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The Aggrovators
Group · Jamaica · formed 1975
dub/reggae backing band in the 1970s and 1980s
Timeline
1 events◆ Formed 1
1970s
Biography
English biography450 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1371577533
Biography
The Aggrovators were a Jamaican dub/reggae backing band in the 1970s and 1980s, and one of the main session bands of producer Bunny Lee. The line-up varied, with Lee using the name for whichever set of musicians he was using at any time. The band's name derived from the record shop that Lee had run in the late 1960s, Agro Sounds. Alumni of the band included many musicians who later went on to make names for themselves in reggae music. Musicians such as Jackie Mittoo, Sly and Robbie, Tommy McCook, and Aston Barrett were all involved with the band at one point or another. Other regular members included Carlton "Santa" Davis, Earl "Chinna" Smith, George "Fully" Fullwood, Ansel Collins, Bernard "Touter" Harvey, Tony Chin, Bobby Ellis, and Vin Gordon. The band recorded Lee's most popular output from the 1970s, with the instrumental B-sides of Lee's single releases on the Jackpot and Justice labels generally credited to The Aggrovators and mixed by King Tubby.
Albums
1975 - Shalom Dub (King Tubby & The Aggrovators)
1975 - Brass Rockers (Tommy McCook & The Aggravators)
1975 - Cookin (Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators)
1975 - King Tubby Meets The Aggrovators at Dub Station (Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators)
1975 - Show Case (Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators)
1976 - Rasta Dub 76
1976 - Reggae Stones Dub
1977 - Kaya Dub
1977 - Aggrovators Meets The Revolutioners at Channel One Studios
1977 - Disco Rockers (Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators) (a.k.a. Hot Lava)
1978 - Guerilla Dub (The Aggrovators & The Revolutionaries)
1978 - Jammies in Lion Dub Style
1979 - Rockers Almighty Dub (The Aggrovators & The Revolutionaries)
197X - Presents Super Dub Disco Style (Bunny Lee & The Aggrovators)
1982 - Dubbing in the Back Yard (King Tubby & The Aggrovators)
1983 - Scientist Presents Neville Brown with the Aggrovators at Channel One
1990 - King Tubby's "Controls"
2007 - @ King Tubby's Studio
2017 - Aggrovating The Rhythm at Channel One - Rare Dubs 1976-1979
Compilations
1975-77 - Bionic Dub (The Aggrovators & King Tubby & Bunny Lee)
197X - Bunny Lee Meets King Tubby & Aggrovators
1973-77 - Creation Dub (The Aggrovators & King Tubby)
1974-76 - Dub Jackpot (The Aggrovators & King Tubby)
1975-76 - Dub Justice
1975-79 - Dub Gone Crazy (The Aggrovators & King Tubby)
1973-78 - Dubbing It Studio 1 Style
1975-77 - Foundation of Dub (King Tubby & The Aggrovators)
197X - Instrumental Reggae (The Aggrovators featuring Bobby Ellis & Tommy McCook)
1975-76 - Johnny in the Echo Chamber
1973-77 - Straight To I Roy Head (Bunny Lee & King Tubby & The Aggrovators)
2005 - The Rough Guide to Dub (Various artists, World Music Network)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 6 | 38.9th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 51 | 91.8th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put The Aggrovators head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 6 | 38.9th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 51 | 91.8th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Mittoo | — | present | |
| Lowell “Sly” Dunbar | — | present | |
| Tommy McCook | — | present |
Where this record comes from
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q836414genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q836414seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aggrovatorsbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aggrovators
Why this artist is in the database
- List of reggae musicians
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Wikidata: Q836414 · MusicBrainz: d2eba907-21a2-4240-8667-1da3a1fe63d0
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