Going back even further, I would think America's first mainstream introduction to reggae would be through Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Maker", what was that 73'?
just a thought......I know it's not really reggae, but the influences are undeniable, and once again the British gave us something nice. > errr...didnt reggae and its dub 'versions' come after the whole rock > steady/ska thing? > > > From: "M. Todd Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 10:52:05 -0400 > > To: "313 List" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [313] Is Prince the root of all Techno? > > > > Somebody wrote: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Well, Back in the day Detroit had a largish punk scene. One of punks primary > > influences was Jamaican reggae & dubb. Just had to bring it all back full > > circle. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Do you have any evidence of this? Can you support this claim? Are you Iggy > > Pop? The only influence Dub and Reggae may have had on punk is the message > > they tried to get across. Ska was directly influenced by the rhythms and > > sounds of Dub and Reggae as is apparent in the music, however Ska-punk cross > > pollination really didn't happen until about '88 when Operation Ivy hit the > > scene. Unless you consider The Specials and The English Beat 'punk', I'd > > really like to know where you got this idea. > > > > Cheers > > todd > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
