The Uniques is tagged as: rocksteady, reggae, ska, indie, rock The Uniques is the name of more than one band: 1) Slovak electroclash 2) Jamaican rocksteady 3) 60s US garage band 4) Doo Wop |1) The Uniques are a electroclash band fromed in Slovakia, Bratislava around 2006. Based in Berlin they are influenced by its current music scene. 2) The Uniques were a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae vocal group active formed in 1966 and active with varying line-ups until the late 1970s. rocksteady has exercised a thirty year hold on Jamaican music - its rhythms, basslines, melodies and songs are re-interpreted and returned to as a source of inspiration during every new musical phase. To describe The Uniques rocksteady recordings as influential hardly scratches the surface or adequately describes the nature of their enduring appeal. Ask any Jamaican who grew up in the sixties and seventies to name their favourite singer and it’s a certainty that Slim Smith’s name will head the list. 3) The Uniques are a 1960’s Pop Psych Band from the US|Years before Joe Stampley began his ascent to country stardom, he fronted a Louisiana rock band, the Uniques, who were quite popular in the South, although national attention eluded them. The group were ironically named in light of their failure to establish a truly distinctive style. ... Read More About The Uniques Biography...  Send The Uniques ringtones to your cell
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