Cecil Spence (Skelly) y Lascelle Bulgin (Wiss) nacieron en Jamaica. Ambos victimas de la poliomyelitis, se conocieron en el Mona Rehabilitation Center, donde sus familias les internaron por culpa de los escasos recursos y los altos costes medicos de los cuidados especiales que requerian. Esta situación de handicap y desarraigo, les afiló los sentidos y habilidades para la supervivencia. Encontrar la fe en Rastafari a través de las enseñanzas de Su Majestad Imperial, Emperador Haile Selassie I de Etiopia, fue la fuerza para empezar a escribir , componer y cantar, para expresar esa creencia espiritual.
A living lesson in fortitude, the vocal trio of Cecil "Skeleton" Spence, Albert "Apple Gabriel" Craig, and Lascelle "Wiss" Bulgin overcame adversity, illness, and poverty to become one of the finest roots groups in Jamaica's history. All three had been afflicted by polio and first became acquainted, albeit briefly, at Kingston's Mona Rehabilitation Clinic. Of the trio, Bulgin appeared least likely to emerge a singing sensation. He spent much of his childhood at a variety of rehabilitation centers and in his teens began working for a tailor. Craig, in contrast, initially did seem destined for a musical career and for a while attended the famed Alpha Cottage School.
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