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Hello we are Dub Proof, welcome to our page.

Dub Proof is our philosophy on music, life, and the combination of both. We believe that music is a philosophy and a feeling, not a style or categorization. Our philosophy is deep, earthy, relaxed, thought provoking, luminous, and classy... only to be lost in the groove will you find what you're looking for... everything resonates and you can feel it in your soul, our music comes from that place.

To quote Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello "Music is the essence of life. We live for it. You may agree or not, but it's basically scientific fact. So go out of your way and dig for good music, because good music is never served to you on a platter, it's not provided. Not finding it is basically stealing from yourself."

Dig it, this was recorded by Tom The Sound Guy at The Saint for Phanphest on 11/13/08. Dub Proof Live 11/13/08

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OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY

Well to make a long story short Pat is my cousin, we were both bandless at the time and we decided to start up a funky, jazzy, dub reggae band. We got together with my friend Pearson on turn tables, myself on bass, Pat on drums and my girlfriend at the time on percussion. that was fun for a while more drum and bass then reggae. We started to post some ads on craigslist for guitar players, keys, horns, etc. basically we were looking for anyone that could play reggae and has similar taste in music as we did. We found Sean and he came out to practice and it was sweet, so Sean's in. Pearson decided that he didn't have enough time to commit to the band so he splits, my girlfriend dumps me so she's gone. Now it's just the 3 of us. We do our thing for a while and play one show at Cask 591 in Long Branch, NJ as a jazz trio for a surprise 65th birthday party for my old man. We played standards and a couple originals. We soon decided that we needed another player. Once again back to craigslist, we soon after found David on sax. He came to practice we jammed and it was good. So now Davids in. We soon start playing some shows for Bryan Berner and GED Productions as the after party band post comedy shows. this was short lived at the Brighton Bar in Long Branch, NJ. Soon after I decided to call the Saint, they gave us a gig on May 31st. 2008 this was our first official Dub Proof show introducing the band to the Asbury music scene. The people dig it so we eventually get booked by Phanphest and continue to rock The Saint. The summer rolls in and we get to play the Wave Gathering, a SXSW style festival right in Asbury Park. After this we start playing some shows in Hoboken, NJ. We go into Blue Room Studios and begin recoding "Spider Mouse" tracking drums, bass, and guitar. Dave calls me and tells me that he has meet and been chilling with Addis Pablo son of Augustus Pablo. Addis comes to our next practice and we jam and chill and it's good. Addis is in, but only for the summer months, come November he has to return to Jamaica. We play some shows up in Hoboken, NJ, The Saint, Sirena, and a show in Cambridge, MA at the Cantab Lounge courtesy of my good friend Joe Harvard (who frequently sits in with us on slide and coral sitar). We get a gig opening for Culture at The Saint. We rock it! After that we do a going away show for Addis, he's back in Jamaica now. I see Starland Ballroom is looking for local bands for a Ska show on their website, I contact them and they tell me it's full and offer up an opening slot for Badfish a Sublime Tribute band. With Addis gone we need to get some keys. Sean calls his friend Paul in and we take the gig, this is our first show of 2009, the place is sold out! 2,500 people! We play well and get a great response. Now we are currently back to the studio recording and writing new songs....

It's July 2009, we are still recording... We've done some cool stuff since the Badfish show back in January, a lot has happened, where to start hmm..... We played the Stone Pony for a night of virgin sacrifice opening for our good friend Joe Harvard, thanks Joe! We got Booked at Sullivan Hall making our first NYC appearance courtesy of Jen Sellers at CEG Ent., that was a blast! We then got a gig opening for Zach Deputy at Ace Of Clubs in NYC in April and again later in May at home base, The Saint. We played a benefit show for the American Littoral Society at The Stone Pony with friends Random Test. We had national touring MC Kosha Dillz sit in with us at The Saint and drop an amazing freestyle! My former band mates and good friends, Turtle Soup, invited us up to a Brooklyn Warehouse Party which was rad and we have some video of that performance online! We headlined Mattison Park for the 2009 Wave Gathering, which was AWESOME!! We got to open for Inner Visions also at The Saint and that was also an incredible show! We made our first appearance in the press thanks to Dave Christopher. Dave included us in his photo section of The Coaster for July 23rd! The most exciting part of the story so far- we get to share a bill with Burning Spear at The Stone Pony Summer Stage on August 2nd!! We are also participating in the Asbury Rock Stars Softball Tournament on August 8th to help do some fund raising for charity's including Monmouth County SPCA, Stand Up To Cancer, The Feel Good Foundation, Monmouth County Arts Council, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Monmouth County, Brookdale Radio-90.5 The Night, Habitat for Humanity, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and The Food Bank of Monmouth County. We got booked for Phan Phest 5.0 out in Kempton, PA a real camp out music festival with some heavy hitters on the bill, we love phanphest! We made a lot of new friends, wrote a bunch of new tunes, and yes, we are still recording :-)... That's the story for now.... See ya at the show! -Nick

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