If punk rock kicked in the front doors of the mid 1970s music scene, then Lee "Scratch" Perry must have seeped in through its walls and floors. By the time Perry established himself at the Black Ark there was probably no one quite like him working in popular music. Anarchic, spiritual but with a healthily rude sense of humor, he popped up in all kinds of unlikely places; at the time his working methods baffled many, but no one could argue with the results. 

Photography: Dennis Morris