The Upsetters

The Upsetters was the studio band for Jamaican reggae producer Lee Perry. The band was active with a rotating cast from 1968 to 1986.

Originally, it was formed from members of the Gladdy 's All- Stars by pianist Gladstone Anderson. With them, Lee Perry produced in 1969 the first successful disc Return of Django / Dollar In The Teeth, the number 5 of the UK Singles Chart landed in the same year and later through the Grand Theft Auto video game series ( GTA: London 1969 and GTA San Andreas ) Popularity learned.

Also In 1969, the occupation of the Upsetters for the first time, because it was not the Gladdy 's All- Stars possible to accompany Lee Perry at a European tour. Instead, playing in their place the members of the Hippy Boys, which, inter alia, of brothers Aston Barrett (bass guitar) and Carlton Barrett (drums), and guitarist Alva Lewis passed.

After their European tour, the Upsetters, worked closely with the Wailers, who joined in 1971 to Carlton and Aston Barrett latter. From there on, the Upsetters had no fixed occupation more. From 1974, when Lee Perry's Black Ark studios were ready, then musicians such as Boris Gardiner and Sly Dunbar played for the Upsetters. In 1976 they recorded the album Super Ape.