About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Doe Maar, Sounds Like Chicken, Herbs, Dili Allstars, 340ml, Los Pericos, LeperKhanz, Seeed, Locomondo, Katchafire, Easy Star All-Stars, Natural Vibrations, Smoke'n'Soul, Bagdad Cafe the Trench Town, Pueblo Criminal, Trenton and Free Radical, Dry & Heavy, Izrael, Cultura Profetica, Beef, Brownman Revival, Cidade Negra, Midnite, Cornerstone Roots, No-Maddz, No-Maddz ...(Shepherd, Creary, Gordon and Peart), B.R. Stylers, Moonraisers, Hoba Hoba Spirit, The Black Seeds, Born Jamericans, Antidoping, Bomba, Jagatara, Supermax, Daab, Almamegretta, Hospit u iela, Tribo de Jah, Inushiki, Raggasonic, What Fun!, African Head Charge, Postmen, Luie Hond, 100 Derece, Hatikva 6, American Yard, Natiruts, Jamal, Hjalmar, Pitura Freska, Mataqali Music, Century Steel Band, Darga, Anastasio y los del Monte, List of reggae bands from the Virgin Islands, Les Babacools, Sons of Jah. Excerpt: Doe Maar was a Dutch ska band with punk and reggae influences. Their career ran from 1978 to 1984 and they were one of the most successful pop bands in Dutch history. Doe Maar translates as Go Ahead or Just do it, a phrase mostly used in a deprecatory, sulky manner. Doe Maar was formed in 1978 as the resident band of that year's Festival of Fools. Afterwards the 10-piece line-up was reduced to four; Ernst Jansz (May 24, 1948; keyboards, sax, percussion), Jan Hendriks (September 20, 1949; guitar), Carel Copier (drums) and Piet Dekker (bass). In 1979 they appeared on a sampler-album (Uitholling Overdwars) made up of new bands singing in Dutch. They also released their self-titled debut on Telstar omitting the sampler-track Blozen (Blushing); the ska- and reggae-influences that later permeated their best known stuff were practically absent and the critics weren't impressed either. "I fail to see how this lot will make a positive contribution to the futur...
