The Uptones says:A week before our first gig at the Berkeley Square, I'm walking to a party with some fellow Uptones and I realize we need an opening number for our set. Thinking on that, I hear this drum roll and the opening chord. It rings in my head and then that horn line just kicks in. Erik Rader hears us play the music at rehearsal a coupla days later and spits the lyrics in a frenzy of writing and coffee spilling.
Ridiculous pop, rock, reggae/ska Whether we have the time to look at this world in a serene state of meditation or not...the most popular response I have heard, so...
Rude Boy reggae/ska, punky ska Fifteen years old, me Paul and various other Uptones and friends, had one too many. King Jr. High School pool, snuck in at night,...
Pick It Up pop, rock, reggae/ska ...well, when I joined the band I realized that we did not have a theme song. The phrase 'pick it up' was always ska lingo...I...