Merger were an English reggae band of Jamaican/Ghanaian descent that formed in 1977 and lasted until 1980. Their name "Merger" comes from the fact that they blended reggae music with their other musical influences. Their debut album, Exiles Ina Babylon was released in the UK in 1977 at a time when many British reggae bands, such as Aswad and Steel Pulse, were popular. Politically, the band's songs addressed issues of racial injustice in Britain and other countries, but they rejected the Marcus Garvey idea that all black people should return to Africa.
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Osibisa
British afro-pop band
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Pam Nestor
singer and songwriter
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Twinkle Brothers
band
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The Heptones
band
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Jah Roots
musical artist
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The Upsetters
Jamaican reggae band
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Black Roots
English reggae band
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SOJA
American reggae band
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Junior Murvin
Jamaican reggae musician
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Josh Heinrichs
American musician
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Gene Rondo
Jamaican reggae singer
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The Maytones
Jamaican band
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Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
American reggae and jam band
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Bob Marley
Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician
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The Meditations
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Mike Brooks
Jamaican musician
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The Pioneers
Jamaican band
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Al Campbell
Jamaican reggae musician
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Zap Pow
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Midnite
Roots reggae band.
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Stephen Marley
Jamaican American musician
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U-Roy
Jamaican musician
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Ras Michael
Jamaican musician
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Mighty Diamonds
US vocal trio
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Skindred
Welsh rock band
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Alton Ellis
Jamaican musician
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Earl Sixteen
Jamaican musician
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The Ruts
band
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Bad Brains
American rock band
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The Ethiopians
band
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Dennis Bovell
Barbadian-British reggae musician
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Winston Jarrett
Jamaican reggae singer
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Thievery Corporation
American electronica duo based in Washington, D.C.
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Toots and the Maytals
Jamaican ska/rocksteady band
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David Rodigan
British DJ
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B.B. Seaton
Reggae singer
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Steel Pulse
reggae band from Birmingham, England
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Gregory Isaacs
Jamaican singer
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Winston Riley
Jamaican musician
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Max Romeo
Jamaican reggae musician
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Aswad
British band
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Brown Sugar
British reggae girl group
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Ali Campbell
musician, UB40 member
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Alborosie
Italian-Jamaican musician, singer, record producer and beatmaker
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Beshara
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Big Mountain
band
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Keith Richards
British songwriter, guitarist of The Rolling Stones
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Rico Rodriguez
Jamaican musician
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Julian Marley
English musician
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Peter Tosh
Jamaican reggae singer and musician
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Sadiki
musician
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Caron Wheeler
English singer
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Winston Groovy
Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter
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Delroy Washington
Reggae singer
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Ziggy Marley
Jamaican musician and philanthropist
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Moshiach Oi!
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Exile
American rock and country music group
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Justin Hinds
Jamaican musician
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Bob Marley and the Wailers
Jamaican reggae band
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Jaqee
musician
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In Strict Confidence
band
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Chris Blackwell
English businessman and record producer