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Get Down Moses

About Me

"Filtering rock-steady, reggae, and some dub through a mod-rock, garage-rock influence. I think you’ll really like ‘em." (DJ Simmerdown, Rude Boys Revenge and Coffee Hour, KPSU, Portland.)
We’re a little bit rock steady. We’re a little bit rock and roll. (Here it would help if you thought of Donnie and Marie Osmond… Actually, on second thought, don’t think of Donnie and Marie Osmond. Avoid it at all costs.) Catchy, but not bubble gum. Clever, but not conceited. Responsible, but not preachy. DIY, but not Low-Fi. Gettin' folks out on the dance floor and out on the streets: we're calling it garage-rock-steady.
Spreading the good word since the Spring of 2007: we’ve been leaving a mark all over the Rainy City, with our ska-dub-punk-rock brethren and with show-goers at large, opening for the likes of the Toasters, the Voodoo Glow Skulls, Chris Murray, the Slackers, the Diablotones and the Georgetown Orbits. We’ve produced an EP and played up and down the west coast twice already, from the seedy Sunset Strip to the swanky bars of Northbeach, from the underground sounds of pirate radio and am, to the sweaty pubs of the college towns in between, minstrels for the Tao and Rock and Roll.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 21/05/2007
Band Members:(Toby: bass; Aussie: organ; Cale: guitar, vox; David: drums)
Influences: Lao Tzu, Douglas Adams, The Cascadian People’s Movement, Food Not Bombs, Kurt Vonnegut, The Skatalites, Patton Oswald, Fela Kuti, The Pogues, and Bodhi Dharma.924 Gilman Street, Home Alive, Frantz Fanon, the Dead Kennedys, Charles Mingus, Jack Kerouac, Real Change, Robert Pirsig, Hunter S. Thompson, Friedrich Nietzsche, Curtis Mayfield, Sarah Silverman, Lynval Golding, and the BBC.Ella Fitzgerald, Joseph Heller, Jean Paul Sartre, Junior Murvin, Emma Goldman, Peter Tosh, Citizen Fish, The Beatles, Thelonius Monk, UB40, Link 80, Tom Waits, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Duke Ellington, Sun Ra, Charlie Parker, NOFX, the Crass, Soul Coughing, and Shaolin Kung Fu.Etcetera.
Sounds Like: In no particular order: The Clash, Paul Simon, Bedouin Soundclash, Library Science, The English Beat, Fishbone, Fugazi, The Specials, Elvis Costello, A Tribe Called Quest, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros, Jimmy Cliff, The Thermals, Toots Hibbert, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lee Scratch Perry, Cake, King Tubby, The Replacements, Desmond Dekker, The One Night Band, RX Bandits, Sublime, Hank Williams, Medeski Martin and Wood, The Rudiments, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, etcetera, etcetera.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Folklife Show Available Online!!!

Hello all! Thanks to those who made Folklife a memorable show!! If you missed it, scroll down to the bottom of this link and you can listen to our set!http://listen.nwfolklife.org/listen/festival/1/20...
Posted by on Wed, 27 May 2009 19:22:00 GMT

Toasters/Voodoo Glowskulls Presale tickets!

We have tickets for Ska is Dead IV at Studio Seven (January 29) for just $10!! If you wait til the show, you'll pay $15 to get in. Send us a message!GDM
Posted by on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:32:00 GMT

Some food for thought...

I found this to be quite relevant:
Posted by on Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:28:00 GMT

Optimistic...

Buzz-words come to mind: Change... Hope... Landslide... National Health Care.But then again, you know what they say: no matter who you vote for, the government always wins. The president elect said it...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:34:00 GMT

Tour Thankyous!

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Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:35:00 GMT

Were just saying...

Our top ten list of similarities between Get Down Moses and the Beatles:1. Both bands have four members2. One band member goes by a nickname3. One band member is left-handed4. Both band names contain ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:21:00 GMT

Review: they like us in Ballard!

A friendly review from the new neighborhood blog! Check it out: http://ballardblog.com/2008/06/30/get-down-with-get-down-mos es-georgetown-orbits-and-the-original-skatalites/
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:36:00 GMT

A few new tunes!

We just uploaded 'Soul Blister' and 'Rudy' For just a few more days, you can download Rudy!
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:14:00 GMT

The Tour "THANK YOU!" list

So we had an epic week-long tour, which never would have been possible without all the good people who helped us out and supported us along the way. In no particular order, GDM would like to say an en...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:41:00 GMT

On the Radio!

On November 2nd 2007, Get Down Moses was featured on "Kevin Mcdonald Presents..." an independent music show on KKNW 1150 AM. We chatted with Kevin and played a few tunes acoustic style. Go here to che...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:44:00 GMT