Good Life: It is amazing how young these guys were to produce such classic as Warrior Charge and nuff more. Bands such as Aswad, Misty in Roots, Steel Pulse, Black Slate and many others paved the way forward for other UK reggae artists and many others further afield.
I used to practice drumming to this in 1982 age 4 in England.. ten years later in Australia, my father and I formed a 10-piece band & played this as our opener song!! #LifeIsGreat
First Class. I am a life-long Aswad fan. They were 30 Years ahead of the crowd. I have CD's not vinyl, Really takes me down memory lane. I remember when these tunes used to lick out of large, home made Bass Speakers in the "Dance". A time when Love and Music walked hand in hand. Going out to a party was fun and not a risk to your life and person. Precious memories. Thank you so much for posting.
This was the time when the British Afro Caribbeans were giving it back to Jamaica and the world. When Black British and Working Class got on , which pushed tunes like this and others to the Mean stream despite the establishment refusing to play our music on mainstream radio, until the record sales forced them to.
@@FHIPrincePeter like I said we never called ourselves afro Caribbeans dummy!!!!, we called ourselves West Indians.... And how can you give back something that you already are???? Now you have learned something. Don't come for me unless you want to look like a fool. And learn to speak grammatical English you ingrate.
Like others I discovered this song through the film Babylon. I can't get over the beat on this track. It's so propulsive and the drum sounds they've got are incredibly deep and punchy. The groove is so locked in I can't help dancing to it.
Aswad dropped this tune at a festival in Brixton back in the last century, the po lice.. Tried to shut the sound.... Nah contest, too many people bubbling and enjoy life, love and Unity 💥❤️💛💚
Meanwhile Gardens ,Notting Hill Carnival ,79 maybe 80...sun going down ,they came on and played this. Early Aswad and Steel Pulse ,British reggae at its finest.
First record I ever bought as a teen. Brings me back to my youth club days, becoming more conscious & cultural. Use to borrow one of mums woolly hats & bounce to youth club.with a hanky in my back pocket.
Thanks for posting this soundboard of Aswad Warrior Charge. I saw Aswad Several times in the Late 1970S-80S. The best times were at the Brixton Academy 82 and the Notting Hill Carnival 83 Which Aswad played Warrior Charge. Nice One Respect from South London.
This tune is a legendary tune!!!! I have to rewind & rewind cuz there's few tunes, even today that outmatch the musical vibration & skills involved in making it. Long Live music that raises the vibration & sets the spirit free ♥️🎶🦋
I had the great pleasure of meeting drummie and brinsley ford coming out of mc Donalds in corby town centre over 30 years ago, they were playing at the civic hall, REST IN ETERNAL PEACE BROTHER 🙏🏽🕊🇯🇲🤜🏽🤛🏼
Never stop playing this pure 🔥🔥🔥🔥 80s reggae finest never been a sound like it still soundz fresh today big big tune put England 🇬🇧 on the map strictly rockers my time good times 😊
I used to go Rollerskating at Jubilee Gardens in the 80's and the skated up to Oxford street with my JVC RCM70 on my shoulder strap blasting the hell out of this.Great days.
RIEP D;rummie Zeb... I don't think you got your true respect when you were alive; in fact Aswad never got their flowers... UB40 did, but we know why... Drummie Zeb, rest up in Zion, where you'll be beating those drums. You will be missed as one of the true pioneers of the Black British reggae scene. Ase!😪
I have toasted many a tweeter and bass speaker with this tune. All in the cause of playing this as loud as can be tolerated by human ears. Big up to the West Ealing Massive who endured my never ending reggae blasts in the late 70's, early 80's. David Rodigan was my hero. Listen carefully to the drums on this track. Brilliance.
Classic legendary riddems. Dubz is serious.. its a headphone timg wid couple rolled enjoying the vybz. Nostalgia. Big up yourself for the upload.😤💨💨💯👏🏾👏🏾👊🏿♥️💛💚
RIP. My condolences to his family and to the Band members. I lived and worked in Hammersmith, up the road from Ladbroke Grove and ran into Drummie a few times. As a fan of Aswad ( and a budding drummer myself at the time ) , we spoke about the intricacies of 'stretching ' Reggae drumming and it was pleasing to hear what this guy did with it. I am shocked to learn of his passing on and have to go buss some of his music in his honour.
I went to the ROOTS DAY at Brockwell Park in Brixton on Sunday, 11th June 2023 and they dropped this track! The crowd R-O-A-R-E-D! They had to wheel and come again! 😂. I screamed out, “DROP THE BASS SELECTOR!! 😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣
One of the best clash tunes ever created, so many white label versions to this song is unavailable. You never play this song at the start but always in the middle, but i always babylon straight afterwards,lol, only tune to answer the greatest clash tune of course is kunta kinta .
From Aswad a killer chune from dem time till now still a killer chune gwan……Angus Gaye's drumming of the planet horns section ah blaze fire da chune ya is a mus.
A new chapter of dub was my first vinyl I took from my fathers collection, purely the art I saw it looked like the most militant thing I've seen in my eyes, truly empowering to all those who have let jah light shine through! Jah live!!!
Went to see Aswad a couple of times early doors, they played a club in Gorton Manchester, only about 100 pplthere That brass section is what got me through the door fkin epic
Haha I was a st Gerards school boy when it was there... our arch enemies if course was H.Thornton, if both entire schools population clashed it would have been 1000 pupils against 400 pupils lol St Gerards wasnt big. Hspoy memories One Love 🙏❤
