[1][2] They toured extensively in the UK and Europe in the 1980s and early 1990s releasing several albums and singles during that time before disappearing from the music scene for about ten years.
[1][3] Their first (self-titled) album was released on their Kick, and the band was commissioned by the BBC to write and record the theme song to the sitcom The Front Line.
The band then ceased to exist as a touring concern, although several dub albums were released based on their earlier work over the next five years.
The final studio album release from the band, during the period, came in 1993, it was a reworking of earlier recordings produced by Dub Judah, entitled Black Roots with Friends featuring vocals by B.B.
French label Makasound released a compilation of the band's first two albums on a fourteen-track CD titled On The Frontline on 4 July 2004.
Black Roots released a single on 22 August 2016 entitled Move On EP on their own label Nubian Records on digital download only.
The band have added a further 2 studio albums to their extensive discography by releasing Take It in November 2018 and Nothing in the Larder in June 2021 in collaboration with Khanti Records and Take It Easy Agency respectively both based in France.
Bass guitarist Derrick King died on 30 April 2011 at Frenchay Hospital from respiratory failure, after suffering from motor neuron disease for some time.