Lao Tzu, Douglas Adams, The Cascadian People’s Movement, Food Not Bombs, Kurt Vonnegut, The Skatalites, Patton Oswald, Fela Kuti, The Pogues, and Bodhi Dharma.
924 Gilman Street, Home Alive, Frantz Fanon, the Dead Kennedys, Charles Mingus, Jack Kerouac, Real Change, Robert Pirsig, Hunter S. Thompson, Friedrich Nietzsche, Curtis Mayfield, Sarah Silverman, Lynval Golding, and the BBC.
Ella Fitzgerald, Joseph Heller, Jean Paul Sartre, Junior Murvin, Emma Goldman, Peter Tosh, Citizen Fish, The Beatles, Thelonius Monk, UB40, Link 80, Tom Waits, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Duke Ellington, Sun Ra, Charlie Parker, NOFX, the Crass, Soul Coughing, and Shaolin Kung Fu.
Etcetera.
Sounds Like
In no particular order: The Clash, Paul Simon, Bedouin Soundclash, Library Science, The English Beat, Fishbone, Fugazi, The Specials, Elvis Costello, A Tribe Called Quest, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros, Jimmy Cliff, The Thermals, Toots Hibbert, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lee Scratch Perry, Cake, King Tubby, The Replacements, Desmond Dekker, The One Night Band, RX Bandits, Sublime, Hank Williams, Medeski Martin and Wood, The Rudiments, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, etcetera, etcetera.
"Filtering rock-steady, reggae, and some dub through a mod-rock, garage-rock influence. I think you’ll really like ‘em." (DJ Simmerdown, Rude Boys Revenge and Coffee Hour, KPSU, Portland.)
We’re a little bit rock steady. We’re a little bit rock and roll. (Here it would help if you thought of Donnie and Marie Osmond… Actually, on second thought, don’t think of Donnie and Marie Osmond. Avoid it at all costs.) Catchy, but not bubble gum. Clever, but not conceited. Responsible, but not preachy. DIY, but not Low-Fi. Gettin' folks out on the dance floor and out on the streets: we're calling it garage-rock-steady.
Spreading the good word since the Spring of 2007: we’ve been leaving a mark all over the Rainy City, with our ska-dub-punk-rock brethren and with show-goers at large, opening for the likes of the Toasters, the Voodoo Glow Skulls, Chris Murray, the Slackers, the Diablotones and the Georgetown Orbits. We’ve produced an EP and played up and down the west coast twice already, from the seedy Sunset Strip to the swanky bars of Northbeach, from the underground sounds of pirate radio and am, to the sweaty pubs of the college towns in between, minstrels for the Tao and Rock and Roll.
Hey Guys, How's the music coming along? Looks like the tour this fall was pretty sweet! Way to kick some ass!! Just wondering, cause I hadn't heard anything, do you guys have the new record out??
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Thank you for being our friend. Uncle DooDad invites you to stop by http://www.uncledoodad.com/ and check out the live recordings we’ve posted from recent shows in Seattle, Portland and Bellingham. Lots more streaming audio for free on the site too.
Hey guys - great to see you again at Bluebeat. Hope the rest of your tour was cool!
I read your tour zine while having my morning hot beverage today and it was excellent!!! It's very cool you guys printed those up. It's great to read the lyrics and also the quotations and anecdotal info, all of which was interesting, insightful and well worth reading. Awesome!!