United StatesEasy Star All-Stars is the #35,959 most-subscribed YouTube channel worldwide and #9,275 in United States, with 24.3K subscribers and 12.9M total views across 97 videos.
Biography
Easy Star All-Stars is a reggae collective founded in 1997 by Michael Goldwasser, Eric Smith, Lem Oppenheimer and Remy Gerstein of New York City-based Easy Star Records. The band is known for its reinterpretations of classic albums in reggae style. Their first album, released in 2003, was Dub Side of the Moon, an interpretation of Pink Floyd's 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon. This was followed by Radiodread (2006), an interpretation of Radiohead's 1997 album OK Computer; Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band (2009), an interpretation of the Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; and Easy Star's Thrillah (2012), an interpretation of Michael Jackson's 1982 album Thriller. In 2023, they released their eighth studio album, Ziggy Stardub, a reggae re-imagining of David Bowie's 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust.
Channel description
Easy Star All-Stars have established themselves as one of the top international reggae acts on the scene for nearly two decades. During this time, they’ve toured on 6 continents bringing together fans of reggae, classic rock, dub, and indie rock into one family. Their tribute series began with Dub Side Of The Moon (2003), the critically-acclaimed reggae re-working of the classic Pink Floyd album, then continued with Radiodread (2006), Easy Star’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band (2009), and Easy Star’s Thrillah (2012), as well as the remix album Dubber Side of the Moon (2010). The All-Stars have also released two original collections, Until That Day EP (2008) and First Light (2011). In 2023 they released the complete re-imagining of David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, featuring Macy Gray, Maxi Priest, Steel Pulse, Fishbone, Mortimer, The Skints, The Expanders, Samory I, Naomi Cowan, SunDub, Alex Lifeson (Rush), and Vernon Reid (Living Colour).
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Frequently asked
- How many subscribers does Easy Star All-Stars have?
- 24.3K subscribers — #35,959 worldwide, #9,275 in United States.
- When did Easy Star All-Stars start on YouTube?
- The channel was created in Jan 2009.