Out!

Release: 1995
Label: Skunk Records

Tracks:

1. Something About a Waitress
[This should also include cosmotologists (No foolin')]
2. Goober Got a Girlfriend
[A Brad Conyers trip down Mayberry Lane.]
3. That Night in Georgia
[I heard the chorus to this song in a dream...then got up and wrote the verses.]
4. Mystery Lunch
[Thanks to an actual cafeteria worker who lent his talents.]
5. It's Great to Be Unemployed
[...They'd find macaroni and cheese if I was disected...Brad's vocals on chorus remind me of Joe Jack talcum. Also, Jon Poutney sings]
6. Huntington Beach
[My friend told me on the phone that he was afraid to walk his family on the pier.]
7. I Hate Girls and Cars and I Cold Beer
[Poking fun at the lyrical content of rock bands. (Our's included!)]
8. I Am Afraid
[I need that big hand to pick me up and dust me off.]
9. Heart Attack
[...or maybe it's just leftover gas from Burpin' U.S.A.]
10. Burpin' U.S.A.
[This is what two colas consumed at warp speed and a grown man pogo-ing in place will produce.]
11. Sober Up
[Apparently, alcohol cures outside wounds but is lousy on inside wounds. Also, this song contains a fake word.]
12. Mrs. Brown
[The oldest song on the record. I made Brad sing lead because he makes a better deviant. ]
13. Pizza by the Slice
[Ya had to be there.]
14. Real Presents
[Real Presence.]
15. Dinah Shore
[I guess this song proves the Zigs will never be funky. Yes, that's producer R.P. who enjoys mechanics magazines.]
16. Tent City
[See 2 Cor. 5:1-11]
17. Tie One On
[Another one of my older songs (see Sober Up).]
18. Instant Christmas
[...And just in time to send to your jailed loved ones.]
19. Hyundai Monday
[The day to day downer drudgery can be overcome with thoughts of heaven residency.]
20. I'm Eatin to Shove My Feelings Down
[...Formerly a size 30 waist line.]
21. Cheese in Wisconsin
[...Thanks for stickin around...]

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