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Ladánybene 27
12+ albums
reggaehungarianskalb27 reggae camphungarian reggae
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LB 27 - REGGAE FROM HUNGARY! This group comprised Tibi "T.B.Homelock" Bodnár b. 1965 (The Boss, guitar, vocal), Miksa M. László b. 1968 (lead vocal), Tamás "Rastamás" Árokszállási b.1967 (drums), István "Rasta" Hertelendi b.1965 (bass), Zoltán "Apu" Bokó b.1971 (keyboards) and Levente "Lewy Brandy" Pálinkás b.1966 (percussion, keyboards, vocal). All the members were born in Hungary. Named after the form issued to call number of a work's camp in 1985. The band has begun to play reggae after listening to Bob Marley's Babilon by Bus concert album. First, they toured with a program of ska songs, later roots reggae had more and more emphasis on their music that is best shown on the first album by the song called 'Rastafari'. This first album was a revolutionary event in 1991 since nobody had released a reggae album before in Hungary. That's how the band won the eMeRton prize of the Hungarian Radio Stations. The success of the second album can be connected with the song called 'Keep on Picking' (Szedegetem) which became the first Hungarian reggae hit and stayed on the top of the lists for weeks. The band first played Bob Marley's songs on the following 'Live' album that was recorded on a charity concert with 3000 people. For the fiftieth anniversary of Bob Marley's birth, the band released an album with their favourite Bob Marley songs. Before the fourth album we toured in Jamaica and recorded two videoclipsand made a short film about the journey. As a result of the live appearanc
