Bruce Benjamin and Wally Sound both grew up in the 50's in Claremont Ca.- A sleepy southern Ca. college town east of Pasadena and west of San Bernadino - both of their dad's were artists and teachers in the Claremont colleges - They hung out together in the backyards and alleys of this said town playing running drinking and carrying on until the 70's. During the mid 70's Bruce relocated to Santa Cruz where Wally was already sporting a fresh new punk rock band JJ180. After a fashion they got together to play music, it wasn't much back then - just some drums and a guitar- but it was a seed.
Fast forward to the year 2005. Bruce is still in Santa Cruz playing drums in all sorts of Reggae bands, touring and supporting major Jamaican acts. Wally has since moved to the San Francisco bay area- Oakland to be exact- he has been running a recording studio for the last 15 years. Bruce has worked with Wally on his own work-the band "Congregation" the following year, and has brought in sessions he recorded in South Africa with a group of young musicians dubbed the "Kwanzaamo Roots Rockers" to "sweeten" and embellish .- Wally and Bruce work hard to keep the original vibe of the music while adding other parts that only add to the vibe and make it whole. It is picked by Reggae Beat as one of the top 10 releases in 2006. OK- so in 2006 Bruce and Wally decide to start their own reggae recording project called "SUPER TOUGH" - They lay down all the riddum tracks- Wally overdubs guitars- pianos-synths- fx- vocals and such then they bring in the BIG GUNS.
Oakland is teeming with Jamaican and American musicians of amazing talent, and as Bruce and Wally are not credentialed to sing (they are going to school for that) They bring in Rankin Scroo- Tony Moses -Ras Kiddus -Al Poncho- Tom and Greg Moore- Chris Rene- Gina Nivens- to do the vocal work- and a host of others to add more musical bits.
The result is SUPER TOUGH- "DANCE WORM" a collection of non traditional reggae songs done inna reggae style with some traditional and dub music thrown in. We sincerely hope you enjoy it.
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Thanx for your friendship,,If you should get your hands on our cd please burn it and place the burnt copies in random restrooms or countries,,or countries with restrooms. Because we want you to be happy on your travels and not baffled when the country you are in has no restroom to put our CD.
Okay, man...we came up for air and are back, now..one with the universe!;) So, off to the mail to pick up the soundz...can't hardly wait an' I know "I ain't see nuttin' yet!"..;)lol;) Will be in touch this week for sure. Hope all's well down there..
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"MASSIVE LOVE" BENEFIT FOR ROBERT RANKIN
6/29/08 @ Moe's Alley [Santa Cruz]
DJ Robert Rankin' ("the professor of reggae" KKUP 91.5 FM, Massive Sound International) has been a pillar in the reggae community for decades. He is currently hospitalized and needs our support from the SF Bay and Monterey Bay massive. All proceeds will go directly to paying Robert's medical bills so come out and enjoy some great live reggae music and help out in this time of need. Tickets available online at www. moesalley. com
Cards, letters, and reggae mix CDs [NO flowers, balloons, teddy bears, etc] are also welcome.
