VERDICT

VERDICT consists of four members: Johnny Youth, Marcelino, Raga and Parry. Tiley perform a large selection of international soca and reggae music. In addition to their own original material, they play hits by popular artists such as Bob Marley (Jamaica), Arrow (Montserrat), Scli011 (Trinidad) and UB40 (England), to name just a few.

As a group, Verdict has performed at numerous night clubs in the Tri-State area and In Pennsylvania. Among the many places they have performed include: Kat"Man-Du, Trenton, NJ;

Nell's, New York, NY; Junkyard, Rochelle Park, NJ; The Spectrum' Port of Spain, Trinidad (during the 1994 Carnival Season); 5.0.8.'5, New York, NY; Borgata, Atlantic City, NJ; Seacrets, Ocean City, MD; Super Bowl Party, Miami, FL and Martell's, P1. Pleasant, NJ.

Johnny Youth (drums and vocals), originally from New Jersey, is a prolific singer/songwriter. Johnny was the original founder of Verdict. Realizing there was d gap to be filled by a band that played reggae and soca equally well, Johnny set out to put that band together, and thus was born Verdict.

Marcelino (bass and vocals), born in Panama, Central America, has performed live a~ld recorded with many soca artists including The Mighty Sparrow, Duke, Designer, Crmlk Dust, Arrow, David Rudder, and many others. His added accomplishments include co-production work, and has done collaboration with dance hall reggae artists EI Avispon, Rude Girl and Frankie Paul.

Raga (guitar and vocals), born in Trinidad, has a career as a reggae/soca artist that spans 30 years. He has performed with The Mighty Sparrow, Byron Lee & The Dragonaires, TrIG Marley Bandwagon, and Chalice while also working as a session guitarist for SI-Iadow.

Crazy, Stalin, Arrow, and Beckett.

Parry (keyboards and vocals), born in 81. Vincent is a versatile pianist, singer, rapper and arranger. Parry adds the cool reggae vocals and the hot soca keyboard sounds to Verdict He has also arranged and produced songs for artists including Kevin Lytile, Bud, Mad the Mad Stunt Man, and Screechy Dan. In addition, Parry has done remixes for Shaggy, Mario, Alicia Keys, R. Kelly and many more.

Verdict's goals are to keep the people entertained and have them dancing.

The East Coast Rocker writes, "Like a frosty, sweet Mai Tai after a day in Hell at the office, Verdict soothes the nerves with a shot of exotic calypso, a helping of reggae and tops it with soca funk to create a fun, exhilarating blend of sexy sound.