There is no doubt that UB40 has and will continue to remain one of the best selling bands of all time. Having grown up listening to them for practically my whole life has made me to question how a group that has sold over 7 million albums plus tour around the world making a name for themselves end up becoming bankrupt? To me and perhaps to anyone else, it certainly does not make sense. This was certainly a band that had it all, fame, a world reputation of making a name for themselves including having some of the best-selling singles and albums of all time.
They have in effect put reggae music on the world map. Without albums such as Labour of Love perhaps the world would not have been exposed to the musical talents of unknown Jamaican reggae greats such as The Heptones, The Melodians, Lord Creator (Kingston Town - yes this was a song originally composed by Kentrick Patrick aka Lord Creator) and so on. People whose music they may not get the chance to encounter. I'm privileged enough to have listened to the original versions of these songs covered by UB40 and I must say, they really should have been credited for it. Without UB40, the music of Lord Creator would have been made obsolete in my view.
Its best that this documentary did come out because it gave us another side of a band that the world may never have known about. As one of the interviewees said, the world were made to view UB40 as happy-go- lucky guys when the reality is that this was not so. There were certainly cracks that existed which needed to be exposed. To add it all is the current rift that exists between the Campbell Brothers. Its a shame that bad blood has to exist among them and I surely hope that they do sort out their differences before it is too late. It does not necessarily have to mean coming together as a band but the fact that they are brothers should say something because life unfortunately is too short for such rifts to continue. Although the documentary may have not adequately explained how the band ended up becoming bankrupt in the first place but it certainly did expose the cracks of a band whose music the world has known for over 30 or so years. The UB40 story is not your typically story of bands breaking up over ego problems.I believe that there is more than what meets the eye. It certainly does not make sense for a band that has sold a million albums world over to end up becoming bankrupt in the end. I believe that one documentary will certainly not to address this one question.
They have in effect put reggae music on the world map. Without albums such as Labour of Love perhaps the world would not have been exposed to the musical talents of unknown Jamaican reggae greats such as The Heptones, The Melodians, Lord Creator (Kingston Town - yes this was a song originally composed by Kentrick Patrick aka Lord Creator) and so on. People whose music they may not get the chance to encounter. I'm privileged enough to have listened to the original versions of these songs covered by UB40 and I must say, they really should have been credited for it. Without UB40, the music of Lord Creator would have been made obsolete in my view.
Its best that this documentary did come out because it gave us another side of a band that the world may never have known about. As one of the interviewees said, the world were made to view UB40 as happy-go- lucky guys when the reality is that this was not so. There were certainly cracks that existed which needed to be exposed. To add it all is the current rift that exists between the Campbell Brothers. Its a shame that bad blood has to exist among them and I surely hope that they do sort out their differences before it is too late. It does not necessarily have to mean coming together as a band but the fact that they are brothers should say something because life unfortunately is too short for such rifts to continue. Although the documentary may have not adequately explained how the band ended up becoming bankrupt in the first place but it certainly did expose the cracks of a band whose music the world has known for over 30 or so years. The UB40 story is not your typically story of bands breaking up over ego problems.I believe that there is more than what meets the eye. It certainly does not make sense for a band that has sold a million albums world over to end up becoming bankrupt in the end. I believe that one documentary will certainly not to address this one question.
