Group Name: UB40

Genre(s): dub / reggae pop

Founding Members:
James (Jimmy) Brown - born November 20 1957, in Birmingham (drums)
Ali Campbell - born Alistair Campbell, on February 15 1959, in Birmingham (guitar, lead vocals)
Robin Campbell - born December 25 1954, in Birmingham (lead guitar, vocals)
Earl Falconer - born January 23 1957, in Birmingham (bass guitar, vocals)
Norman Lamont Hassan - born January 26 1958, in Birmingham (percussion, trombone, vocals)
Brian Travers - born February 7 1959, in Birmingham (saxophone)
Mickey Virtue - born Michael Virtue, on January 19 1957, in Birmingham (keyboards)
Astro - born Terence Wilson, on June 24 1957, in Birmingham (toasting vocals, percussion, trumpet)

Formed: in 1978 in Birmingham, England.

Name Game: named from the paper form issued by the U.K. for claiming unemployment benefits (UB40 = Unemployment Benefits, Form 40)

Nationality: English, Scottish, Irish, Yemeni and Jamaican parentage

Debut Album: Signing Off (1980)

Breakthrough Single: "Red Red Wine" (1983)