David "Dread" Hinds (born 15 June 1956 in Handsworth, Birmingham, England) is the founding member, English rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning reggae band Steel Pulse.Born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, Hinds' parents migrated to the UK from Jamaica in the mid 1950s along with many other Jamaicans and other British Caribbean islanders to rebuild post World War II Britain. At age five, he started elementary school and completed all his schooling by 1974.