Biography
Steel Pulse are a British roots reggae band from the Handsworth area of Birmingham, England. They originally formed at Handsworth Wood Boys School, and were composed of David Hinds (lead vocals, guitar), Basil Gabbidon (lead guitar, vocals), and Ronald McQueen (bass); along with Basil's brother Colin briefly on drums and Mykaell Riley (vocals, percussion). Steel Pulse were the first non-Jamaican act to win the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album., and have gained eight other Grammy nominations.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band
2009
Earth Crisis
1984
True Democracy
1982
URGH! A Music War
1981
Purple Haze
2004
Easy Star's Thrillah
2012
(Music From) Do The Right Thing
1989
Caught You
1980
Paint It Black - A Reggae Tribute To The Rolling Stones
2003
One Big Happy Family
1979
Hope & Anchor Front Row Festival
1978
Handsworth Revolution
1978
Tribute To The Martyrs
1979
Credited work
387 releases · 64 albums · active 1976–2025
- Performance · 270
- Production · 158
- Engineering · 85
- Other credits · 29
Studios: Soundworks, New York · Horizon Studios, Coventry · Jacobs Studios · Feedback Recording
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Easy Star All-Stars
- Dub Incorporation
- Fania All Stars
- Third World Steel Orchestra
- Re-Birth Brass Band
- Mutabaruka
- Sue Chaloner