Raging Fyah
| Raging Fyah | |
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| Origin | Jamaica |
| Genres | Reggae |
| Years active | 2006–present |
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| Website | ragingfyah |
| Members | Kumar "Kumz" Bent Delroy "Pele" Hamilton Anthony "ToniDrumz" Watson Courtland "Gizmo" White Demar "Demz" Gayle |
Raging Fyah is five piece reggae band from Kingston, Jamaica. Pele, Demar and Anthony Watson met while studying music at Kingston’s Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, under the tutelage of Ibo Cooper, former keyboardist with Third World. They joined forces with veteran guitarist Courtland “Gizmo” White and formed Inside Out in 2002 before changing their name to Raging Fyah in 2006.
The band spent years backing artists at major stage shows in Jamaica; their long held ambition to perform original music became a reality when Kumar Bent signed on as lead singer in 2010. Kumar attended Edna Manley College a few years after his band mates, initially studying piano; at Cooper’s insistence he began writing and singing his own songs.
In 2011, they released their debut album Judgement Day. In that same year the band hit the road to perform on a number of global stages as well as to headline several major reggae festivals in Europe like Summerjam, Rototom Sunsplash and Garance.
Destiny was a different journey, having been on the road for the majority of 2012 many recordings took place wherever they could. Some tracks were laid down in Poland during a stopover, others though, still came from the heartbeat of Jamaica.
Fall 2015 Raging Fyah signed a multi-album deal with VP Records. Spring 2016 Raging Fyah released ‘Everlasting,’ their debut album for VP Records’ Dub Rockers imprint. Recorded live at Kingston’s legendary Tuff Gong Studios with producer Llamar “Riff Raff” Brown. Raging Fyah spent the rest of the year touring the states with Stick Figure and Fortunate Youth, and a 2016 European tour bringing Stick Figure as support.
2016 ended with ‘Everlasting’ receiving a Grammy nomination for “Best Reggae Album.” 2017 Will begin with an extensive Tour across the States supporting Tribal Seeds, and be followed by a summer tour in the UK supporting UB40.
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