Steppin’ Razor: The Rebel Life of Peter Tosh

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‘A masterwork’ – Roger SteffensPeter Tosh: the rude boy, the radical,the Rasta. A founding member of The Wailers and a compelling recording artistin his own right, Tosh was much more than Bob Marley’s bandmate. Anuncompromising firebrand, he was Jamaica’s most controversial star. In this, the very first and definitivebiography of Tosh, esteemed reggae journalist John Masouri explores one ofreggae’s most extraordinary stories. This story ended in violence in 1987, whenTosh was brutally murdered. In the aftermath, rumours swirled about hisinvolvement in Kingston’s criminal underworld. Steppin’ Razor draws on hundreds ofinterviews with those who knew Peter Tosh best, including Bunny Wailer andother close associates. Tracing Tosh’s recording career from The Wailers tointernational acclaim, Masouri details his encounters with Eric Clapton and JoeCocker and his volatile relationships with Bob Marley and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry. Tosh’s darker side is also revealed – from his fascination with the occult to,in unprecedented detail, the events surrounding his tragic, untimely andmysterious death.