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Cool Runnings
12+ albums
reggaenorthwest hardcoreSwedish reggae
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There are at least 3 bands with the name Cool Runnings. 1. The reggae band from Bristol, UK, was formed 1980 and active to the mid 90s. It was a Caribbean and British hybrid band with black and white members. 'Robin Hoods Of The Ghetto' was their first recording with Winston Minott at vocals. Soon Gerald Thomas became lead singer. Their most known song is 'Playhouse'. Cool Runnings is also a 2. Garage punk band from Auckland, NZ (http://cool-runnings.bandcamp.com/); a 3. Hardcore band from Tacoma, WA. (http://www.myspace.com/coolrunningsthrash); 4. a feature movie from 1993 with John Candy based on the true story of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team's debut in competition during the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary – a film where some Jamaican reggae songs were made popular again (e.g. 'Wild Wild Life', 'I Can See Clearly Now'; a reggae song by Bunny Wailer. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
