Spearhead

From Wiki: 1994 - 1999: Spearhead In 1994, Franti formed a new band called Spearhead with a few studio musicians, including mainstay Carl Young, and announced the dissolution of Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. Their first release, Home, in September of 1994 was a departure from the rap heavy politically charged Disposable Heroes record and drew more from funk and soul music. Their follow up album Chocolate Supa Highway was released in March of 1997 with several changes in band members between releases. This album featured a bit of a return to Hip Hop and a pronounced Reggae influence and included guest appearances by notables like Stephen Marley and Joan Osborne. Home and Chocolate Supa Highway were released under the band name "Spearhead", while the name on all subsequent albums would be "Michael Franti & Spearhead". This is because their first two albums were released by Capitol Records who own the rights to the name "Spearhead," not for any other reason. After the release of Chocolate Supa Highway they had a split with Capitol Records. Reportedly, their manager at Capitol Records kept on trying to get them to do duo's with people like Will Smith. They were not impre... more...