(previously known as the Wailers and prior to that the Wailing Rudeboys, the Wailing Wailers and the Teenagers) a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae band.
Most of Bob Marley's early music was recorded with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, who together with Marley were the most prominent members of the Wailers.
On December 3, 1976, seven armed men raided the residence of reggae musician Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica, two days before Marley was to stage a concert in an attempt to quell recent violence..