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UB40, United Kingdom, Birmingham - England |
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| Band Members: |
James Brown (Drums, syncussion), Ali Campbell (Vocals, guitar), Robin Campbell (Guitar, vocals), Earl Falconer (bass guitar), Normal Hassan (Percussion, vocals), Brian Travers (Saxophones), Michael Virtue (Keyboards) and Astro (Toasting, rhyming, percussion) |
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UB40 are a British dub / reggae pop music band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. The band is one of the most culturally diverse dub reggae bands with musicians of English, Scottish, Irish, Yemeni and Jamaican parentage. The band is named from the paper form issued by the UK government's Department of Health and Social Security at the time of the band's formation for claiming unemployment benefit (UB40 = Unemployment Benefit, Form 40). |
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