Smiley Culture

Smiley Culture & Bobby Boom: Dingwalls, London

Live Review by Jack Barron, Sounds, January 1985

THE INTERPRETER of reggae mirth who says he MCs not for treasure but for pleasure inverted frowns to dental crowns, sore feet to blue beat, ...

Motormouth Dub: Smiley Culture/Pato Banton

Profile by Richard Gehr, Village Voice, September 1986

Some warp-speed world we live in, eh? It’s lucky we’ve got fast-forward buttons on our VCRs, quick-check lines at the A&P, automatic banking, speed-racer drugs, ...

Mark Paytress Meets Smiley Culture On The Cusp Of Fame, 1984.

Interview by Mark Paytress, Rock's Backpages, March 2011

AS BRITAIN'S first successful MC, whose fast, fluid style had more in common with rap than reggae, Smiley Culture's place in history is assured. He ...