Bob Marley and the Wailers

Bob Marley and the Wailers
Bob Marley and the Wailers
	Bob Marley and the Wailers performing at Crystal Palace, London (1980)
Background information
Also known as	Bob Marley & the Wailers; The Teenagers; The Wailing Rudeboys; The Wailing Wailers; The Wailers;
Origin	Kingston, Jamaica
Genres	Roots reggae; ska; rocksteady; R&B;
Discography	Bob Marley and the Wailers discography
Years active	1963–1981
Labels	Studio One; Wail'n Soul'm; Tuff Gong; Beverley's; Upsetter; Island; JAD;
Spinoffs	Word, Sound and Power; The Wailers Band; The Original Wailers;
Spinoff of	The Upsetters
Past members	Bob Marley; Peter Tosh; Bunny Wailer; Junior Braithwaite; Cherry Smith; Beverley Kelso; Constantine "Vision" Walker; Aston "Family Man" Barrett; Carlton Barrett; Earl Lindo; Tyrone Downie; Rita Marley; Marcia Griffiths; Judy Mowatt; Al Anderson; Seeco Patterson; Earl "Chinna" Smith; Donald Kinsey; Junior Marvin; Nathaniel Ian Wynter;
Website	bobmarley.com

Bob Marley and the Wailers (previously known as The Wailers and prior to that The Wailing Rudeboys, The Wailing Wailers and The Teenagers) were a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae band. The founding members, in 1963, were Bob Marley (Robert Nesta Marley), Peter Tosh (Winston Hubert McIntosh), and Bunny Wailer (Neville Livingston).

During 1970 and 1971, Wailer, Marley and Tosh worked with renowned reggae producers Leslie Kong and Lee "Scratch" Perry.

They released four albums before signing to Island Records in 1972. Two more albums were created before Tosh and Wailer left the band in 1974, citing grievances over label treatment and ideological differences. Marley carried on with a new line-up, including the I-Threes that put out seven more albums. Marley died of cancer in 1981.

The Wailers were a groundbreaking ska and reggae group, noted for songs such as "Simmer Down", "Trenchtown Rock", "Nice Time", "War", "Stir It Up" and "Get Up, Stand Up".

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