But in the years since they became the most prominent reggae band of all time, another name has diminished in history: Peter Tosh. Check out an alternate version of 'Get Up, Stand Up' from the ...

asked Bob Marley in 1978 about the song he and Peter Tosh made famous with the Wailers. “I sing ‘Get Up Stand Up’, and up till now, people don’t get up,” he said, according to Bob Marley ...

On Catch a Fire (1972), the group’s first Island LP, the act was “The Wailers,” which included Peter ... Tosh had songwriting credits and lead vocals on two songs (including “Get Up, Stand ...

Peter Tosh got involved in the 1968 demonstration-turned-riot protesting Rodney’s banning by the Jamaican Government. As if guided by the anthem, “Get Up, Stand Up” he co-wrote with Bob ...

The kids of late reggae star Peter Tosh are at war over more than $2 million ... wrote the lyrics to such reggae classics as “Get Up, Stand Up” — rakes in $150,000 to $300,000 annually ...

Peter Tosh was not a man of peace ... featuring the anthem "Get Up, Stand Up", which he had created with Marley before the split of The Wailers. The 1974 breakaway by Bob from Peter and Bunny ...

Cooper shared that famous anthems by Tosh such as Legalize It and Get Up Stand Up, will be performed by the acts on the roster. “Peter Tosh was a radical revolutionary in his time – a musician ...

Peter Tosh may have been imprudent in his method of protest ... Setting out his stall with a version of ‘Get Up, Stand Up’, Tosh makes it clear that equal rights will not come without a fight. He ...

Tosh also wrote many of the Wailers’ hit songs, some of them being “Get Up, Stand Up”; “400 Years” and “No Sympathy.” Indeed, Peter taught the duo of Bob and Bunny how to play the ...