T. Irie Dread Reggae Band from Lemon Grove, CA

We are THE COMBINATION OF ALL YOU EVER WANTED AND WHAT YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER WARNED YOU ABOUT. ROOTS AND RASTA; WE ARE BLACK UhUrU, MICHAEL ROSE, JUNIOR REID, BURNING SPEAR, HUGH MUNDELL, SLY AND ROBBIE, HALFPINT AND MORE... FUNK: WE ARE PARLIAMENT/FUNKADELIC, CAMEO, SLAVE, THE BROTHERS JOHNSON, THE SILVERS, BOOTSYS RUBBERBAND, JAMES BROWN AND MORE... ROCK; WE ARE FUNKADELIC, JIMI HENDRIX, ROBIN TROWER, EDDIE HAZEL, ERNIE ISLEY, BUCKET HEAD AND MORE... T. Irie Dread WAS FOUNDED BY FREDERICK AND RODERICK (THE TWINS) BACK IN THE DAY. MAJOR INFLUENCES AT THAT TIME WERE PARLIAMENT/FUNKADELIC AND BLACK UHURU. THEY SAW THESE BANDS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND CONFIGURED BOTH STYLES INTO THEIR OWN STYLE. A ROCK EDGE WAS ALSO PRESENT DUE TO THE TYPE OF VENUES (COLLEGE, BEACH, HOUSE PARTIES AND STREET FAIRS) THE SUSTAINED DISTORTED GUITAR EFFECTS WERE STRAIGHT FROM JIMI HENDRIX ACID TRIPS WHICH WERE LOVED AND ACCEPTED BY THE AUIENCES. THE BROS ARE THE MAIN SONG WRITERS. EIGHTY PERCENT OF T. IRIE DREAD SONGS ARE ORIGINAL MATERIAL THIS IS ONE NATION PEACE LOVE AND UNITY ITECTION FOR ALL!