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About Me

We really want you to love our music. We really want you to feel our music. But no one a go pay for it. Say no one a go pay for it. oUR mERCURY 2007

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/21/2005
Band Website: ourmercury.com
Band Members:
Jah Stevenson - lead vocals, guitar, best dressed man in town
Dirty Eric - organ, rhodes, dubwise technician
Joseph-Far-I - pon de biasss
John MegaWatson - drum n sound dimension
Trini D - natty conga mon, trinidad connection
Influences: Sam Cooke, The Jam, Phyllis Dillon, Desmond Dekker, Jay-Z, Big Youth, The Clash, Johnny Osbourne, Bill Withers, Nas, Supergrass, Buju Banton, Rockers the Movie, Charles Mingus, Barrington Levy, Wednesday Night Heroes, Studio One, Duke Reid, Prince Buster, Sean Paul, Sly and Robbie, Outkast, Edwin Starr, Kanye West, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Sister Nancy, Thin Lizzy, The Funk Brothers, Bedouin Soundclash, Lee Perry, Madball, Ini Kamoze, Gregory Isaacs, Wilco, The Roots (esp. tha riddim section), Toots and The Maytals, Bad Brains, Timbaland, Easy Star Allstars, Sizzla, Jackie Mittoo, Curtis Mayfield...
Sounds Like: House Painter x2

Record Label: Smallman Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

MERC TOUR JUNE 2006

We are hitting the road this weekend for 2 weeks of good nights, great friends, and irie times. Thanks to all those involved making this happen. The first leg of our tour is in support of the WNH late...
Posted by Our Mercury on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:23:00 PST

45 Revolutions

Back in the studio to set 2007 off right for Our Mercury. We have started to record 2 tracks for a 45rpm to be released in the next couple months. Details will follow in time dear friends....
Posted by Our Mercury on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:56:00 PST

Inna T.Dot stylee

So we're heading out east this week to play three shows with the Aggrolites, we're super stoked to be sharing the stage with one of the top reggae bands on the planet. Let's just hope we do...
Posted by Our Mercury on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:00:00 PST

State of tings

Hey y'all, We figured we should let you in on some of the things going on with us these days. At the time of our last update we were in the midst of our summer tour, a grinding, and somewhat tes...
Posted by Our Mercury on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:50:00 PST

'pon de move

So we've been out on this tour for about a week now and we figure we should throw up some kind of an update with what's been happening with us lately. First off, some of you may have heard a rum...
Posted by Our Mercury on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:16:00 PST