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The Roots
The Roots


Background information
Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genre(s) Hip-hop
Jazz
Soul
Rock
Funk
Years active 1987—present
Label(s) Def Jam Recordings
Geffen Records
Interscope Records
Island Def Jam Music Group
MCA Records
DGC Records
Website Website
Members
Black Thought
Questlove
Kamal Gray
F. Knuckles
Captain Kirk Douglas
Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson
Owen Biddle
Former members
Ben Kenney
Kenyatta "Kid Crumbs" Warren
Josh "Rubberband" Abrams
Malik B.
Rahzel
Scott Storch
Martin Luther
Scratch
Dice Raw
Hub



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Battles To Debut New Songs At London And New York Gigs

July 28, 2010
Battles To Debut New Songs At London And New York GigsBattles are set to premiere material from their forthcoming second album at two special gigs in October.

The band are scheduled to play Le Poisson Rouge in New York on October 26 and The Forum in London on October 30.

The London date is part of ATP's Release The Bats event, which also features Beak > and The Field.

Battles are currently recording the follow-up to 2007's 'Mirrored' in New York. The band recently described their new songs as “magnanimous”.

Tickets are on sale now.

(by Jason Gregory)



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