Reggae rock is a subgenre of
reggae fusion and
rock music that primarily uses the genres
reggae,
rock and
ska. The term "reggae rock" has been used to categorize bands like
The Police,
Sublime,
Sublime with Rome,
Pepper,
Slightly Stoopid,
The Expendables,
Iration, the
Dirty Heads,
Rebelution,
311 and, to some extent, heavier bands such as
Fishbone and
Bad Brains. The somewhat related term "ragga metal" has been used to describe bands that combine
metal and
ragga, such as
Dub War,
Skindred and
Zeroscape. Reggae rock found its rise in popularity in the 1990s in
Long Beach,
California, with the band
Sublime. The genre has lately found a boost in popularity with the 2010 song "
Lay Me Down" by the Dirty Heads featuring
Rome Ramirez from Sublime with Rome, which peaked at number 1 on both the US
Billboard Alternative Songs and
Rock Songs charts.