UNDERDOG VICTORY
Welcome! to the Underdog Victory myspace. Were a 7 piece ska-punk band based in Reigate (town south of London) Check us out (don't hate us because we're ska). Here are a just a few wise words from venues, promoters, producers, critics, your parents, other bands and fans ect. (we only put up the ones that make us sound good)
"With catchy anthemic brass tones, crunchy punk riffs and melodic vocals, this band have everything it takes to make it!"
“If UV had a communal dong.... I would suck it. ”
“Underdog Victory are the local heroes of a dying genre!”
"Underdog Victory are the answer to a scene overflowing with metal and heavy rock. Their loud, fast, danceable ska will get any crowd moving within minutes"
“Good to see a band with some energy and stage presence! ”
"A great collection of up-beat Ska. Its so good to see a band with more than just guitars and drums, the brass section gave so much more. great set and great music!"
"Underdog Victory - What a band! These guys can really put on a show! Great bunch of people and stage presence to match!"
NEWS AND OTHER STUFF:
11/4/08 Return of Loz and more gigs
Loz is home!!! After six months of Loz in NZ he's now home to join forces with us once again! Hooray! We'd just like to say a big thanks to everyone who come to Oxjam last night and danced or bought CDs etc. It was an awesome nigth and we hope lots of money will be raised. Coming up on 25th April we're headling at Horsham Youth Club, with a really good ska line up behind us, including Used Inc, Death By Ska and EFTO. The following day on 26th we're heading upto London with Plinth, our co-touring band, for what should be a really good gig. Those of you that haven't noticed, we're touring over the UK in the summer, so if you're not local to UV, we're heading to a town near you!
24/12/07 iTunes and other stuff It's official, you can now buy 'Your Parents' New Favourite Band' from the iTunes store - so all you amercians out there, get shopping! Other news is that this weekend we've been recording for our new split album with Used Inc and Death By Ska. We've recorded two tracks 'Suckers For The Mainstream' and 'I Want You Back' (yes, the Jackson Five cover!). We've also recently had the privelege of having a shoot with Michele Britton, who's worked with bands like Bowling for Soup, Bloodhound Gang and Fandangle. Watch this space for the new songs and photos! Merry Christmas!
24/7/07 This Sunday at The Laser Hub This sunday, laserhub in Crawley with inSofar, be there! you can buy tickets from band members, over the myspace, or from the laserhub. You have no excuses for not turning up so get ur asses in gear and head over to Crawley! 17/9/07 Newbie! As some of you probably would have noticed, Loz Hobden is sadly no longer with us! He's taken a long break to New Zealand to work on farms for 6 months. Last I herad he's currently farming Kiwis! His replacement for the meantime is the hairy but ever so elegant Robin Smith. You've got a lot to live up to, Robin!
21/7/07 HEADLINING "SKA ELECTRIC" so go buy tickets! We're headlining a gig at the Electric Theatre in Guildford along side a host of awesome rising ska bands from the UK (so fuck knows why we are headlining?) "SKA ELECTRIC" is for the benefit of the charity "epilepsy bereaved" which supports families bereaved by epilepsy, which is most definately a cause worth skanking for! The box office for the concert is now open, and tickets (no booking fee) can be bought by calling 01483 444 789. All tickets are standing (or dancing!), and cost £8.
Bands in order of appearance: Used Inc, Detached, Last Remaining Monkey, Underdog Victory(thats us) 20/5/07 STOP PRESS! OFFICIAL ALBUM RELEASE! Our amazing new album will finally be on sale! You can at last get your hands on our new album THIS SATURDAY at redhill bandnight, at the harlequin, supporting the legendary [spunge]. Doors open at 4, and we're playing at 5.40, so make sure you're there! Tickets are a tenner from the harlequin box office. The album will be on sale at the harlequin for £4. See you there!
