i'm a newbie in all sense's, how do you unrar rar? would like the steel pulse comp, doh!

Read this post and all will be revealed!

If you have any more questions about it feel free to PM me :)

thanks bulldog, up and running.

google "The Ohms" they are a phenominal Reggae/Rock/Dancehall/Ska band from Cincinnati Ohio and they are on the rise.

they have played with Steel Pulse, SOJA, Pato Banton and many more and their vocals and message is very positive and uplifting

for fans of: Sublime, Slighty Stoopid, Pepper, Rebelution, SOJA, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Damian Marley, Steel Pulse, Operation Ivy, The Pilfers....ect

Interesting Note Johnny... I was just thinking about Handworth Revolution album while flicking through this thread as apart from owning said album I have nothing else by Steel Pulse. TBH I've not heard any of the other albums in actual fact.

Your mention of a "Soulful Reggae album is spot on IMO as the 'Spanish' feel of track 'Prediction' is just somewhere out of this world and one of the most inventive takes on Reggae I've ever heard. I must try and listen to some other Steel Pulse albums and see if my opinion differs from your own recollections.

*Off to drop Side one of Handsworth Revolution!

Only a month late to this post, but hey...

As far as their best albums go - True Democracy > Handsworth Revolution > Tribute To the Martyrs

Babylon the Bandit and Earth Crisis are good albums too, but have a bit too much of the old overproduced shine to them.

And African Holocaust, their last album to date, it very good stuff too. A choice track from it for anyone curious enough;

I've only heard Roller Blades by them; that's a damn good song though. I'll download some of these comps you guys put together and get back to you in a bit. Thanks! :)

I can see where some would consider Earth Crisis overproduced, but i just find it polished. I actually prefer it to Handsworth and True Democracy. I really like both albums listed but prefer Earth Crisis. I think Bodyguard and Sitting on a throne of gold are really tight reggae songs.

They used to tour a lot and Ive seen them many times, always a good show - as has been said before they deserve more credit than they got and waaaaaay better than UB40

Steel Pulse are definitely one of my favorites . I got to see them on the Sun Splash tour a number of years ago down here in Florida . They were great live . I still have some worn down cassettes from the late eighties that I used to play all the time in my school days

i'm somewhat a fan

though i haven't ventured outside of comps

Hail Steel pulse

No reggae boundries

moved reggae from rock to rocket

love them man

Just got into these guys and WOW. I've always liked reggae but I never thought that a reggae artist could be in that upper echelon of bands I truly adore but after hearing True Democracy I've changed my tune :bowdown:

Hell yes! Steel Pulse is awesome! Essential for any reggae fan. If you dig their roots reggae sound you should check out these albums also.

-Burning Spear Marcus Garvey


- Max Romeo and The Upsetters War Inna Babylon


Some really classic reggae vibes on both these albums. I think you would enjoy them, very easy listening but both have deep lyrics and wicked rhythms!

yeaaa bob marley is the god!

Wow, looking at your posts none of them have any substance but that one takes the cake.

The Handsworth Revolution is an absolute classic, which of course has cemented them as reggae legends.

After that, there are some fairly good songs sprinkled hear and there, but nothing compares to their initial release.

I first saw Steel Pulse in a large dancehall in Brixton when I was visiting London in 1980. They blew me away. Being at the gig was a bit intimidating because I was the only white dude in a crowd of about 2000 West Indian blacks.

I saw them again in Boston in 1982 and 1986 playing before an audience of nearly all white college students and they weren't nearly as good as that night in Brixton.

I've seen other reggae artists like Culture and Burning Spear tone down the militancy of their stage show when playing before predominately white audiences. It may have been an unconscious thing on the part of the reggae artist. I've noticed the response of American audiences (predominately white folks) at live reggae shows is far more subdued than the wildly enthusiastic West Indian audiences who attend live reggae shows in Jamaica and the UK.