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Babylon stop your murdering, wicked, wicked man we're coming to seize ya...– Opening lyrics for 'Dread on a Mission'
Dean Hapeta and the UHP have an uncanny ability to combine anger and aggression, with knowledge and love, and this is what makes both their music and their politics so appealing.– Music critic Stephen Zepke on 1995 album Movement in Demand, Audioculture UHP profile
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