Artist
The Revolutionaries
69 releases · 118 collaborators · 35 labels
- Date active
- 1978 – 2025
- Relevance
- Medium, weak ties with the core dub techno cluster, here because linked to roots dub, the Jamaican sound dub techno grew out of
Bio
Jamaican backing band, in-house session band for Jo Jo Hookim's Channel One label.
Built around drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Ranchie Mc Lean - later replaced by Robbie Shakespeare - the band featured at various times fellow Kingston musicians Earl 'Wire' Lindo, Radcliffe 'Dougie' Bryan, Ansell Collins, Bobby Kalphat, Lloyd Parks, Uziah 'Sticky' Thompson, Bongo Herman, Stanley Bryan, Bo Peep, Eric 'Bingy Bunny' Lamont, Errol 'Tarzan' Nelson, Skully Simms, Robbie Lyn, Mikey 'Mao' Chung to name a few.
Everything fell into place when they backed The Mighty Diamonds classic 1976 set 'Right Time'. The album offered fresh new Rockers rhythms to the reggae world. This militant double drumming style dominated the music scene from 1975-1978.
It's from this period that a set of classic dubs were created by Bunny 'Striker' Lee from sessions recorded at Channel 1. The Revolutionaries mark the first time that the legendary duo Sly & Robbie played together.
Built around drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Ranchie Mc Lean - later replaced by Robbie Shakespeare - the band featured at various times fellow Kingston musicians Earl 'Wire' Lindo, Radcliffe 'Dougie' Bryan, Ansell Collins, Bobby Kalphat, Lloyd Parks, Uziah 'Sticky' Thompson, Bongo Herman, Stanley Bryan, Bo Peep, Eric 'Bingy Bunny' Lamont, Errol 'Tarzan' Nelson, Skully Simms, Robbie Lyn, Mikey 'Mao' Chung to name a few.
Everything fell into place when they backed The Mighty Diamonds classic 1976 set 'Right Time'. The album offered fresh new Rockers rhythms to the reggae world. This militant double drumming style dominated the music scene from 1975-1978.
It's from this period that a set of classic dubs were created by Bunny 'Striker' Lee from sessions recorded at Channel 1. The Revolutionaries mark the first time that the legendary duo Sly & Robbie played together.
Also known as
Members
Robbie Shakespeare
2831
Uziah "Sticky" Thompson
1732
Robbie Lyn
1423
Noel "Scully" Simms
930
Ansel Collins
799
Vin Gordon
659
Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan
615
Bobby Ellis
604
Earl "Wire" Lindo
537
Bo-Pee Bowen
497
Willie Lindo
424
Michael Richards
414
Bertram "Ranchie" McLean
382
Tommy McCook
368
Lloyd Parks
356
Val Douglas
292
Eric Lamont
270
Herman Marquis
209
Lowell Dunbar
184
Harold Butler
175
Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall
158
Ossie Hibbert
69
Stanley Bryan
Errol Nelson
The Revolutionaries (Artist)
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Relevance
Releases
Active
- Releases: 6 Relevance: very high Active: 1995 – 1996
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2009
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2007
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2001
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2006
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2001
- Releases: 1 Relevance: high Active: 2001
- Releases: 4 Relevance: medium Active: 2006 – 2021
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 2001
- Releases: 16 Relevance: low Active: 1978 – 2025
- Releases: 10 Relevance: low Active: 1979 – 1981
- Releases: 9 Relevance: low Active: 1979 – 2015
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 1979
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 2002
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 2020 – 2022
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 1993 – 1997
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 1978
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1993
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1981
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1980
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2002
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2020
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1993
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2004
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2015
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active:
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2001
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2025
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1991
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active:
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2021
- Releases: 2 Relevance: extremely low Active: 1995 – 2001
- Releases: 2 Relevance: extremely low Active: 1983
- Releases: 2 Relevance: extremely low Active: 1979
- Releases: 1 Relevance: extremely low Active: 2009