Steven 'Lionheart' Cogdell - Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals

Steven 'Lionheart' Cogdell, is from Cocoa Beach, Florida. He has appeared on City TV's "Breakfast TV", "Electric Circus", MuchMusic's "X-Tendamix" and CBC's "Good Morning Canada". He has played several times live to air on CIUT 89.5 FM. His original songs and the video "Lost Without Your Love" have been played in Canada, the USA, the Caribbean, Germany, Belgium, France, England and South Africa. In Sunforce, Steven has opened for acts like "Burning Spear", "Messenjah" and "Maxi Priest". .

Steven co-founded the reggae group "Sunforce which started his career as a musician, singer, songwriter. For the next 8 years he played and toured in canada and the United States. Steven formed the group "Revelation" in 1989 and shortly after the group released their first 6 song cassette, "Crucial Thing". This release received nation wide recognition from community and campus radio and was played in Germany, Belgium, England and South Africa. Steven combines his steady rhythm guitar with bluesy solos to come forward with a high-energy roots reggae sound.

Uncledropsi - Bass, MC, Recording Artist, Party Animal!!

Uncledropsi, a veteran bassist of 16 years, is a crucial part of the heavy sound of the IrieBand. Always musically inclined, Dropsi learned the clarinet as a teenager. In 1997 he joined the Selassie I Power Band with his brothers, Reuben and Fredlocks. Winners of a Canadian Urban Music Award, these road warriors toured Canada for 6 years.

Dropsi's highly defined style keeps the crowd on their feet and moving to his powerful rhythm.

Collin 'Jahlin' Edwards - Drums, Back-up Vocals

Collin 'Jahlin' Edwards on drums was born in Hanover, Germany. In 1987, he began performing as the drummer with reggae band Imagine Rainbow Warriors, led by local activist Steve Hall. He returned to his family roots in Jamaica in 1992 and stayed until 2003. He has worked with such artists as Gregory Isaacs and Yellowman. Collin's dynamic drum work gives the Irie Band its raw, hard-hitting edge.