ĭuring the early 1980s he provided vocals with the reggae collective Singers And Players on Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound record label. He studied at the National Broadcasting School in London in 1980 and in 1984 studied advanced recording technology at the North London Polytechnic. Campbell also toured with The Clash across Britain, Europe, and the US, gaining many new fans along the way. Although initially suspicious of the strangers, Campbell soon became friends with the band, producing their " Bankrobber" single and performing on several songs on their 1980 album Sandinista!. The label released Dread's albums Evolutionary Rockers (released in the UK as Dread at the Controls), and World War III.Ĭampbell's music attracted the attention of British punk rockers The Clash, who invited him over to England to tour with them in 1980, going on to produce some of their music. īy the late 1970s he had started his own DATC label, working with artists such as Edi Fitzroy, Sugar Minott, and Earl Sixteen, as well as producing his own work. Inevitably, JBC's conservative management and Campbell clashed, and he quit in protest in 1978, becoming an engineer at the Treasure Isle studio, where he began an association with producer Carlton Patterson. He also began working as a recording artist, Lee "Scratch" Perry producing his signature tune "Dread at the Controls", also recording for Sonia Pottinger and Joe Gibbs, and performing with the Socialist Roots sound system. Examples of Mikey Dread's distinctive radio chatter can be heard on the US release of the RAS label LP African Anthem Dubwise. Well known for its fun and adventurous sonic style, Dread at the Controls became a hit all over Jamaica. Before long, Campbell (now using the DJ name Mikey Dread) had the most popular program on the JBC. He convinced his JBC bosses to give him his own radio program called Dread at the Controls, where he played almost exclusively reggae. Campbell wasn't impressed that the JBC's playlists mainly consisted of bland, foreign pop music at a time when some of the most potent reggae was being recorded in Jamaica. He studied electrical engineering at the College of Arts, Science and Technology, and in 1976, started out as an engineer with the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC). As a teenager he performed with the Safari and Sound of Music sound systems, and worked on his high school's radio station. Born in Port Antonio, one of five children, from an early age, Campbell showed a natural aptitude for engineering and electronics.
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