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36-676: DHC may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Dance Hall Crashers , a popular Ska punk band "DHC" is the final song on the band's debut album of the same name (1990) Discovery Health Channel , part of US Discovery TV channel Aviation [ edit ] de Havilland Canada , Canadian aircraft manufacturer: DHC-1 Chipmunk DHC-2 Beaver DHC-3 Otter DHC-4 Caribou DHC-5 Buffalo DHC-6 Twin Otter DHC-7 Dash 7 DHC-8 Dash 8 Business [ edit ] Daigaku Honyaku Center ,

72-574: A CD compilation of the band's entire body of work from 1989 to 1992, appropriately titled 1989–1992 . The August 1993 lineup consisted of co-vocalists Elyse Rogers and Karina Schwarz (Denike), Jason Hammon and Scott Goodell on guitar and saxist Dean Olmstead; Rogers was also serving as the manager as Hepcat. A revised lineup in April 1994 added Jason Hammon's brother Gavin on drums, Mikey Weiss (drums), plus John Pantle and Mason St. Peters (horn section). "Go", which would later be incorporated into Lockjaw ,

108-842: A Date" on his Treasure Isle label, as well as recordings by the Techniques , the Silvertones , the Jamaicans and the Paragons . Reid's work with these groups helped establish the vocal sound of rocksteady. Some would consider the rocksteady years to be Treasure Isle's best. Notable solo artists include Delroy Wilson , Ken Boothe and Phyllis Dillon (known as the "Queen of Rocksteady"). Other musicians who were crucial in creating rocksteady included keyboard player Jackie Mittoo , drummers Joe Isaacs and Winston Grennan, bassist Jackie Jackson and saxophonist Tommy McCook . When ska band

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216-472: A popular (slower) dance style mentioned in the Alton Ellis song "Rocksteady", that matched the new sound. Some rocksteady songs became hits outside Jamaica, as with ska, helping to secure the international base reggae music has today. The Jamaican musicians and producers who developed rocksteady had grown up learning and playing jazz and had played through ska. In a similar way to what happened at Motown,

252-589: A rocksteady band called "The Liquidators"). The band also featured keyboardist Joey Schaaf, vocalists Ingrid Jonsson and Andrew Champion, guitarist Grant McIntire, and bassist Joel Wing. The band experimented with various songs and styles until they played their first show at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley in 1989. Shortly after their debut, however, Freeman and Armstrong left to pursue other interests, mainly another punk-based ska project called Downfall . After numerous membership changes which eventually left only

288-484: A suggestion to slow the music down whilst recording "Take It Easy". Taitt backed this up in a 2002 interview, stating: "I told 'Gladdy to slow the tempo and that's how Take It Easy and rocksteady came about. Rocksteady is really slow ska." Rocksteady's dominance meant that all record labels of the time released music in the genre; Studio One, Treasure Isle, Bunny Lee and Prince Buster were predominant. The record producer Duke Reid released Alton Ellis' "Girl I've Got

324-415: A word-of-mouth underground hit even with the band disbanded, and the group reunited in 1991 at Slim's for a sold-out performance. In 1992, bowing to fan pressure, DHC reunited for a one-off series of gigs (occasionally playing alongside Hepcat ), but after the positive response to their performance, the band chose to reform on a permanent basis. In 1993, to commemorate their reunion, Moon Records released

360-774: Is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. A successor of ska and a precursor to reggae , rocksteady was the dominant style of music in Jamaica for nearly two years, performed by many of the artists who helped establish reggae, including harmony groups such as the Techniques , the Paragons , the Heptones and the Gaylads ; soulful singers such as Alton Ellis , Delroy Wilson , Bob Andy, Ken Boothe and Phyllis Dillon ; musicians such as Jackie Mittoo , Lynn Taitt and Tommy McCook . The term rocksteady comes from

396-604: The Rastafari movement , though not to the same extent as in reggae. Rocksteady coincided with the rise of rude boys and some rocksteady songs reflect this (usually negatively) such as "Rude Boy Gone A Jail" by the Clarendonians and, most famously, "Judge Dread" by Prince Buster. Alton Ellis was anti-rudie, and Alton Ellis and the Flames' "Cry Tough", released before the term rocksteady was in vogue, urged Jamaicans in

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432-632: The Dance Hall Crashers (named after the Alton Ellis song "Dance Crasher") was formed in 1989 by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong , formerly of the seminal Bay Area ska-punk band Operation Ivy , after both musicians expressed an interest in starting a band rooted in more traditional ska and rocksteady than what they had been playing with Operation Ivy. The first line-up featured Armstrong on vocals and Freeman on guitar, as well as drummer Erik Larsen (whom they specifically lured away from

