A wonder-orchestra of pudding fans, sausageophiles, and respected upright members of the discommunity; Yupknuckle take great delight in mashing together klezma, dub and pop, straining it through an old pair of tights, once belonging to a lady of the night and distilling it into 70% proof klezmadubpop. For your pleasure. They’ll make you dance like a demon, make you crazy in the head…
This good-time foot-stomping show-band are available for festivals, weddings, cabaret (also available as house band/compere combo), TV, sex, radio and funerals. Home births considered.
"...an expert eight-piece whose clarinet and accordion whirlwinds are backed by a ska-goes-oompa beat... Trombone trills like from elephants' trunks meet that deep ska beat, lightened by a flute hook and rattled by Stoppit's wails...the result is an insanely innovative fusion..." -Venue Magazine
"Yupknuckle debuted at the [Bath Festival] Fringe Club to an audience who frankly couldn’t believe what they were hearing: Gipsy/eastern mash-up from huge Bristol-roots combo containing several old friends and a handful of certifiable lunatics. A new favourite band for some of you, then."- The Bell, Bath
"Elsewhere on the Horizon Stage 3, the superbly-named Yup Knuckle and the Baskets delivered a rip-roaring ending to the evening, with their exuberant and infectious blend of Ska/reggae/folk...I loved their theatricals and the way in which every madcap moment seemed gauged to enhance audience enthusiasm. Super stuff, and it sure did work the magic on the swirling throng." -BBC Wiltshire on Trowbridge Village Pump Festival 2008.
"...You set our place on fire and it comes alive!!" - Aly, The Blue Lagoon, Bristol
"After hearing your dancehall version of the okee cokee at the Fiddlers, music will never mean the same to me again." - George Smerin, Smerin's Anti Social Club
"knees bend arms stretch rah rah rah" - US
“…more flavour than a packet of skips†- KP
“Existentialist noise terror†– Archie the cat
“I would like a jam sandwich but I have wee’d on my trousers†–Jacob,aged 5
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