He was among the first Jamaican producer-musicians to use the studio as an instrument, and he pioneered the reggae instrumental form known as dub, in which sections of a rhythm track were removed and others emphasized through echo, distortion, repetition, and backward tape looping.Mar 24, 2022
The Upsetters was the name given to the house band for Jamaican reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry. The name of the band comes from Perry's nickname of Upsetter, after his song "I Am the Upsetter", a musical dismissal of his former boss Coxsone Dodd.
Formerly a committed marijuana smoker, Perry revealed in 2014 that he had stopped. Perry is due to release his latest album 'Rainford' on May 11, which was produced by long-time collaborator and friend Adrian Sherwood.Mar 11, 2019
EinsiedelnIt all came to an abrupt end when a fire destroyed his studio. Perry moved to the US, then on to Amsterdam, London and finally Einsiedeln in Switzerland, where he married Mireille Campbell-Rüegg in 1991.Aug 30, 2021
August 29, 2021Lee Perry / Date of death
He had created a dread studio, and he felt that he wasn't a dread. He suffered a mental breakdown and began his now famous eccentric behavior including covering every surface of the ruins of the Black Ark with cryptic graffiti and small crosses (Sleeper 4).
5′ 6″Lee Perry / Height
85 years (1936–2021)Lee Perry / Age at death
Paulette Perrym. ?–1979Mireille PerryLee Perry/Wife
Kendal, JamaicaLee Perry / Place of birthKendal is a small town in Hanover Parish in western Jamaica. More specifically, Kendal is located between Grange and Cessnock near the Westmoreland/Hanover border. Wikipedia