Tosh were born as Winston Hubert McIntosh on 9 October 1944. He was one of the largest reggae artists in the seventies.
As a teenager he was confessed as founder of The Wailing Wailers, with Bob Marley and Bunny (living son) Wailer. Outside the releases with the group he recorded also some solo numbers, frequently with accompaniment of the group. He changes its stage name always, of McIntosh, Touch to Tosh. He sang, played guitar and keyboard with The Wailers, the bands name at the end of the '60. When the band started with producer Chris Blackwell from Island Records, he and Bunny were still part of the group. But Blackwell pushed Marley always more in the position of leader of the group, which was meanwhile known as Bob Marley & The Wailers.
Tosh and Livingston stayed at the band and brought out the first elpees with Marley, "Catch A Fire" and "Burnin ''. Tosh was also songwriter just like Marley, but profiled themselves less than him. Songs as "Get Up, Stand Up" and "Go Tell It On The Mountain" has been written by Tosh.
In 1974 he and Bunny left The Wailers and both went their own way. He will bring out himself further numbers on his own label. He resold the numbers then to large labels such as Island. "Legalize It" was his first album. The titelsong beats on the fact that the herb must be legalized. In 1978 he played as the opening for The Rolling Stones. Also he brought out a single with Jagger "You've gotta walk (don't look back)". Peter Tosh admitted that he has in fact only used Jagger to make itself more known.
Tosh started his own form band, "Word,Sound & Power", with the famous rythm section of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespear. He made albums such as "Bush Doctor", "Crystal Ball" and "Captured Live". One of the most known numbers of Tosh is "Johnny B Good", covered from a number of Chuck Berry.
Tosh' lifestyle brought him frequently in problems with the law, and more than once he was in the prison for illegal possession of marihuana. When he smoked marihuana openly at a large show and explained to the government why it had to be legalized, a day later he was beaten by the police. In 1987, he was killed in his house in Jamaica.
Tosh had brio, just like Marley, but as easy as it came to outside Marley, this stiffly way it went at Tosh. He was the reverse of Marley. Marley was open and pleasant, Tosh was stiffly and distant.