The Revolutionaries were formed in 1976 and consisted of the in-house session band at Channel One Recording Studio, Maxfield Avenue, Kingston. The line-up featured Sly And Robbie, Earl Lindo, Rad Bryan and Ansell Collins. If any of the musicians were unavailable, others would step in, including Lloyd Parks, Cool Sticky, Barnabus, Bo Peep, Errol ‘Tarzan’ Nelson and Skully. They were accompanied by the horn section which consisted of ex-Skatalite Tommy McCook, ‘Deadly’ Headly Bennett and Vin Gordon. The line-up evolved from Skin Flesh And Bones who were the resident band at the Tit-For-Tat club. Their notoriety spread and they were considered to be the island’s top session band. They accompanied Al Brown on his track ‘Here I Am (Come And Take Me)’ which led to them supporting him and others on the Jamaica Showcase tour in 1974. Dunbar’s drumming, with its innovative beat, helped the group provide hits for the Mighty Diamonds (‘Right Time’), Junior Byles (‘Fade Away’), Johnny Osbourne (‘Kiss Somebody’) and Dillinger (‘CB 200’). The Mighty Diamonds cut led to an album of the same name which was released through Virgin Records in the UK. The musicians onSimple Sly Man and Sly Wicked And Slick were the nucleus of the Revolutionaries, accompanied by Mikey Chung, Tamlins, Black Uhuru and Beres Hammond. The Revolutionaries’ recording style became known as rockers and the other studios in Jamaica emulated the band’s winning formula. The ensemble were criticized for utilizing Coxsone Dodd’s old Studio One rhythms; nevertheless, the record-buying public approved. The group also recorded a number of dub and instrumental albums Vital Dub, Goldmine Dub, Black Ash Dub and Negrea Love Dub, all of which were greeted with enthusiasm and sold in large quantities. The group’s demise occurred when Sly And Robbie’s services were enrolled by Peter Tosh for his backing band, Word Sound And Power, while the other members joined forces with Bunny Lee’s Aggrovators. Ironically, a dub compilation, The Revolutionaries Meet The Aggrovators At Channel One, surfaced and has proved to be the most enduring set.