Massive Dread

b. Dennis Adam, c.1960, Trenchtown, Jamaica, West Indies. Adam began his profession in 1982 touring with Byron Lee AS WELL AS THE Dragonaires, which resulted in an appearance on the Jamaican Reggae Sunsplash present. His live performances culminated within the Crazy Jim display, where he released the brand new DJ design that became referred to as ‘bubbling’ for an ecstatic viewers. A adherent of the idea of leaving the viewers ‘wanting even more’, he withdrew from showing up in the live circuit. His popularity grew and he was shortly documenting for several Jamaican manufacturers, including Tommy Cowan’s initial wife, Valerie, at Music Hill. He loved his greatest accomplishments as a documenting designer with Winston ‘Tube’ Matthews and Lloyd ‘Breads’ McDonald from the Wailing Souls. The vocal group, like therefore a great many other reggae performers, concentrated their is designed towards both creative and financial self-reliance by establishing their very own record label. The Upfront Company released his edition from the Wailing Souls’ ‘Points And Period’ as ‘Good Dem Up’ in addition to ‘One Method’, ‘Simply Cool Melba’ as well as the Jamaican chart-topping ‘This Is usually Substantial’. The Wailing Souls had been asked to execute ‘Points And Period’, for UK’s Tyne Tees Tv, which was contained in a documentary of Jamaican music for The Pipe. The program also presented a rare overall performance from Substantial Dread in his driving hat, put on in recognition from the after that current craze from the jockey-ride dance. He performed in the Valentines dance alongside Yellowman, Eek A Mouse, Buro Banton and Billy Boyo at Aces. The DJs made an appearance as a display from the Volcano sound program’s best performers beneath the guiding light of Henry ‘Junjo’ Lawes. In 1984, the strikes continuing with ‘Youthful Gal No Sell Your Body’ and ‘Justice Like And Tranquility’ raised from his second recording. Pursuing his association with Volcano, Massive Dread became a member of the Metro Press audio where he performed alongside Peter Metro and Zu Zu.