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Home Page: www.Reggae4i.com.DUB STATION's been a fixture on the U.S. scene for over a decade - backing dozens of acts, including ABIJAH (see www.MySpace.com/AbijahPeppa3music), RICHIE SPICE, JUNIOR KELLY, SHINEHEAD, and many more.Some acts recorded with include ABIJAH, TOM OBRIEN, SHAKA BLACK, SONBEAM, and JUS GOODIE.Festival appearances across the country have included most of the greats: BLACK UHURU, BUJU BANTON, BERES HAMMOND, THE WAILERS, JIMMY CLIFF.DUB STATION's also toured the West Coat, Hawaii, Colorado, the Midwest, the Northeast, and made forays into Canada and even performing in Jamaica.----- More INFO & plenty of music samples & at www.Reggae4i.com.----- Or email us at [email protected]

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Member Since: 10/26/2006
Band Website: www.DubStationOnline.com
Band Members: Dub Station was founded by Kyle Russell, who first brought in keyboardist Rider McCoy (still working with the band regularly) and drummer Charlie Thorpe (plays with band occasionally). Currently, Glen Grant's doing most of the drumming (particularly on tour), and we've had various keyboardists come in, most recently Donny Jones (of Vibewise), Matt Odabashian, and Dia Fearon (founder of the Kaushon band, now living in Jamaica - who toured with Maxi, Sizzla, and others - and who co-produced the DS album "Forward Ever"). Ziggy White was the first steady guitarist with the group, then came Haitian GiGi and Sean Acker, who worked real steady with the crew from '04-'06 (and produced the studio tracks on the Tom O'Brien & Shaka Black collaborations with Dub Station). For the most recent tour, DS picked up Jus Goodie, a singer-songwriter in his own right, who niced up the dates with Abijah throughout.

Influences: Of course all the Jamaican backing bands of the past and present are great models for Dub Station. Musically, and depending on the players' age and style of preference, the whole gamut of greats can be cited as informing their sound. Spiritually, founder Kyle Russell prefers the likes of Black Uhuru, Culture, Spear, and Wailing Souls; while performance-wise: Aswad and Steel Pulse are ultimate mentors. The various dancehall DJ's backed (from Lady Saw to Junior Kelly), as well as the rhythms they've brought to the table, and the samples we've occasionally been able to "cop" have brought the group's dancehall shows to life. Basically, high energy and best representation are our guides into any performance.
Record Label: KRucial Reggae
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Dub Station plays twice in Jamaica (a first!)

DUB STATION (around since the early 90's), hit quite a milestone this last weekend, when the mostly the newer (Frankie, Donny, Cameron, and Tom), and guest Jamaican members (including Rance ...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:47:00 GMT

Tour Blog of Abijah & Dub Station Fall Tour '06

This will post first on MySpace, shortly to be emailed to our 7,000+ person emailing list from www.Reggae4i.com... .. content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> When asked: "how was th...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 19:44:00 GMT

To kill a mouse

Some Reggae lyrics (I forget who sang 'em, any ideas?): "there's no-o pleasure in a wickedness; there's no-o pleasure in the killing thing!" Some have to carry the conscience of killing anot...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 16:01:00 GMT

Journey into MySpace

Well, this kicks off my experience of MySpace. I've uploaded images & songs to share with whomever comes across the page, differently from the website Reggae4i.com, which has been going strong for...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:45:00 GMT