The Dubtones, ska/punk from Dublin, live at Whelan’s, Dublin, Ireland, 20/04/2014, supporting the Toasters on their 30th Anniversary Tour.
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Bio
Blending their own mix of ska-punk since 2005, no apologies for hearing influences from The Clash and The Specials by way of The Ruts & The Jam, as the 4 piece Dublin band The Dubtones wear their influences on their sleeves! 2006 saw their first release, the “One For The Road” 6-track mini album, a hybrid of straight-up Punk Rock (Subhuman/Outside/One For The Road), Ska-punk (Neurotic/Cops Are On Their Way) & Dub-punk (Against The World). Constant gigging saw the band attract two tribes of fans, predictably enough they were immediately embraced by the punk fraternity, as the material matured the ska scene equally saw the appeal.
Like many bands, personnel changes were inevitable; they reverted to a 3 piece and released the 14 track album “End Of Transmission” in 2010 on their own Lower The Tone label. It’s a blistering piece of work, again spanning skankable ska (Capture The Flag/Radio Breakdown/Propaganduh!), menacing punk (Subversion/Smalltown Hero/Slowmotion Solitude), & dub (Blood For Freedom).
Busy on the gig circuit since their inception, they have clocked up some 280 shows, including many headliners. They have opened for a who’s-who of legendary ska and punk outfits; The Beat (twice) / Bad Manners (x3) / The Selecter / Neville Staple / Rancid / Citizen Fish / Devils’ Brigade / The Lurkers / The Vibrators / The Damned / The Members and The Outcasts, to name but a few. They have played the main stage at the Rebellion Festival in Blackpool 2007 (the biggest Punk & Alternative festival in the world), and returned in 2012 after a 5 year gap. They closed 2012 off by opening for Rancid at the sold out Belfast gig (at the bands request).
2013 was another productive year for The Dubtones, they opened for The Members and The Beat (twice, at the sold out Dublin show and the Tramore Ska Festival), and The Outcasts. The August bank holiday saw the release of their 3rd CD, a 6 track mini album entitled “Asylum”. The Asylum Weekender saw them opening for Bad Manners in the Village, Dublin (Aug 2nd), they returned to the Booleigh Ska Festival in Kildare (Aug 3rd) and the NSx Festival in Dundalk (Aug 4th). As if that were not enough they opened for The Casualties on Aug 10th in Fibber Magee’s. Then it was straight back to the studio to move the next release further along. They close off the year by playing the 11th Joe Strummer Anniversary Show in the Mercantile on Dec 21st, then back to the studio!
Links
Dubtones :
https://www.facebook.com/dubtonesireland
http://www.last.fm/music/Dubtones
http://www.myspace.com/dubtonesireland
Whelans :
