When Rock Met Reggae: How the Cultural Crossover of Bob Marley, The Clash, The Specials and More Changed the Face of Rock Music [Paperback]

InWhen Rock Met Reggae, Steven Blush takes a spirited, cross-genre perspective in this illuminating chronicle (Booklist) of the crossover of Jamaican, British, and American sounds that changed the face of popular music.Library Journalnotes that Blushs nimble outline of the interplay between reggae and British punk will appeal to music fans.
Bringing the same incisive, cross-genre perspective he offered inWhen Rock Met Disco, Steven Blush gives a spirited survey of the crossover of Jamaican, British, and American sounds that changed the face of popular music in When Rock Met Reggae. The inspiration of ska, rock-steady, dub, and reggaeheard on independent recordings played on soundsystems from Kingston and Brixtoncreated a new rock tonality and attitude, spanning from Eric Clapton to The Clash. Meanwhile, the Two Tone soundstraversing The Specials, Madness, and UB40fueled the 90s ska revival of Sublime, No Doubt, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and beyond. Attentive to the racial, political, and artistic aspects of this intricate story, Blush gives a memorable account of one of the most fertile cross-pollinations in pop music history.

A follow up to When Rock Met Disco - exploring the intersection of the two genres, covering Bob Marley, The Police, The Clash, the ska revival, Don Letts introduction of reggae to punk bands, and the dub techniques on rock records originated by reggae artists.STEVEN BLUSH has written seven books about rock and pop culture, including, most recently,When Rock Met Disco: The Story of How The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, KISS, Queen, Blondie and More Got Their Groove On in the Me Decade.

Reggae may have started in Kingston, Jamaica, but according to Blush, it didnt truly spread around the world until waves of Jamaicans began emigrating to England in the late 1950s. Reggae, he maintains, spoke in a language that upstart youth could il3±