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The Underdog

About Me


THE UNDERDOG is Detroit's newest up-and-coming party band. This quintet takes its influence from five decades of great rock, and offers a super high-energy show with lots of tunes to get you dancin', bumpin', jivin', groovin' and all around gettin' silly.
The band's playlist includes songs from Franz Ferdinand, Weezer, Fall Out Boy, Hot Hot Heat, The Killers, OK Go, The White Stripes, Better Than Ezra, The Doors, Jet, Sublime, The Cars, The Ramones, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Stone Temple Pilots, Pink Floyd, Cake, The Vines, All American Rejects, The Strokes, Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine, Blink 182, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, 311, Dead Eye Dick, Lenny Kravitz, Rancid, Tool, Radiohead, Jimmy Eat World, Pearl Jam and many, many more...
For booking information, please email: [email protected]
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Member Since: 09/12/2005
Band Website: http://www.gounderdog.com
Band Members: THE UNDERDOG be:
Eric Bode - Guitar/Vox
Rob Byrd - Drums
Jeremy Little - Guitar/Vox
Ryan Ruiz - Bass/Vox
Jonny Victor - Keys/Vox
Influences: Eric grew up on 80's rock and metal and got into grunge in the early 90's, especially Pearl Jam. Pretty much a fan of anything that truly rocks, from classic (The Doors, Zeppelin) to modern (The Killers, Jet). Still holds a special place for bands like Metallica and Pantera, and, for reasons beyond our understanding, Michael Jackson and Sarah McLaughlin.

Jeremy also grew up on 80's rock and metal (Maiden represent!) and, after getting REALLY into metal during his early teen years, has since expanded his love of music to all genres except Country and anything by Cheap Trick. In his CD player, you could find anything from Beethoven to Less Than Jake to Coheed and Cambria.

Byrd has been playing drums and percussion for the last 20 years, and has always listened to a wide variety of music. He misses his hair sometimes, and has been accused of never having an original thought - choosing to fill in casual conversation with movie quotes (Fo' sho'! Fo' sho'. I'm gonna get that fo' sho'.). Musical influences include: Primus, Pearl Jam, Zeppelin, SOAD, Rage Against the Machine, Beastie Boys, Limp Bizkit (no typo), Korn, Coldplay, bis, Radiohead, and anyone on SSM, among others.

Jonny is an accomplished actor and musician. His manifesto can be viewed here.

Ryan loves the 80's... yeah, that about sums it up.
Sounds Like: THE UNDERDOG.
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

ROAD TRIP!!! As in, Put-In-Bay style...

Hey kids,just a heads up that next Friday (March 13th) we are going to be headeddown to sunny Port Clinton, Ohio to rock the house at Mr. Ed's Bar& Grill. Port Clinton is the gateway to put-in-bay, an...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:09:00 GMT

5th Ave, Royal Oak Xmas Afterparty!!

This is it, folks. The biggest, best Christmas afterparty out there:THE 2nd ANNUAL UGLY SWEATER PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA!!Featuring THE UNDERDOG (metro Detroit's up-and-coming party rock band!)Friday, Decem...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:52:00 GMT

Thanks!

Hey everybody! We just wanted to thank everyone for coming out this past weekend.  We had a blast, and we hope you did as well. Now,  we are taking some much needed time off.  We will s...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:15:00 GMT

CHECK THIS OUT!!!!

Hello everybody!  We here at The Underdog wanted to fill you in on a couple things happening this week. Thursday and Saturday we will be playing at Bayside Sports Grill, in Walled Lake.  We...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:26:00 GMT