Biography
read full storyHMSS His Majesty's Sound System is made up of primarily 4 key individuals, namely: Redbeard, Fingers, Booma and Crazy Rick. The ministry is under the umbrella ministry of Urban Mission http://www.urbanmission.co.uk headed up by M.O.D Calvary Chapel South London. We are a dancehall sound system sharing the Gospel through the medium of Reggae music. If you go to Japan to share the Gospel first learn Japanese! Communication...thats all it is.
We can be hired for private functions and outreaches including our rig ...
HMSS His Majesty's Sound System is made up of primarily 4 key individuals, namely: Redbeard, Fingers, Booma and Crazy Rick. The ministry is under the umbrella ministry of Urban Mission http://www.urbanmission.co.uk headed up by M.O.D Calvary Chapel South London. We are a dancehall sound system sharing the Gospel through the medium of Reggae music. If you go to Japan to share the Gospel first learn Japanese! Communication...thats all it is.
We can be hired for private functions and outreaches including our rig. We do not make any profit or put money in our pockets. All money we make goes back into the ministry.
Redbeard has played 'sound' since he was about 14, playing Reggae on various sound systems including Taste of Paradise, Love TKO and the UK's number one sound Lord Gelly. All secular sounds. After realizing what it meant to be a Christian, to follow Jesus with complete surrender Redbeard gave up sound, He had a tour planned in Jamaica and had his mind set on big things. But the conviction was too real in his heart, he called all the members of Lord Gelly's and told them he was going to put God first in his life. He subsequently sold all his record collection and turntables, nothing was left that might draw him away from the Lord.
A year earlier a guy had come into Redbeard's shop to hire some speakers and they got talking, the guy was called Robert and rapped in a Christian group called M.O.D. The week after Redbeard's conviction to follow Jesus, Robert came back into the shop (a year later) to say hello. They exchanged numbers and Redbeard started going to the bible study that Robert (aka Pilgrim) and 2 friends ran. Eventually Redbeard started selecting backing tracks for M.O.D and joining them on mission trips, it was a humbling experience especially when visiting America where everyone expected 'the DJ' to be cuttin and scratching. Serving M.O.D was the beginings of what eventually became HMSS. Robert came up with the name 'His Majesty's Sound System' HMSS was born. The key to this sound system becoming an effective vessel of the Lord was patience, waiting on the Lord. Redbeard played the sound mainly producing mix CD's on his own for about two years, then 'Fingers' joined Redbeard on the sound set up at church and eventually joined HMSS.
Fingers used to own a sound before he was saved and started playing sound back in the 80's. Fingers has proved to be one of the most reliable sound men in the history of sound systems! Allways early and ready to string up with a real gift at mixing down. At an event in a church in Camberwell (South London) Redbeard met Booma. Booma is a Gospel DJ who mixes live on his lap top as well as the CDJ's, Booma used to play sound in his home country of Jamaica and grew up in the church, quite some time after thier first meeting Booma was invited to join HMSS and M.O.D at the outreach they lead at London's Notting Hill carnival. Booma smashed the place with his unique style of playing and dancing. Finally to complete the team we bring you 'Crazy Rick'! Crazy used to also play on Lord Gelly's sound along with Redbeard, the two actually having a big argument and not getting on back in the world and the last two people anyone would think of to run a Christian sound! Crazy made a decision to follow Christ and to leave the world of fame and Sound System and knew he was playing his last Carnival and as he walked away he did not look back! At the launch of HMSS Crazy was invited to hold the mic. Following an invitation to play on bbc1xtra Redbeard invited Crazy Rick and Booma to join him. The rest is history!