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  • Leo Williams
gender
  • Male
Subject
  • Living people
  • 1959 births
  • Black British musicians
  • Black British rock musicians
  • English people of Jamaican descent
  • English rock bass guitarists
  • People from Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
  • Jamaican musicians
  • Jamaican expatriates in the United Kingdom
  • Big Audio Dynamite members
abstract
  • The original Bass master who started his career in Basement 5 fusing an urban Punk sound with Jamaican Dub rhythms. He was the first member to join Mick Jones in Big Audio Dynamite and later continued on dubbing in Screaming target and Dreadzone.
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  • Leo Williams, also known as E-zee-kill, is an English-Jamaican bass guitarist residing in the United Kingdom.After a stint with the band Basement 5, Williams co-founded Big Audio Dynamite in 1984, a band led by Mick Jones, best known from The Clash. Other BAD members included Don Letts, Greg Roberts and Dan Donovan.After four albums together, the original BAD lineup dissolved in 1989. Williams, together with Don Letts and drummer Greg Roberts, formed the band Screaming Target after Big Audio Dynamite's demise. Later, Williams joined Dreadzone, a group with his former bandmate Dan Donovan, and, again, Greg Roberts.In March 2007, it was announced that—in addition to his work with Dreadzone—Leo Williams would be a touring bassist for Carbon/Silicon, Mick Jones' latest musical endeavor. Williams appeared in the band's video for %22The News,%22 and is featured as a band member on the official Carbon/Silicon website.Williams is again playing with Big Audio Dynamite, which re-formed in 2011.Williams also featured in the 1997 film The Fifth Element as the fuel loader of the Fhloston Paradise shuttle.
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  • Leo
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  • Eezykill
  • Leo %22E-Zee Kill%22 Williams
  • Leo %22EezeKill%22 Williams
  • Leo 'E'-Zee-Kill' Williams
  • Leo 'E-Zee Kill Williams
  • Leo 'E-Zee-Kill' Williams
  • Leo 'E-Zeekill' Williams
  • Leo 'E-zee Kill' Williams
  • Leo 'EezyKill' Williams
  • Leo EezyKill
discogs
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  • 58861e61-8e81-411c-bea2-a5c2e8e65e19
wikipedia
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  • 189905
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wsb:real_name
  • Herman Ezekiel Williams
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