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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
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Madness, Ray Davies, Yo La Tengo For Meltdown Festival 2011

March 24, 2011
Madness, Ray Davies, Yo La Tengo For Meltdown Festival 2011Ray Davies will be joined by Madness and Yo La Tengo at this year's Meltdown festival in London.

The former Kinks frontman is curating the event, which will take place at the Royal Festival Hall from June 10-19.

Davies will play on the opening and closing night of the festival.

Other acts on the bill include The Fugs, The Sonics, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown and The Alan Price Set.

Previous Meltdown curators have included Jarvis Cocker, Morrissey and David Bowie.

Tickets for the festival are on sale now.

(by Holly Frith)



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