Dr. Ring Ding is among the veterans of the German music scene. His distinctive "deejay style" ranks him not only among pioneers in the field of European reggae and dancehall, but he is also very popular on the rock steady and ska scene he started with. In 1987 he played the trombone and sang in the cult ska band El Bosso & di Ping Pongs and in 1992 he founded his own band Dr. Ring Ding & Senior Allstars, whose debut album Dandamite was a very important act that precipitated a huge interest in Jamaican ska in Germany.