REBELUTION BIOGRAFIA

Rebelution is a rock, world, and reggae band formed in Santa Barbara, California. Current members of Rebelution are Eric Rachmany, Rory Carey, Wesley Finley, Marley D Williams, and Khris Royal.

Biography

Rebelution is a band from Santa Barbara, California. Founding band members Eric Rachmany of San Francisco (vocals/guitar), Matt Velasquez (vocals/guitar, former), Rory Carey (keyboard) Wesley Finley of Prunedale (drums), and Marley D Williams of Point Arena (bass) met in college while residing in Isla Vista, a beach-side community in Santa Barbara. The seeds of Rebelution germinated in Santa Barbara’s college town of Isla Vista in 2004. A student named Marley D. Williams had recently switched from baseball to bass guitar when, walking to choir practice one night, he heard strains of roots-reggae coming through a door. The fellow reggae enthusiast turned out to be Rachmany, a devotee of roots-reggae and dancehall, and especially the music of Don Carlos and Black Uhuru.

Throughout 2004-2005, Rebelution began to build momentum through consistently playing local shows and by independently releasing an EP.

Rebelution released their first full-length album Courage to Grow in June 2007, which would become the breakthrough album for the band. The album was praised for its crafty melodies, socially-conscious lyrics, and savvy musicianship. Courage to Grow went on to garner mass downloads and radio play on stations such as San Francisco’s Live 105 where their single "Safe and Sound" was played on heavy rotation, with spins on San Diego’s 91X and Los Angeles’s KROQ. The album was selected as iTunes Editor’s Choice for Best Reggae Album of 2007. In addition, Courage to Grow peaked at No. 4 on theBillboard Top Reggae Albums chart.

Two years after their first album, Rebelution released their second full-length album Bright Side of Life. On 4 August 2009Bright Side of Life was officially released and dominated the iTunes charts, reaching the 1 spot on iTunes in the reggae music genre, and the no. 3 spot for top albums downloaded in the United States in all genres of music. The album reached no. 1 on the Billboard Top Reggae Albums chart and no. 34 on Billboard's top 200.

The release of Bright Side of Life marks the first release under Rebelution’s newly founded record label "87 Music" (named after their address while attending college at UCSB: 6587 Del Playa Drive), in association with Controlled Substance Sound Labs, the California based music collective.

The band also played at the Rothbury Music Festival, in summer 2009.

The band performed at the 2010 Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa, California along with other well-known acts such as The Expendables, Slightly Stoopid andLauryn Hill. They also performed at All Good Music Festival, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits and Wakarusa music festivals in 2010.

On January 10, 2012, Rebelution released their 3rd studio album, Peace Of Mind, through their own label 87 Music. The label, in partnership with Controlled Substance Sound Labs, simultaneously released two additional versions of the entire record as a multi-length triple album. Peace of Mind: Acoustic features all twelve original album tracks stripped down acoustic as well as Peace of Mind: Dub remixed by Easy Star’s Michael Goldwasser (Dub Side of The Moon, Radiodread,Easy Star’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band). The album debuted at no. 13 on the Billboard 200 charts, no. 1 Independent and no. 1 Reggae, selling 16,000 copies its first week, despite giving away half the album free to their fans over the 6 weeks prior to release.

Count Me In, the band’s fourth full-length release on its own label 87 Music, and partnering for the first time with Easy Star Records, marks its tenth year together. The album, which features contributions from Don Carlos and Collie Budz, gave the band its third Billboard Reggae Albums number one.

Said guitarist/singer Eric Rachmany about the band in its decade milestone, “we still have the same energy as we did as a young band, if not more. The more experience we had doing this, the more inspired we became.”

Members

Current

Eric Rachmany - Guitars, vocals

Marley D. Williams - Bass

Rory Carey - Keyboards

Wesley Finley - Drums

Khris Royal - Sax, percussion (touring member)Former

Matt Velasquez - Guitars, vocals

Discography

Studio albums

Courage to Grow (2007)

Bright Side of Life (2009)

Peace of Mind (2012)

Count Me In (2014)

EPs

Rebelution (2006)

Remix EP (2011)

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