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David Hinds (born 15 June 1956) is a British musician and the founding member,

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ist and lead vocalist for the

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band

Steel Pulse Steel Pulse are a roots reggae band from the Handsworth area of Birmingham, England. They originally formed at Handsworth Wood Boys School, and were composed of David Hinds (lead vocals, guitar), Basil Gabbidon (lead guitar, vocals), and Ron ...

Life and career

Hinds was born in Handsworth,

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, England, to parents who migrated to the UK from Jamaica in the mid-1950s, along with many other Jamaicans and other British Caribbean islanders to rebuild post-

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Britain. At the age of five, he started elementary school and completed all his schooling by 1974. During that period, the music out of Jamaica became a major influence on Hinds' perception on life in years to come. As he explained in an interview on radio programme ''

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'', "I remember each of my elder siblings coming over with the latest form of music and dance as well as what was happening socially and politically on the island." At Handsworth Wood Boys Secondary School, Hinds met fellow student

Basil Gabbidon Basil Glendon Gabbidon (born 29 October 1955) is a British Jamaican guitarist / vocalist and a founding member of the reggae band Steel Pulse. Gabbidon lives in Birmingham, England, and recorded the album ''Reggae Rockz'' with Paul Beckford (ba ...

; together, they founded Steel Pulse in 1975. SteelPulse14

Outside of Steel Pulse, Hinds has written songs for various films including "Can't Stand It", featured in the film ''

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'', directed by

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(1989). He has also released two solo singles via the France-based Heartical label.

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* 1956 births Living people English male singers English pop guitarists English male guitarists English people of Jamaican descent English Rastafarians Musicians from Birmingham, West Midlands British reggae musicians Black British musicians Converts to the Rastafari movement People from Handsworth, West Midlands {{UK-singer-stub