David Hinds
An exquisite voice and a commanding stage presence have served David 'Dread' Hinds well since he and Basil Gabbidon decided to start a band in the early 70s. That band became Steel Pulse, who served their intentions on the reggae world with their breathtaking debut album Handsworth Revolution and have continued to delight and entertain audiences across the globe ever since. Now some thirty years since the schoolmates first got together, Steel Pulse continue to tour around the world and have just released their latest studio album, African Holocaust. Hinds is the fulcrum around which the band revolves. He's written 95% of their material since day one and the body of work from Ku Klux Klan through to the latest album is enormous. Born in Birmingham (15/6/56) of Jamaican parents, Hinds grew up in a hotbed of reggae in Handsworth and shaped by events nationally and in the Caribbean, he and his band have been determined to bring their version of conscious reggae to our ears ever since. David has guested on two Pato Banton albums, Never Give In and Wize Up! His son Baruch is the band's drum technician and sometime rapper.

Selwyn Brown
Selwyn 'Bumbo' Brown has been responsible for keyboards with Steel Pulse since he joined the band at the very beginning of their existence. Like the others in the band, he had to learn how to play from scratch and he's combined that with songwriting and backing vocals, often rapping live on stage. A Londoner by birth (4/6/58) though schooled in Handsworth, Selwyn has remained an intrinsic part of the band, alongwith Hinds and Nisbett, from their early success with Handsworth Revolution through to their latest album release, African Holocaust. He now shares keyboard duties with the well-respected Sidney Mills for live performances, with the band continuing to tour the US every year as well as additional festivals across Europe and elsewhere, and studio recording at the Dub Factory in Birmingham. With Grizzly Nisbett retiring from touring and recording, it's Selwyn and David Hinds who remain at the creative core of Steel Pulse. His son Derrick was the band's keyboard technician and is a rap artist in his own right.

Cliff Pusey
Cliff 'Moonie' Pusey is the band's exceptional lead guitarist. His first credit is on Pulse's Rastafari Centennial album, recorded in Paris in January 1992, though he initially joined the band in 1989. He's been a regular fixture ever since on recordings and live work as the band tour constantly around the globe. In addition to working with Steel Pulse for the past dozen years, Moonie, as lead guitarist, has recorded and or toured with the likes of Paula Abdul (on her 1991 album Spellbound), The Family Stand (on their 1990 Chain album), Aftershock ('93 Slave to the Vibe), Maxi Priest and Big Mountain (joining Sid Mills on their Things To Come album). More recently, Moonie has combined his Steel Pulse commitments alongside his role as lead guitarist, composer and arranger for New York band, Highly-I, a fusion of roots reggae, jazz and poetry. He also teaches music part-time at his own academy in Brooklyn, where he lives. His wife is Faybiene Miranda, a writer, poet, singer and activist who's toured England with Benjamin Zephaniah, co-authored a book with Mutabaruka and recorded the controversial song, Prophecy, which was banned in Jamaica. It was later included on a Reggae Refreshers compilation album from Island alongwith Pulse's Handsworth Revolution.

Sidney Mills
Sidney 'Predator' Mills has become an integral part of the Steel Pulse line-up since he joined the band on keyboards in 1988. Born in London, England in 1959, the youngest of thirty-one children, Sidney moved to Jamaica in the late sixties. He then moved to New York in 1981 and later, he played with the renowned Calabash Band and the A-Team Band backing up such celebrities as Shabba Ranks, Judy Mowatt, Beres Hammond, and Queen Latifah, to name a few. He was part of the Ras Tesfa band with Kevin Batchelor and Jerry Johnson for a couple of years. While on tour with Judy Mowatt, Sidney was asked to work with Steel Pulse where he has remained for the past fifteen years. It is his position as keyboard player and musical arranger for Steel Pulse that has placed Sidney Mills among reggae's prominent musicians. While on tour in Brazil with Aswad and the Smashing Pumpkins, Sidney and David Hinds produced Franklin’s Tower for the album Fire On The Mountain/Reggae Celebrates The Grateful Dead. In 1998, he supervised the music for Jamaica Beat, a Blue Mountain Film and a year earlier he scored and produced the music for the soundtrack Fly By Night (tv film). Years of experience have inspired Sidney Mills to expand his Living Room Studios into a competitive label and they have released two compilation albums featuring Dennis Brown and Sylvia Tella. Sidney has also collaborated on albums released by Ziggy Marley, Shelly Thunder, Shinehead, Frankie Paul, Sister Carol, Worl-A-Girl, Shabba Ranks, Neville Brothers, Gwen Guthrie, Afire, Mikey Dread, The Meditations, Big Mountain, Glenn Washington, Kevin Batchelor and Sly & Robbie.

Amlak Tafari & Wayne Clarke
April 2005 saw a major change in personnel in the Steel Pulse ranks with a new drum and bass rhythm section. The new arrivals were the experienced Amlak Tafari on bass guitar and Wayne 'C-Sharp' Clarke on drums. AT (born 20/1/65) lives in Perry Barr and is a well known producer, show-host (compering the last two Reggae Rockz events in Birmingham) and performer with credits alongside Pato Banton, Wailing Souls, Musical Youth, Culture, Luciano and his own Yellow Wall Dub band. Kingston-born C-Sharp is a much-in-demand session drummer from Jamaica who has performed with Chalice, Jimmy Cliff and Alpha Blondy and appeared on the African Holocaust album release last year.

Juris Prosper & Keysha McTaggart
When Donna Sterling left the band in 2004 pending the birth of her second child, Steel Pulse chose two replacement female backing vocalists, both hailing from New York, to join the band in Europe on the African Holocaust tour in June of that year. They were Melanie Lynch and Traciana Graves. Melanie's background was mostly in reggae, whilst Traciana's was in RnB and Jazz. After their European dates, the band moved across to the States for 33 concerts in 40 days, ensuring the two vocalists received a tough introduction to touring. Whilst Traciana later departed, to be replaced temporarily by Marea Wilson, Melanie has remained and has now been joined by Jamaica-based Keysha McTaggart, who made her first appearance in Washington in June 2005 and was previously with the Star Trail Family Band, Benjy Myaz and has recorded and toured with Anthony B.