Aswad

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Aswad formed in Ladbroke Grove in 1975 — Brinsley Forde, Angus "Drummie Zeb" Gaye and Tony "Gad" Robinson — and were the band that proved British reggae did not have to be an imitation of Jamaican reggae. Their early work is heavy roots made by the children of Caribbean migrants about London rather than Kingston, and the instrumental "Warrior Charge" became a standard of the British sound. Forde was already a familiar face from the children's series Here Come the Double Deckers and the film Babylon, which the archive catalogues separately. The band moved steadily toward pop, and in March 1988 "Don't Turn Around" — a Diane Warren song first cut by Tina Turner as a B-side — took them to number one in Britain, the point at which a roots band from west London became a chart act. Rise and Shine followed in 1994 with "Shine" and "Warriors".