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Biography
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Seventeen Plus
Effective period / Period of releases: 1987
Members: Funk "Ragga" Gumbs
Soca band from the Virgin Islands. Credited with bringing the use of the "riddim box" (electronic drum machine) into Soca music. Their music makes full use of the electronic keyboard, drum machines, vocals and a bass line working together and set the standard for all bands of the electronic drum machine era.:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/A-942554-1297495461.png.jpg){kind=link}
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