468-648: The Jamaican countryside were flooding into the urban ghettos of Kingston —in neighborhoods such as Riverton City, Greenwich Town and Trenchtown . Many of them became delinquents who exuded a certain coolness and style. These unruly youths became known as rude boys . Alton Ellis is sometimes said to be the father of rocksteady for his hit "Rocksteady"; however, other candidates for the first rocksteady single include "Take It Easy" by Hopeton Lewis , "Tougher Than Tough" by Derrick Morgan and "Hold Them" by Roy Shirley . One account of rocksteady's inception comes from

504-663: The Skatalites disbanded (64/65—accounts vary) McCook went to work at the Treasure Isle label and Jackie Mittoo went to the Studio One label—these two artists/arrangers became instrumental in the way these two labels became dominant and helped to form the sound of Rocksteady. Despite its short lifespan, rocksteady's influence is great. Many reggae artists began in rocksteady (and/or ska)—most commonly reggae singers grew out of rocksteady groups, e.g., Junior Byles came from

540-544: The United States, and music videos were filmed for both tracks. The band toured extensively throughout the mid to late 1990s, both as a headliner and opening for bands such as The Mighty Mighty Bosstones , Bad Religion , and The Lemons . In addition, the band played festivals such as the Warped Tour and Lilith Fair . Due to the heavy touring schedule, Scott Goodell bowed out from his guitar duties in 1996;

576-732: The Versatiles, John Holt was in the Paragons, both Pat Kelly and Slim Smith sang with the Techniques (Pat Kelly sings lead on "You Don't Care") and Ronnie Davis was in the Tennors while Winston Jarrett was in the Righteous Flames. The Wailing Wailers were similarly a vocal harmony trio (modelled on the Impressions) who came from ska, through rocksteady and became a reggae band with just the one main vocalist. Derrick Harriott noted, "Ask any Jamaican musician and they'll tell you

612-444: The arrangements, and the piano gave way to the electric organ . Other developments included horns fading farther into the background; the introduction of a scratchier, more percussive rhythm guitar; the addition of African-style hand drumming, and a more precise, intricate and aggressive drumming style. Also around this time (1969–70) the use of a vocal-free or lead instrument-free dub or B-side "version" became popular in Jamaica; at

648-489: The band asked Phil Ensor from Limp and later, Billy Bouchard to stand in for live shows until the need for a second guitarist was nixed and Hammon handled all guitar parts himself. In 1998, DHC released their last release with MCA, the EP Blue Plate Special . The EP contained a short collection of songs recorded for other compilations/soundtracks, unreleased and remixed material, and a CD-ROM of photos and

684-497: The band or their sound, and the other employees would point him out as the bass player. A re-issue of 1989–1992 was released as The Old Record in late 1996 on Fat Wreck Chords ' Honest Don's label. DHC's second MCA record, Honey, I'm Homely! , was released in 1997. This proved to be the band's breakthrough album, peaking at No. 22 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers . The leading singles "Lost Again" and "Mr. Blue" enjoyed steady rotation on local and college radio stations across

720-578: The band recorded their debut album for Moon Ska Records , though trouble within the band led to a break-up soon after. Elyse Rogers revealed in a 1993 interview with the Honolulu Star-Bulletin prior to a show in Hawaii that part of the reason for the band's breakup was a result of much of the band being under 21 years of age at that time, which prohibited those members from leaving the backstage area during shows. Their debut album became

756-586: The band working on a new studio album, the show proved to be DHC's last performance to date as the band has since gone on hiatus. Although they have not explicitly stated having broken up, there has been no announcement of any future plans to resume touring or recording. The band continues to be active on social media as of 2023. The band is referenced (alongside Unwritten Law ) in the lyric "Yeah my girlfriend likes UL and DHC" on Blink-182 's 1998 single " Josie ". Multiple Dance Hall Crashers songs have been featured in movies/films: Rocksteady Rocksteady

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792-401: The band's four music videos. In 1999, the band signed with independent label Pink and Black Records , releasing their fourth LP Purr in 1999 and the live album The Live Record: Witless Banter and 25 Mildly Antagonistic Songs About Love in 2000. DHC started playing less frequently in the early 2000s as band members either pursued higher education or moved on with their careers outside

828-553: The band. They limited their performances to West Coast and Hawaiian shows and occasional appearances at events such as the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City . In November 2004, the band recorded a show at the Hollywood House of Blues which was later released on DVD by Kung Fu Records as part of their The Show Must Go Off! series. Although the performance included an unreleased song and made mention of

864-402: The basic offbeat pattern. The slowing that occurred with rocksteady allowed bass players to explore more fat, dark, loose, slow tones than ska bass. The slower tempo and smaller band-sizes in turn led to a much larger focus on the bass line in general, which eventually became one of the recognizable characteristics of Jamaican music. In rocksteady, the lead guitar often doubles the bass line, in

