Brinsley Forde Brinsley Forde Brinsley Forde MBE (born 16 October 1953, Islington, North London) is best known as the founder member of the reggae band Aswad and as a child actor in the children's television series "Here Come the Double Deckers" (1970–71). Forde appeared as Herman in two episodes of the sitcom "Please Sir!". He appeared as Wesley in the feature film of the same name in 1971. He appeared in the James Bond film "Diamonds Are Forever" and the television programme "The Georgian House". In 1980 he starred in "Babylon" (directed by Franco Rosso), as Blue, a disenfranchised youth who becomes
Aswad the remaining members opted not to seek to recruit a replacement musician to the line-up, and thus Aswad became a duo of Gaye and Robinson. With the exception of a brief reunion with Forde in 2009 for the Island record label's 50th anniversary celebrations, the band's line-up has remained the same to the present day. Aswad released their most recent material in 2009, with the album "City Lock". They released singles "What Is Love?" and "Do That Thing" in the same year. Aswad Aswad are a long-lasting British reggae group, noted for adding strong R&B and soul influences to the