Baha Men
Baha Men performing in June 2010
Background information
Also known as	The Bahas, Men of The Baha
Origin	Nassau, Bahamas
Genres	Junkanoo, dance, hip hop, reggae
Years active	1980–present
Labels	EMI/S-Curve
Associated acts	Los Del Rio, Diane Turner
Members
Rik Carey Leroy Butler Brendan McGowan Dyson Knight Jimbo Slice Anthony Flowers Jeffery Chea Javier Laplaza Patrick Carey Johnny Mahon Patrick McGowan Joshua Pinkhasov John Pinkhasov Jawad Ahsan
Past members
Marvin Prosper Nehemiah Hield B Rolla (Jive Turkey)

The Baha Men are a Bahamian band playing a modernised style of Bahamian music called Junkanoo.

Early career as High Voltage (1980–1991) [link]

The group was formed in the Bahamas in 1980 as High Voltage. They started the genre "Junkanoo" in 1982. In 1991, they changed their name to Baha Men.

Baha Men [link]

The group renamed themselves as Baha Men in 1991, and released their first album under that name, Junkanoo, in 1992. The album was very traditional in its sound.

International success [link]

In the 1990s they began aiming their music at a more mainstream audience, and achieved great, if short-lived, popularity with 2000's remake of "Who Let the Dogs Out?" (originally composed by Anslem Douglas), recorded with the help of Orlando Infante. The song was a chart success in many countries, and also became a popular song at US sporting events.

"Who Let the Dogs Out?" also earned the band several awards: a Grammy Award in 2000 for Best Dance Recording; Billboard Music Awards for World Music Artist of the Year and World Music Album of the Year; and a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award for Favorite Song. In 2002, they won another Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Band.

Recent activity [link]

In June 2008 "Who Let the Dogs Out?" was discussed on I Love the New Millennium. The Baha Men's most recent album was Holla! , released in 2004.

Through MySpace, the Baha Men released a cover version of the George Harrison hit My Sweet Lord.

Involvement in motion pictures [link]

The Baha Men were one of the many artists to record a song on the album DisneyMania and two of its four sequels. On the first DisneyMania, they recorded "Hakuna Matata" from The Lion King. On DisneyMania 2, they recorded the famous song "It's a Small World" from the Disney park attraction of the same name. They were absent from DisneyMania 3, though they returned for DisneyMania 4, recording their take on the song "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" from Lilo and Stitch entitled "Bahaman Roller Coaster Ride." A number of their songs have used in major motion pictures such as: Rugrats In Paris, Miss Congeniality, Rat Race, Around the World in 80 Days and Garfield: The Movie. They also recorded a cover of Elton John's hit "Crocodile Rock" for the film Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course starring Steve Irwin and family. In fact, the band has also made an appearance on the big screen, when they starred as themselves in the 1994 romantic comedy My Father the Hero starring Gerard Depardieu and Katherine Heigl.^[1] The Baha Men also were featured in the soundtrack of Shrek with their hit song "Best Years of Our Lives". "Who Let the Dogs Out?" was also featured in the 2009 hit comedy The Hangover.

Discography [link]

Albums [link]

• Noo (1985)
• High Voltage (as High Voltage) (1987)
• Kick In The Bahamas (1990)
• Junkanoo (1992)
• Kalik (1994)
• Here We Go Again (1996)
• I Like What I Like (1997)
• Doong Spank (1998)
• Who Let the Dogs Out (2000)
• 2 Zero 0-0 (2001)
• Move It Like This (2002)
• Holla! (2004)
• Noo Junk (TBA)
• Dooo Da Mike Vick (2012)

Singles [link]

References [link]

External links [link]

• Baha Men official site
• Baha Men - Baha Men Representation
• Baha Men - official booking agency