RAS-1 (Richard Arthur Smith) is a
musician (guitarist/singer) who was in the band
Long Beach Shortbus
Long Beach Shortbus was an American reggae-influenced punk band from Long Beach, California, United States. The band consists of four regular members: RAS-1 (lead vocals and guitar), Trey Pangborn (guitar), Eric Wilson (bass guitar) and Dam ...
with former
Sublime bassist
Eric Wilson and
Willard "trey" Pangborn of
Falling Idols
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* Christine Falling (born 1963), American serial killer who murdered six children
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, along with drummer
Damien Ramirez. RAS-1 was also a member of
Long Beach Dub Allstars
The Long Beach Dub Allstars are an American dub/ska/rock band formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2002, but reformed 10 years later.
History Initial career (1997–2001)
Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh met in childhood (in 1979) and later started their ...
along with Eric Wilson and former Sublime drummer
Bud Gaugh
Floyd I. "Bud" Gaugh IV (born October 2, 1967) is an American drummer who played in the bands Sublime (1988–1996), Long Beach Dub Allstars (1997–2002), Eyes Adrift (2002–2003), Volcano (2004), and Sublime with Rome (2009–2011), as well ...
.
Early life
Richard Arthur Smith is the son of singer Dora Gail Smith formerly of the all girl Long Beach jazz quartet Dream.
Early bands
As a teenager, RAS-1 was in a
psychedelic rock band called The Griffin with his cousin J-sun, the current singer/poet of the band Stonewing.
Following this, he played guitar and sang with a
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
band called Jah Children, which played backyard parties in Long Beach and opened for
Sublime on occasion.
See also
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List of reggae artists
This is a list of reggae musicians. This includes artists who have either been very important to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one that has been on a major label). Bands are listed by the first lett ...
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Long Beach Dub All-Stars
The Long Beach Dub Allstars are an American Dub music, dub/ska/Rock music, rock band formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2002, but reformed 10 years later.
History Initial career (1997–2001)
Eric Wilson (bassist), Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh met in ...
*
Long Beach Shortbus
Long Beach Shortbus was an American reggae-influenced punk band from Long Beach, California, United States. The band consists of four regular members: RAS-1 (lead vocals and guitar), Trey Pangborn (guitar), Eric Wilson (bass guitar) and Dam ...
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Guitarists from California
Long Beach Dub Allstars members
Long Beach Shortbus members