Reggae Fusion timeline
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The Police release Outlandos d'Amour
Outlandos d'Amour is the debut album by The Police, released in 1978. The album, while at times incorporating reggae, pop, and other elements of... Read more
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The Police release Reggatta de Blanc
Reggatta de Blanc is the second album by The Police, released in 1979. The album took four weeks to record, spaced over several months. Unlike... Read more
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The Police release Zenyattà Mondatta
Zenyattà Mondatta is the third album by The Police, released in 1980. The album was written during the band's second tour and recorded in four... Read more
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The Police release Ghost in the Machine
Ghost in the Machine is the fourth album by The Police, released in 1981. Much of the material in this album was inspired by Arthur Koestler's The... Read more
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Bad Brains release their self-titled debut album
Bad Brains is the first full-length studio album recorded by Bad Brains. Adam Yauch of Beastie Boys has been quoted as saying that this album is... Read more
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Bad Brains release Rock for Light
Rock for Light is the second official full-length album by hardcore punk pioneers Bad Brains. It was produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars. The 1991... Read more
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The Police release Synchronicity
Synchronicity is the fifth and final studio album by The Police, released in 1983. The band's most popular release, Synchronicity includes the hit... Read more
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Bad Brains release I Against I
I Against I is the third official full-length studio album by Bad Brains, released in 1986 as SST Records number 65. The highest selling album in... Read more
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Bad Brains release Quickness
Quickness is the fourth full-length studio album by hardcore punk pioneers Bad Brains. At the time of its release, it was the best selling Bad... Read more
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The Fugees is Formed
The Fugees were an American hip hop group who rose to fame in the mid-1990s. Their repertoire included elements of Hip hop, soul and Caribbean... Read more
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Sublime release 40oz. to Freedom
40oz. to Freedom is the 1992 debut album by the Southern California ska-punk band Sublime. 40oz. to Freedom received mixed critical reviews upon... Read more
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Bad Brains release Rise
Rise is the fifth full-length studio album by hardcore punk pioneers Bad Brains. It is the first Bad Brains album to be released on a major label... Read more
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Sublime release Robbin' the Hood
Robbin' the Hood is the second album by the Southern California ska punk band Sublime. Robbin' the Hood is a Sublime album with noted low... Read more
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Bad Brains release God of Love
God of Love is the sixth full-length studio album by hardcore punk pioneers Bad Brains. It is the first Bad Brains album since 1989 to feature the... Read more
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The Fugees Release "Fu-Gee-La" Single
"Fu-Gee-La" is the first single from the Fugees' second album, The Score. The song, which was produced by Salaam Remi, contains a sample of "If... Read more
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The Fugees Release The Score
The Score is the second and final studio album by the hip hop trio Fugees, released worldwide February 13, 1996 on Columbia Records. The album... Read more
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Bradley Nowell, singer of Sublime, dies
Seven days after Nowell's marriage to Troy Dendekker, Sublime embarked on a five-day tour through Northern California cities. The following... Read more
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Surviving members announce Sublime will break up
Jason Westfall, one of Sublime's managers, was quoted as saying that the surviving members of Sublime had no interest in continuing to perform and... Read more
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The Fugees Release "Killing Me Softly" Single
Hip hop group The Fugees covered the song in 1996 on their album The Score, with Lauryn Hill singing the lead vocals. Their version, titled... Read more
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Sublime release Sublime
Sublime is the third and final album released by ska-punk band Sublime. Originally intended to be titled Killin' It, the band and record label... Read more
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The Fugees Release "Ready or Not" Single
"Fu-Gee-La" is the first single from the Fugees' second album, The Score. The song, which was produced by Salaam Remi, contains a sample of "If... Read more
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Fugees Reunite
The Fugees performed on September 18, 2004 at Dave Chappelle's Block Party in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. They headlined a... Read more
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Sublime reunite with new singer Rome Ramirez
On 28 February 2009, Gaugh and Wilson reunited for a show in Nevada and called themselves Sublime; the performance was confirmed on March 1, 2009,... Read more
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Los Angeles judge bans new lineup from calling themselves Sublime
In 2009, the surviving members decided to reform the band with a new lead singer and guitarist Rome Ramirez. However, weeks after performing at... Read more
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New version of Sublime announces they will perform under a new name
Stories began emerging that the legal battle had been settled, and on January 22, 2010, this was confirmed true and the new incarnation of Sublime... Read more