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DISGRACELAND

Peter Tosh (Pt. 1): Legalizing It, Police Brutality, and the Steppin’ Razor

DISGRACELAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Music, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.613.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Peter Tosh was a reggae subversive who used his music as a means to fight corruption, oppression, and hypocrisy. Unlike his one-time bandmate Bob Marley, Tosh didn’t fight for peace. He fought for truth–and justice. He did this with a guitar shaped like an M-16 automatic rifle. He lobbied for the legalization of marijuana, using the profits of the drug trade to get his message onto the most iconic album of his career. All of this put Peter Tosh in the crosshairs of authority, the government, and those who wished to silence him – some who even wanted to see him dead. To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at www.disgracelandpod.com. Enter the new DISGRACELAND contest to win exclusive prizes and unlock rewards. Visit DISGRACELANDCONTEST.COM Hurry, the contest ends on March 6th, 2024! Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - GET THE NEWSLETTER Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: Instagram YouTube X (formerly Twitter) Facebook Fan Group TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Double Elvis.

0:05.0

Disgras.

0:08.0

Disgraysand is a production of Double Elvis.

0:11.0

Hey discos, I've got something special for you guys. You asked, we listened, and now it's finally here.

0:17.0

Introducing Disgraceland All Access, our very first official membership program.

0:23.0

Disgrayside on all access membership is your chance to support the show and get ad-free

0:28.1

listening, an exclusive scripted episode every month and exclusive bonus content every week plus access to an

0:35.3

always-on-chat with me and your fellow discos. Visit disgraceland pod

0:39.4

dot com slash membership and sign up today. The stories about Peter Tosh are insane.

1:04.0

He was a reggae subversive who used his music as a means to fight corruption, oppression, and hypocrisy.

1:11.0

Unlike his one-time bandmate Bob Marley, Peter Tosh did not fight for peace. He fought for truth and justice.

1:20.0

He played a guitar shaped like an M16 automatic rifle.

1:24.0

He funded an album that lobbied for the legalization of marijuana

1:28.0

by running drugs from Jamaica to Miami.

1:32.0

He was arrested for smoking weed and then beaten by seven police

1:36.3

officers for over an hour in a prison cell. All of these trials and tribulations were reflected in his music, great music, some of the greatest reggae music of all time,

1:50.0

both as a member of the whalers and as a solo artist.

1:54.0

Unlike that clip I played for you at the top of the show.

1:57.0

That wasn't great music.

2:00.0

That was a preset loop from my Melotron called Dread Kiley, MK1.

2:07.4

I played you that clip because I can't afford the rights to a clip from Night Fever

2:12.1

by the Beeges.

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