The Uptones
"Skankin' Foolz Unite!"
my music
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...
East Of A Western Bay
rock, jazz, reggae/ska, punky ska, ska
Outstrumental rockerz inna jazzbo ska stylee.
Oh No!
pop, rock, reggae/ska, punky ska
SOMEONE GET THE GREASE!!
East of the Pond (dub)
reggae/ska, pop, mod, ska, dub
...fell in love ... followed her to London...had to leave 6 months later...not happy about it...wrote a song about it...The Uptones liked it and now...
Big Time
pop, rock, reggae/ska, punky ska
Snobbery made simple. This was an early Uptones original, and it went through a lot of strange morphs as the band moved along. I recall...
Out To Sea
pop, rock, reggae/ska, punky ska, ska
Our original tape of Out To Sea, which was played a lot on KALX and KUSF and then KQAK (The Quake) back in 1984. Buncha...
Idiot Box
rock, reggae/ska, punky ska, ska
Same as it ever was. I remember walking in downtown Berkeley as a teenager one year when the 49ers were on their big roll with...
No Provision For Appeals
reggae/ska, ska, punky ska
We wrote this rant after being denied a permit to host a block party for what was to be our very first show. Year was...
Bonnie Dub
reggae/ska, dub
Charles Stella's amazing dub mix of the ever so skankable Bonnie and Clyde. The bit with the horns near the end just melts me down....
No Lies
pop, rock, reggae/ska
I love Charles Stella's vocal on this song. This is from the same session as Burning Sky, Outback, Bonnie and Clyde, and Radiation Boy. What...
Outback
rock, reggae/ska, dub, hard rock
This song started as a bass line. When I rocked that and Eric and Paul came in on the skank, with that colossal dub attack,...
Physical High
reggae/ska, pop, lovers rock, dub
Wow, this song really takes me back. I was 19 years old when I wrote this. I was sussing out how great pussy is, smoking...
Radiation Boy
reggae/ska, rock
In the wrong place at the wrong time, young Radiation boy, as he has come to be known, woke up purple one fine morning saw...
Get Out Of My Way (Live!)
reggae/ska, two-tone ska
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...
