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PERFORMING/RECORDING
ARTIST, DJ, PRODUCER
VOTED BEST REGGAE TOASTER
IN THE BAY 2008 -
EAST BAY EXPRESS MORE!
As a young child, Toby Petter
Herskind Sorensen a.k.a.
Rocker-T was taught to sing in
a Lutheran choir in Brooklyn,
New York. From a very early
age into his teens he played
the piano and the classical
guitar. By the time he was in
High School he was playing in
a Rock band, a Punk band and
a New Wave band. The Punk
band known as Noize Police
evolved into a Ska-Reggae
trio named the Ska-Danks
which by 1989 had mutated
into an underground
dancehall-Reggae-HipHop
phenomenon boasting guests
like Jamalski, Sugar Minott
and Shaggy. Also around 1988
he began toasting for the
Brooklyn based Eruption
Hi-Power and TNT Boys & Girls
as well as Manhattan based
BBC2 HiFi which was run by
the current Editor-in-Chief of
Vibe Magazine, Rob Kenner.
Of note are opening gigs for
Buster Poindexter & the
Bansees of Blue, Cypress Hill,
Lee Scratch Perry, Burning
Spear and Super Cat among a
myriad of others. At the same
time Rocker-T formed Jah
Warrior Shelter Hi-Fidelity
Sound System fronting the
sound as both a selecter and
an MC. Skadanks signed to
Edutainer/Elektra in 1991
releasing Whole World African
produced by KRS One in 1991
and Give Thanks produced by
the band and D2 in 1994. The
Biltmore Ballroom, Reggae
Lounge, the Wetlands,
S.O.B.'s, Tramps and the Lion's
Den are among many venues
that Rocker-T and company
shredded on a regular basis.
Read more Rocker-T bio HERE
www.Rocker-T.com
www.myspace.com/rockertee
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