# Peter Metro

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Metro
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Metro.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Metro
> Source revision: 1329334675
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

**Peter Metro** (born **Peter Clarke**,[1] [Kingston, Jamaica](/source/Kingston,_Jamaica), c.1960) is a [reggae](/source/Reggae) [deejay](/source/Deejay_(Jamaican)), who released five albums in the 1980s.[2]

## Biography

Initially performing under the name Peter Ranking, he changed his name when he discovered that another deejay was using that name, and since he was resident deejay on the *Metromedia* [sound system](/source/Sound_system_(Jamaican)), he chose the name Peter Metro.[2] His use of Spanish gained him many fans in South America, and he is acknowledged as the first multilingual reggae toaster.[2] His work with [Yellowman](/source/Yellowman) and [Fathead](/source/Fathead_(musician)) on the albums *Yellowman, Fathead, and the one Peter Metro* (1982) and *Live With Yellowman and Sassafrass* (1984) kept his profile high through to the mid-1980s. He appeared at the [Reggae Sunsplash](/source/Reggae_Sunsplash) festival in 1987 with English deejay Dominic, captured on the *Reggae Sunsplash Dancehall X '87* video.[2] In 1989, he appeared as a guest on the CD *Bora Bora* by the Brazilian rock band [Os Paralamas do Sucesso](/source/Os_Paralamas_do_Sucesso). He performed the song "The Can" and "Don't Give Me That", the latter one being an anti-cocaine statement which made reference to Richard Pryor's mishap with crack in 1980. Metro contributed ‘Oh No Baby Don’t Go’ to The Dance Hall Album (1998) when UB40 invited guests to produce their own versions of songs from the backing tracks of their 1997 album ‘Guns in the Ghetto’.

## Albums

- *Yellowman, Fathead & The One Peter Metro* (1982) Abissa
- *Sinbad & the Metric System* (1983) CSA (Peter Metro & [Captain Sinbad](/source/Captain_Sinbad) With [Little John](/source/Little_John_(musician)))
- *Dedicated to You* (1984) CSA (with [Yellowman](/source/Yellowman), Lady Anne, and Squiddly Ranking)
- *Live with Yellowman and Sassafrass* (1984)
- *No Problem* (1985) Power House
- *The D.J. Don* (1986) Black Solidarity

## References

1. Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter:"Reggae: The Rough Guide", 1997, Rough Guides, ISBN 1-85828-247-0

1. Larkin, Colin:"The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", 1998, Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0242-9

## External links

- [Peter Metro at Roots Archives](https://www.roots-archives.com/artist/288)
- [More Peter Metro information.](https://web.archive.org/web/20081204081313/http://jamaicansmusic.com/artists/209-peter-metro.html)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Peter Metro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Metro) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Metro?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.