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There is more than one artist with this name:

1) In the mid-60s, Bob Marley, Bunny Livingston (also known as Bunny Wailer), Winston McIntosh (aka Peter Tosh), Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso and Cherry Smith shortened their previous moniker, The Wailing Rudeboys, to The Wailers. Up until 1974, recordings were credited to The Wailers, after which Livingston and Tosh left to pursue solo careers and Marley formed a new backing band, recording as Bob Marley & The Wailers. After Marley’s death in 1981, his band continued to tour and record as The Wailers or The Wailers Band.

2) The Wailers were an American rock band from Tacoma, Washington, often considered the first garage rock group. Five 45s (four released in 1959 and one in 1960) and an LP release, The Fabulous Wailers (released December 1959 on Golden Crest Records) put the Wailers on the national scene. Their 1961 cover of “Louie Louie” inspired other groups from the Seattle area, most notably the Kingsmen of Portland, Oregon, to record the same song, and the band’s influence established the area as a center for musical innovation and the home of a long string of regional favorites playing a kind of raunchy, amateur, yet passionate, form of rock and roll.

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leonardocsm wrote:
Saturday evening

nothing like the wailers, they made great songs ...

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Parisblues wrote:
October 2009

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Wailers/Songs+of+Freedom

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dimedude wrote:
October 2009

£25 a ticket? That ain't rasta...

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sarahabdel wrote:
October 2009

i'm so stoked to see the original Wailers is maryland! and i'm seeing Rebelution the day before...gonna be a good week :)

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TheOnlyRoc wrote:
September 2009

If youre too lazy to read the wiki be too lazy to shout.

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Gisssh wrote:
September 2009

No its not. Bob Marley and the Wailers isn't the same thing with The Wailers.

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lord-evil wrote:
September 2009

This is Wrong The Wailers Was a 60is American Garage band like the Sonics The Pictures are mixed with Bob Marley and the Wailers

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eastbaythunder wrote:
July 2009

If you like this artist checkout! http://www.last.fm/music/NUSHUN

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sebek55551 wrote:
July 2009

is cool

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realflavio wrote:
June 2009

http://www.lastfm.it/group/wanted...%21

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homerotell wrote:
May 2009

The Wailers (aka The Fabulous Wailers) were a 60's American garage band. I don't why their albums get mixed up with Marley's Wailers.

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YogurtJalla wrote:
May 2009

People, please, There's a difference between "the wailers" and "Bob Marley & The Wailers". The first is the trio with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. The second is Marleys solo project. Don't scrobble the second one here!

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Genienka_ wrote:
April 2009

i love his music

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shawnevans wrote:
April 2009

AMORE!

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mathewjordan wrote:
April 2009

GOLD.

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staytooned wrote:
March 2009

I'm Lovin' it

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goga_zr wrote:
January 2009

on tour. wow :s

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Rignzalez wrote:
December 2008

ONE OF THE GREATEST GARAGE ROCK BANDS EVER !

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Theelongplayer wrote:
December 2008

The (Fabulous) Wailers

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danieljamesgang wrote:
December 2008

Why does the Fabulous Wailers redirect here?

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