About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 79. Chapters: Television, Beastie Boys, Buzzcocks, Nico, Bad Brains, MC5, Glenn Branca, John Cale, Suicide, Black Uhuru, Mikey Dread, Bill Laswell, Einsturzende Neubauten, GG Allin, Johnny Thunders, The Ruts, The Durutti Column, Front Line Assembly, The Fleshtones, Exuma, Flipper, The Chocolate Watch Band, Laurel Aitken, The Dictators, James Chance, Big Youth, Adrenalin O.D., Christian Death, Praxis, The Dickies, Yabby You, Cedella Booker, Bush Tetras, Glen Brown, The Three Johns, Dub Trio, Jonathan Borofsky, 8-Eyed Spy, Dub Syndicate, Raz Mesinai, Steely & Clevie, Joe Carrasco, 10 Foot Ganja Plant, Dufus, List of artists that appear on ROIR, Twilight Circus Dub Sound System. Excerpt: Michael George Campbell (born 4 June 1954 in Port Antonio, Jamaica - died 15 March 2008 in Connecticut, United States), better known as Mikey Dread, was a Jamaican singer, producer, and broadcaster. He was one of the most influential performers and innovators in reggae music. His abilities, technical expertise, and unique vocal delivery combined to create a unique sound that tells the listener emphatically that it is the "Dread at the Controls." From an early age, Campbell showed a natural aptitude for engineering and electronics. In 1976, after he finished college, Campbell started out as an engineer with the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC). Campbell wasn't impressed that the JBC's playlists mainly consisted of bland, foreign pop music at a time when some of the most potent reggae was being recorded in Jamaica. He convinced his JBC bosses to give him his own radio program called Dread At The Controls, where he played nothing but reggae. Before long, Campbell (now using the DJ name Mikey Dread) had the most popular program on the JBC. Well-known for its fun and adventurous sonic style, Dread At The Controls became a hit all over Jamaica. Inev...
