MP3 Exclusives New Arrivals   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Metal Pop Punk R&B Rap/Hip Hop Reggae Rock   Top Downloads Features Archive Contests Control Panel MUSICBLITZ Alert!   METALBLITZ REGGAEBLITZ BLUESBLITZ Musician's Friend   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Hip Hop Metal Pop Punk R&B Reggae Rock   Getting Started Free Players	Welcome !      Pliers He’s enjoyed his greatest fame when teamed with rough-voiced DJ Chaka Demus, but Pliers -- a.k.a. Everton Bonner -- used his silky vocals to enjoy a successful solo career in Jamaica before becoming Demus’s duo partner. In the 1980s, the Rockhall Hills native recorded for such top producers as King Tubby, Winston Riley, Coxsone Dodd and King Jammy, who also counted Demus among his stable. Pliers had a major early ‘90s hit with “Bam Bam,” an update of the Toots and the Maytals classic that utilized producer Sly Dunbar’s “hip-hop lick” riddim, which would later underpin the massive “Murder She Wrote.” On a reggae package tour of the U.S., Chaka Demus and Pliers decided to join forces, and the payoff was quick: their first single together, “Gal Wine,” hit number one on the London reggae charts. But bigger success was yet to come, as “Murder She Wrote” -- a tune Pliers originally recorded back in 1986 -- became an international smash and the hottest dancehall hit of 1992, with the addition of Sly and Robbie’s hip-hop influenced production and new lyrics from Demus. The pair would enjoy three straight top five hits in Britain in 1993, including the poppy “Tease Me” and a hit reworking of the Isley Brothers’ “Twist and Shout.” The first album from the duo contained the singles and a new version of George Clinton’s “One Nation Under a Groove.” In 1997, Chaka Demus and Pliers returned with For Every Kinda People, and during a subsequent world tour, they were held hostage for three days after a dispute with a Kenyan concert promoter. They also contributed the tune “What’s the Move?” to the soundtrack of The Dancehall Queen.     Pliers Bam Bam PlayJ Reggae Boom this “Bam” and get ready to slam with a prime piece of dancehall history!
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