Eddy Grant - Killer on the Rampage

Born in Guyana in 1948, Edmond Montague Grant moved to London with his family at a young age. He was lead guitarist for a group called the Equals in the late 1960’s, racking up his first number 1 song he had written with “Baby, Come Back”. The Clash recorded a version of his song “Police On My Back” for their 1980 album Sandinista!.

Eddy Grant started his solo career in 1975. In November of 1982, he released Killer on the Rampage, his sixth solo disk. It charted at number 9 in New Zealand, number 7 in the UK and number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 200. It featured a number of his most known hits, made popular thanks to music videos that ran often on MTV. Today we will look at this one on its thirtieth anniversary.