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History

The Herbs produced a stream of reggae hits with some of the country's top talent. Between 1986 and 1987, Slice of Heaven with Dave Dobbyn reached number one on both the New Zealand and Australian charts. In 1989, Tim Finn joined them for Parihaka and in 1992, Annie Crummer fronted the huge hit See What Love Can Do. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Slice Of Heaven is a single by New Zealand singer/songwriter Dave Dobbyn featuring Herbs, released in 1986 alongside the animated motion picture, Footrot Flat: The Dogs Tail Tale. ... Dave Dobbyn (born January 3, 1957) is a musician, singer-songwriter and record producer from New Zealand. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Brian Timothy Tim Finn OBE (born June 25, 1952) is a singer and songwriter and one of New Zealands foremost musicians. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Annie Crummer is a New Zealand singer and songwriter, who has not only a successful solo career but also as part of many musical groups. ...

The Herbs also worked alongside UB40, Taj Mahal, Tina Turner, Neil Young and Stevie Wonder. UB40 UB40 are a British dub / reggae pop music band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. ... Taj Mahal. ... Binny Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939) is an seven-time Grammy Award-winning American pop/rock singer and actress. ... Neil Percival Young[1] OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and film director. ... Stevie Wonder (born Steveland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Steveland Hardaway Morris),[1] is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. ...

In the 1980s, and the first half of the 90s, the Herbs had ten Top 20 singles hits.

Though upbeat, the Herbs' music is clear in its messages. Their 1980 hit French Letter, which spent 11 weeks on the charts, came to express New Zealand's anti-nuclear stance. Fourteen years later, it was re-recorded to garner support for the prevention of nuclear testing at Mururoa. Similarly, No Nukes, Nuclear Waste and Light Of The Pacific expressed much the same sentiment. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... A standard latex condom still rolled up This article is about the contraceptive device. ... Moruroa (Mururura, Mururoa) (21°50S., 138°55W.) is an atoll in which forms part of the Tuamoto archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. ... Musicians United for Safe Energy, or MUSE, was an activist group founded in 1979 by Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, Bonnie Raitt, and John Hall of Orleans. ...

The Herbs are considered pioneers of the pacific reggae sound^{[citation needed]}, having paved the way for contemporary New Zealand reggae groups such as Fat Freddy's Drop, Katchafire and Trinity Roots. Pacific reggae is a style of reggae music found in the Pacific. ... New Zealand reggae is the Aotearoa(New Zealand) variation of the musical genre reggae. ... Fat Freddys Drop Fat Freddys Drop are a 7 piece New Zealand roots/dub/reggae/jazz/soul band. ... Katchafire are a contemporary New Zealand reggae band. ... Trinity Roots (1998-2005) were a successful band from Wellington, New Zealand. ...

Band Members

• Dilworth Karaka
• Carl Perkins
• Toni Fonoti
• Spencer Fusimalohi
• Charlie Tumahai

Discography

Albums

Cover	Date of Release	Title	Label	Charted	Country	Catalog Number
	1982	What's Be Happen		-	-
	1983	Lights Of The Pacific		-	-
	1984	Long Ago		-	-
	1995	13 Years (Best Of)		-	-
	2002	Listen: The Very Best Of		-	-

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Singles