David Hinds
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David Hinds (born 15 June 1956)[1] is a British musician and the founding member, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist for the Grammy-winning reggae band Steel Pulse.
Life and career
[edit ]Hinds was born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, to parents who migrated to the UK from Jamaica in the mid-1950s, along with many other Jamaicans and other British Caribbean islanders to rebuild post-World War II Britain. At the age of five, he started elementary school and completed all his schooling by 1974. During that period, the music out of Jamaica became a major influence on Hinds' perception on life in years to come. As he explained in an interview on radio programme Afropop Worldwide , "I remember each of my elder siblings coming over with the latest form of music and dance as well as what was happening socially and politically on the island."[2]
At Handsworth Wood Boys Secondary School, Hinds met fellow student Basil Gabbidon; together, they founded Steel Pulse in 1975.
Outside of Steel Pulse, Hinds has written songs for various films including "Can't Stand It", featured in the film Do The Right Thing , directed by Spike Lee (1989). He has also released two solo singles via the France-based Heartical label.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ "David Hinds Discography". Discogs.com. 15 June 1956. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ^ "Babylon Is Falling: David Hinds on the Early Years of Steel Pulse and His Youth in England". Afropop Worldwide. 2013. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ "Bio: David "Dread" Hinds". SteelPulse.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
External links
[edit ]- David Hinds at IMDb
- 1956 births
- Living people
- English male singers
- English pop guitarists
- English male guitarists
- English people of Jamaican descent
- English Rastafarians
- Musicians from Birmingham, West Midlands
- British reggae musicians
- Black British musicians
- Converts to the Rastafari movement
- People from Handsworth, West Midlands
- Steel Pulse members
- British singer stubs
- British reggae singers