Ex-members of a child reggae band that hit the heights with a song about a stewing pot 30 years ago have lost a legal battle with their former lawyers. Performers from Birmingham-based Musical Youth ...

Another forgotten gem from the 1980s is alive once again thanks to the popular series Stranger Things, and this time, the song’s about weed. The song comes on when long-haired stoner character Argyle, ...

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One of the band members that penned Pass the Dutchie, one of the 1980s most well known hits, has passed away at just 55. Frederic Waite Jr was the drummer in Birmingham band Musical Youth. The band ...

Frederick passed away on 20 July in Birmingham, with the band announcing his sad death on Thursday. No cause of death has been announced. Musical Youth wrote in a statement: "We are sad to announce ...

Frederick Waite Jr, the drummer for reggae band Musical Youth, has died at age 55. Waite was one-fifth of the British-Jamaican musical group, originally formed in Birmingham in 1979. They are most ...