Rockers Hi-Fi

Rockers Hi-Fi
Origin	Birmingham, England
Genres	Electronic
Years active	1991–1999
Labels	The Cake Label, Different Drummer, 4th & Broadway, Gee Street, WEA

Rockers Hi-Fi were an electronic dub/dance group formed in Birmingham, England in 1991 as Original Rockers. In 1994, they changed their name to Rockers Hi-Fi. Their music was quite popular across Europe.^{[ citation needed ]} The group consisted of MC Farda P, Glyn "Bigga" Bush, and Richard "DJ Dick" Whittingham. ^[1] The group disbanded in 1999.

Biography

Their first success came with a few tracks on the Beyond Records Ambient Dub series of compilations, and "Push Push" became a dancefloor hit in the beginning of the 1990s.

They released four studio albums and also mixed and compiled an album for Studio !K7's DJ-Kicks series.^{[ when? ]}

In 1992, Whittingham and Glyn Bush founded the label Different Drummer, releasing music from both Original Rockers/Rockers Hi-Fi and others. ^[2]

Their song "What a Life!" was part of the soundtrack for the 1995 film The Basketball Diaries , and "Going Under (Love & Insanity Dub) (K&D Sessions)" featured in the 2000 film Traffic , as well as in the mid-season finale to the first season of the television series The O.C.

After disbanding

Whittingham hosts Leftfoot at the Medicine Ba r.^{[ citation needed ]} In the 2000s, Bush produced music as BiggaBush (beats/electronic) and Lightning Head (dub/samba/latin/afrobeat) ^[3] on his own Lion Head label.

Style

Their urban sound was created by Whittingham who began his DJ career in Duran Duran's Rum Runner nightclub, and Bush.^{[ citation needed ]} It was seen as an extension and continuation of the dub music.

Discography

Original Rockers

• "Push Push" (single) (1991), The Cake Label
• Rockers to Rockers (released 1993 on Different Drummer, with four different tracks compared to the 1995 Rockers Hi-Fi re-release)

Rockers Hi-Fi

• Rockers to Rockers (recorded 1993, released 1995, 4th & Broadway / Gee Street Records)
• "Push Push" (single) (1995), 4th & Broadway
• Mish Mash (25 March 1997, WEA)
• "Going Under" (the Kruder & Dorfmeister Sessions EP) (single) 1997, Different Drummer / WEA
• DJ-Kicks: The Black Album (19 May 1997, Studio !K7)
• Overproof (1998, WEA)
• Times Up (1999, WEA)

References

1. "Rockers Hi-Fi Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & Mo..." AllMusic. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
2. "Different Drummer". Discogs. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
3. "Glyn Bigga Bush | Profile | The MU". musiciansunion.org.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2026.