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Artist: UB40
Genre: Reggae
Latest Album: Who You Fighting For
Background:
UB40 is named after a famous British unemployment benefit form. This pop-reggae band UB40 was eventually formed in a welfare line in 1978. The multiracial lineup of the band reflects the working-class community; all its members came from. The talented group consolidated its keen street credibility with all the famous political topics quite appealing to youth. They got a huge boost from their fans from the popular the waning 2-Tone ska-revival movement. The band was formed when Ali Campbell (guitar, lead vocal) and Robin (lead guitar), the two brothers formed the centerpiece of the band. This centerpiece also comprised keyboardist Mickey Virtue, bassist Earl Falconer, drummer Jim Brown, saxophonist Brian Travers, toaster Terence "Astro" Wilson and percussionist Norman Hassan. Eventually the band could buy its first instruments after receiving the compensation money from Ali Campbell after a bloody bar fight. In 1979, the band continued to practice but didn't get a big break. By the end of the same year, the band was invited to a famous tour with the Pretenders. After this the band released their next album. Their hugely hit "Food For Thought" single climbed the U.K Top Ten in 1980; after this followed a long streak of famous chart appearances. Their next two singles Present Arms and Signing Off were proved as big sellers in the U.K. Their several albums did extremely well in the U.K. and then hit the U.S. Their biggest hit was a Top 30 cover of famous Sonny and Cher's hugely popular "I Got You Babe" featuring the popular Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde.
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In 1988, the band performed "Red Red Wine" at a reputed Nelson Mandela tribute concert. Finally, the band hit the lucrative American music market with next cover album "Labor of Love II. This album produced Top Ten singles with the superb versions of the Temptations' "Here I Am"
"Al Green's" and "The Way You Do the Things You Do." The band scored a tremendous hit in US with Elvis's "Can't Help Falling In Love," in the beginning it was featured in the famous Sharon Stone film "Silver" and it spent seven weeks at the position of number one. By the time, the band abandoned its trademark left-wing politics and then starts concentrating more on perfecting their reggae oldies covers. This gimmick fared well and resulted in huge sales figures in the whole of America and in U.K also. Their next album "Promises and Lies" was released in the spring of 1998, and reached the number six; followed by "Dancehall" and "A third Labour of Love" in 2002. The band scored another huge hit in the U.K, when their hugely popular spiritual album "Swing Low" hit the musical charts with the multi-cultural choir United Colors of famous sound. This sound became the official anthem for the English Rugby Team in 2003. This popular song was featured on their next album "Homegrown" in 2003. In 2005, the band released "Who You Fighting for?" They are performing live, so don't miss this opportunity, just get your tickets from an on-line ticket vendor and be there.
Discography:
Who You Fighting For (2005)
Kiss And Say Goodbye (2005)
Live In Moscow (2003)
The Very Best Of UB40 (2000)
Labour Of Love III (1998)
Guns In The Ghetto (1997)
Promises And Lies (1993)
Labour Of Love II (1989)
UB40 (1988)
Rat In The Kitchen (1986)
Labour Of Love (1983)
Ub44 (1982)
Present Arms (1981)
Signing Off (1980)