UB40 - Intoduction

UB40 are a British reggae band formed in 1978 in Birmingham, UK. The name "UB40" was selected in reference to the document issued to people claiming unemployment benefit from the UK government's Department of Health and Social Security at the time of the band's formation. The designation UB40 stood for Unemployment Benefit, Form 40. The band "UB40" consists of following members: James Brown, Duncan Campbell, Robin Campbell, Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan, Brian Travers, Astro, Tony Mullingsand, Laurence Parry, Martin Meredith and some former members like Ali Campbell, Michael Virtue etc. Band members began as friends who knew each other from various colleges and schools across Birmingham. The band purchased its first instruments from Woodroffe's Musical Instruments with £4,000 in compensation money that Campbell, who would become the lead singer, received after a bar fight during his seventeenth birthday celebration.

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