Pliers
Everton Bonner (born 4 April 1963), better known as Pliers, is a Jamaican reggae singer best known for his collaborations with deejay Chaka Demus under the name Chaka Demus & Pliers. He is one of the Bonner brothers, all of whom are reggae artists, including Richie Spice and Spanner Banner.
Pliers started his career performing under the name 'Blues Melody', acquiring his more famous moniker due to an apparent similarity to fellow singer Pinchers.
He had a number of early hits, working for producers such as Coxsone Dodd and Winston Riley, but never achieved huge success as a solo artist, in contrast to the immense success of his partnership with Chaka Demus.
His solo song "Bam Bam" was featured on the fictional radio station K-Jah West in the soundtrack to the game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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Stories about Pliers from the JamaicansMusic archive, oldest first · 2013
2013
MusicChaka Demus and Pliers stay afloat with 'Murder She Wrote'
'Murder She Wrote', 'Gyal Wine', 'Twist and Shout', 'Tease Me', 'She Don't Let Nobody' and 'I Wanna Be Your Man' are easily the songs that come to mind when the names Chaka Demus and Pliers are heard.
MusicChaka Demus and Pliers' 'Tease Me' turns 20
The dynamic duo of a fun-loving yet gravel-voiced Chaka Demus paired with the smoothly-gliding chords of singer Pliers might just be one of the most pioneering and fruitful acts from the 1990's, with their single 'Tease Me' catapulting them to the top of varying charts.
MusicDancehall takes over BET Awards
Packed with an unpanelled line-up - from a trip down RnB's memory lane with R. Kelly and Charlie Wilson to new school legends in the making Miguel and Kendrick Lamar wowing the BET Awards' animated crowd – no one couldn't resist the magnitude of energy oozing from Dawn Penn, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Beenie Man and Elephant Man in the Dancehall melody segment of the show.
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