The Inmates | id
Formed in 1977 from an amalgamation of "Ronnie and the Biggs" vocalist, the superb Bill Hurley, and "The Cannibles" Tony Oliver, Ben Donnelly and Peter Gunn, this hard-hitting R&B combo are often likened to their compadres "Dr. Feelgood" and "Eddie and the Hot Rods".
Signed to Radar Records they quickly made an impact with their debut LP. "First Offence" containing the hit singles "Dirty Water" (U.S. top forty) and Jimmy McCracklin's "The Walk" (UK. top forty).
These high standards have been maintained over 13 subsequent releases for "New Rose", "Revenge", "Mute/Sonet" and "Last Call" record labels.
The original line up...
Lock Down Inmates is a group from Dallas, TX. It started off with seven of the coldest rappers in D-Town at the time. The group consisted of Oak Cliff Assassin, Mista Dre, L-Double-E, Godfather, Mx2, Kanine and ROC. Lock Down Inmates - Wussup Wit It? was their debut album and was released in 1996 on Lock Down Records. Production. .