900-464: The beginning this involved the use of rocksteady tracks, most notably with U-Roy deejaying over Treasure Isle rhythms (made by a young Osbourne Ruddock, later known as King Tubby , beginning with "Wake the Town"). Indeed, this collaboration provided rocksteady with an afterlife as U-Roy rocksteady-based songs rode high in the charts (1970–71), even as reggae began to establish itself as the new sound. By

936-468: The film "Studio One Drummie and the history of rocksteady music": rock steady music started at Studio One in 1966 because when Joe Isaacs at age 15 replaced Skatalites drummer Lloyd Knibbs, Isaacs could not play drums fast enough to keep up with the pace of ska - music director Jackie Mittoo (The Mozart of Jamaica), slowed down the tempo. Another account comes from a Jamaican radio interview, pianist Gladstone Anderson said that bandleader Lynn Taitt made

972-434: The ghettos to stay tough through the hard times. As a popular musical style, rocksteady was short-lived - the genre's heyday only lasted about two years, from around summer 1966 until spring 1968. However, its influence can still be heard in rhythms used today. Also, in the middle to later part of the decade, as ska began to fade in popularity and the optimism that accompanied Independence in 1962 dwindled, young people from

1008-406: The late 1960s, the Rastafari movement became more popular in Jamaica and rocksteady became less popular. Many reggae songs became focused less on romance and more on black consciousness, politics and protest. The release of the 1972 film The Harder They Come and the rise of Jamaican superstar Bob Marley brought reggae to an international level that rocksteady never reached. Although rocksteady

1044-530: The musicians responsible for playing this new sound would go to a jazz club after work. Other influences were: most notably, American rhythm and blues - Fats Domino, Louis Jordan and many others - mento , Calypso music and African Drumming feature, too. By the time rocksteady came around American Soul music was strong and that had an influence as well. The tempo became slower with the development of rocksteady than it had been in ska. The guitar and piano players began to experiment with occasional accents around

1080-505: The muted picking style created by Lynn Taitt (as on "Run for Cover" by Lee "Scratch" Perry ). Due in part to the heavy borrowing from US soul songs, many rocksteady songs are love songs; e.g. "Sharing You" by Prince Buster, which is a cover of a soul singer Mitty Collier 's original, and "Queen Majesty" by the Techniques , which is a cover of "Minstrel and Queen" by the Impressions . There are rocksteady songs about religion and

1116-614: The original drummer Larsen and bassist Wing, DHC solidified a line-up with dual vocalists Karina Deniké Schwarz and Elyse Rogers, guitarists Jason Hammon and Jaime McCormick, and drummer Gavin Hammon (Jason's brother). Following a period of steady gigging, DHC finally caught a break after being booked at an all-ska Earth Day festival at Berkeley's Greek Theatre in 1990, opening for Bad Manners . During this time they would occasionally open for The Toasters playing alongside other up-and-coming ska bands, including Let's Go Bowling . That year,

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1152-409: The rocksteady days were the best days of Jamaican music." Several factors contributed to the evolution of rocksteady into reggae in the late 1960s. The emigration to Canada of key musical arrangers Jackie Mittoo and Lynn Taitt —and the upgrading of Jamaican studio technology—had a marked effect on the sound and style of the recordings. Bass patterns became more complex and increasingly dominated

1188-445: The same year. Lockjaw was the first DHC release without a horn section , and had a harder, guitar-driven pop punk sound than the band's prior recordings. The album's single, "Enough", was featured on the soundtrack to the film Angus , and the accompanying music video received moderate airplay on MTV's 120 Minutes . Weiss recalls that he was working in a record store when Lockjaw was released; curious customers would ask about

1224-472: The title DHC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DHC&oldid=1248432048 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dance Hall Crashers The original incarnation of

1260-472: Was a short-lived phase of Jamaican popular music, its influence on what came after: reggae, dub and dancehall is significant. Many bass lines originally created for rocksteady songs continue to be used in contemporary Jamaican music. Such as the rhythm from "Never Let Go" by Slim Smith (sometimes known as the 'answer rhythm') and "Real Rock" both from the Studio One label; "My Conversation" also sung by Slim Smith, produced by Bunny Lee; "Queen Majesty" sung by

1296-406: Was released exclusively to Hawaii in early-1994 as a cassette single. As the band began touring nationally by the mid-1990s, the line-up changed once again, now featuring Rogers, Denike, Hammon, his brother Gavin Hammon on drums, guitarist Scott Goodell and bassist Mikey Weiss. In 1995, DHC were the very first group signed to MCA Records subsidiary 510 records, and issued their second LP Lockjaw

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