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"Biko" is an anti-apartheid protest song by English rock musician Peter Gabriel. It was released by Charisma Records as a single from Gabriel's eponymous third album in 1980. The song is a musical eulogy , inspired by the death of the black South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in police custody on 12 September 1977.
Peter Gabriel is the third solo studio album by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel, released on 30 May 1980 [10] by Charisma Records. The album, produced by Steve Lillywhite, has been acclaimed as Gabriel's artistic breakthrough as a solo artist. AllMusic wrote that it established him as "one of rock's most ambitious, innovative musicians ...
"Biko" (song), 1980 song about Steve Biko written by Peter Gabriel "Mr. Biko" (song), a 1980 song by Chet Baker and Wolfgang Lackerschmid off the self-titled eponymous album Chet Baker / Wolfgang Lackerschmid
“Freedom Flight” is soundtracked by a remastered version of “Biko” by Peter Gabriel (pictured above in 1986), himself an Amnesty International Ambassador. ... song as a means of reclaiming ...
The first South African activist to receive widespread attention outside South Africa was Steve Biko when he died in police custody in 1977. [21] His death inspired a number of songs from artists outside the country, including from Tom Paxton and Peter Hammill. [21] The most famous of these was the song "Biko" by Peter Gabriel.
Peter Gabriel has gone his own way over the course of his remarkable, brilliant career — leaving Genesis at the band’s artistic peak, using the same title for his first several solo albums (I ...
Peter Brian Gabriel was born in Chobham on 13 February 1950, the son of Edith Irene (1921–2016) and Ralph Parton Gabriel (1912–2012). His paternal grandfather was Colonel Edward Allen, chairman of the Civil Service Department Store on London's Strand.
Asimbonanga" was written while he was still in prison, and its lyrics alluded to his absence from society, as well as mentioning other anti-apartheid activists by name, including Steve Biko (who was also the subject of the 1980 Peter Gabriel’s song "Biko"), Victoria Mxenge and Neil Aggett.