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, ska, punky ska Fifteen years old, me Paul and various other Uptones and friends, drunk. King Jr. High School pool, snuck in at night, swam with clothes...