Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Amped Up

John Brown’s Body is not your father’s reggae band. The Boston-based octet takes the notion of fusion to heady new places on their latest album Amplify, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard reggae chart. Rooted in island vibrations but incorporating elements of funk, hip-hop, dubstep, dancehall and probably a slew of other influences we’re overlooking, JBB stands at the forefront of progressive reggae — a genre so cutting edge, it doesn’t actually exist yet. We just blew your mind, right? Well, so will John Brown’s Body when they play the Higher Ground Ballroom with Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad this Saturday.