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Hinds in 2017

David Hinds (born 15 June 1956)[1] is a British musician and the founding member, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist for the reggae band Steel Pulse , he is one of the two male West Indian singers that were born in Birmingham along with John Andrew King of and the second of two singers that were born in England in the month of June along with Alison Hinds again of Barbados who was born 14 years later in 1970 on June the 1st.

Life and career

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.

Frontman David Hinds of Steel Pulse in concert in Antwerp, 2022.

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

  1. ^ "David Hinds Discography". Discogs.com. 15 June 1956. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Bio: David "Dread" Hinds". SteelPulse.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2014.


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