21/3/07 TRACKS ARE UP!!! So the new record is practically finished a few little fidly bits to do before we start selling it however you can start listening right now! thats right kids wet you appetites with two brand new songs and two new recordings of oldies. are you excited, i no i am! so go listen right now my friends listen and spread the good word. YEAH! 4/3/07 The CD Is Almost Ready! After six long days of tiresome recording, inside jokes and family guy quotes, we have finished all the recording for the record. The rest is now in the very capable hands of Chris Hammleton to mix and master. Start getting excited kids! 25/2/07 Cheers Bookham! So when Your suppost to be playing a gig on the 2nd evening of your week in a recording studio and your bassist has broke his wrist and your trombone player has fallen ill with a seriously terminal case of the "i can't be arsed' syndrome, the logical step would be to pull out at the last minute. but having rememberd how friendly the folks in bookham are, we decided to bite the bullet and just play the damn show but complain the entire time. however after all that, being able to leave with the award for 'most entertaining band' is just swell. so thank you very much bookham you taught us lazy fucks a valuable lesson! 3/2/07 Show Cancelled We regret to inform you that this fridays show at backline studios has been cancelled. we havnt actually been informed to the full extent why the show has been cancelled, but we are sory if this by any chance has caused anyone inconvinience but it was out of our control. But no wories to those of you crying in despair there is much more to look forward to! cheers and sory again 5/1/07BACK TO THE RECORDING STUDIO! Hello Everyone And happy new year by the way. So although the Underdog Victory EP was nice an' all, weve made the decision to head back in the studio with our good friend Chris Hammelton to record a new CD. The New Record Will consist of 3 old tracks from the original ep re-recorded and 3 three newbies!. We hope to re-emerge with somthing that represents the band a little better. Hopefully the new record will be plugd into your ipods by the begining of march. cheers for all your support last year guys it was all very well appriciated and this year already holds some really exciting things. all in good time! 18/12/06 Bandwagon.co.uk listen to us on bandwagon.co.uk/soundclash and vote...please. just use this link. 
15/12/06 Bebo (whatever that means) Due to a few peoples requests we have set up a bebo page so please those of you kool enough to own a bebo account go add us immediately! we'd appriciae it alot. 9/12/06 WE WON! I guess i kinda summed it up in the title, but yeah we won the cranleigh battle of the bands and we couldnt be happier about it. A big thank you to all our friends, everyone that voted, anyone that skanked, all that wished us well, it was a fantastic show and were very pleased to have won so ta. we'll be posting all about what happens next soon. 02/12/06 Lyrics After many requests we have put up our lyrics for all of you cool ska guys to sing along to us all night, alone in your bedrooms, as all of us do, so enjoy and have fun singing along. UV
24/11/06 A Big Thanks Just to say thank you to everyone that voted for us at last nights BOTB Heat, i dont think any of us have ever won anything (except for once in like 95' when i won some mortal kombat comics in a raffle) So a big thanks to anyone that voted, and we hope to see as many of you as poss at the final on the 8th! < 14/7/ 06 Buy Us Online! If u simply can't wait to purchase the Ep off us, then have no fear as, we are on sale on line. Go to the NeonBlack myspace page and click on the underdog victory blog to buy the CD in exchange for a small quantity of money, and it will come straight to your front door. its just good sense. 2/7/06 Underdog Victory EP!!!! well, after many hours of broken strings, snapped drum sticks, cracking voices and funny brass sounds, the Ep has been finished! its all done and dusted ready for your ears to pleasure themselves to. You can either buy it from us or from neonblack, and do make sure you listen to it all on this page, you may if you so choose download "LET GO" but youll have to get the rest off us. Big thanks to chris, and to all of you for your kind patience. UV 23/6/06 Delay unfortunately our ep release has been delayd for another week or so because of a recording fuck up, so sory about that. xo 16/5/06 Photo Shoot The boyos of UV were lucky enough to have been offerd a photo shoot by the ever so talented Jen (regretfully i have forgotten her last name). the photos are very sexy and make us all look much more hansome than we actually are, so check out the photo section now! sean xo 13/5/06 Recording we have been booked in to a recording studio for a weekend mid june! so this space wont be boaring much longer, the EP will be availible at all our gigs and through NeonBlack. all very exciting! 1/5/06 Holbrook GIG! If you want to see Underdog Victory alongside the likes of FarFromEscape/Aphia/HandShakes At Sunrise and Union Ashes, come to the holbrook club 7th may. An amzing line up and were opening so get there nice and early. cheers sean xo
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