Bret Bollinger
Encyclopedia
Bret Bollonger is an American
musician who serves as the lead singer and bassist
of reggae
, dub
band Pepper
.
of Hawaii
. In 1996, he started working with fellow band members and guitarist Kaleo Wassman and Yesod Williams. The three of them have been friends since high school and started the band shortly after graduating.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
musician who serves as the lead singer and bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
of reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
, dub
Dub music
Dub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...
band Pepper
Pepper (band)
Pepper is a rock band originally from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The band's music is often classified as a combination of reggae, dub and rock. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Kaleo Wassman, vocalist/bassist Bret Bollinger, and drummer Yesod Williams...
.
Early life
Bollinger was born in Kailua-Kona on the Big IslandHawaii (island)
The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island , is a volcanic island in the North Pacific Ocean...
of Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
. In 1996, he started working with fellow band members and guitarist Kaleo Wassman and Yesod Williams. The three of them have been friends since high school and started the band shortly after graduating.