Pato Banton & The Reggae Revolution

Genres:	Reggae
Decades Active:	1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Biography

Patrick Murray, Birmingham, England. Murray's unusual stage name came from the Jamaican patois for "wise owl" (Pato) and disc jockey slang for a "heavyweight DJ" (Banton). He first came to the public's attention in 1982 on the Beat's Special Beat Service album, duelling with Ranking Roger on "Pato And Roger A Go Talk", before releases on the Fashion Records and Don Christie labels. His debut single, "Hello Tosh', was a novelty take on the Toshiba advertising campaign of 1985. His first long-playing effort saw him paired with the wizardry of the Mad Professor, a combination to which he would return four years later for the Recaptured set. On his solo debut Banton was backed by the Birmingham-based Studio 2 house band. Throughout, he coloured his Rasta toasting/dub with comic impersonations of the characters populating his songs. Since then, his records have leaned progressively towards pop and soul, blurring the dividing lines between Jamaican toasting and American...

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