Peter Metro (born Peter Clarke,Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter:"Reggae: The Rough Guide", 1997, Rough Guides, Kingston, Jamaica, c.1960) is a

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, who released five albums in the 1980s.Larkin, Colin:"The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", 1998, Virgin Books,

Biography

Initially performing under the name Peter Ranking, he changed his name when he discovered that another deejay was using that name, and since he was resident deejay on the ''Metromedia'' sound system, he chose the name Peter Metro. His use of

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gained him many fans in

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, and he is acknowledged as the first multilingual reggae toaster. His work with

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and Fathead on the albums ''Yellowman, Fathead, and the one Peter Metro'' (1982) and ''Live With Yellowman and Sassafrass'' (1984) kept his profile high through to the mid-1980s. He appeared at the Reggae Sunsplash festival in 1987 with English deejay Dominic, captured on the ''Reggae Sunsplash Dancehall X '87'' video. In 1989, he appeared as a guest on the CD ''

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'' by the Brazilian rock band

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. He performed the song "The Can" and "Don't Give Me That", the latter one being an anti-cocaine statement which made reference to Richard Pryor's mishap with crack in 1980.

Albums

*''Yellowman, Fathead & The One Peter Metro'' (1982) Abissa *''Sinbad & the Metric System'' (1983) CSA (Peter Metro &

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With

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) *''Dedicated to You'' (1984) CSA (with

, Lady Anne, and Squiddly Ranking) *''Live with Yellowman and Sassafrass'' (1984) *''No Problem'' (1985) Power House *''The D.J. Don'' (1986) Black Solidarity

References

External links

Peter Metro at Roots Archives
1960 births Living people Musicians from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican reggae musicians Jamaican dancehall musicians Jamaican male songwriters {{reggae-stub