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About Me

State of Undress is a rocky rootsy six-piece from Dorset playing a distinctive brand of original music. Their guitar-based music interlaced with violin, mandolin and banjo in addition to bass and drums moves from the thought-provoking to the shamelessly foot-tapping! They currently have an album out called Ghosts of Wasted Chances (Rosebud SoU002 distributed by Proper Music Access). In the summer they released their first single Red Waters which was produced by Grant Showbiz, Billy Bragg's long time producer. The single is available from iTunes and 7Digital with all proceeds to the WDCS - Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.Here's what some of the media have said about them:'State of Undress remind me of on one hand the more jolly Pogues stuff and on the other The Beautiful South. They have good spirit and feel-good songs with a touch of humour about some of the lyrical content.' BBC Southern Counties Radio'Song for a Boy' is one of the most stunning, most poignant tracks I've heard in a long time ..' Dave Lee Travis, BBC Three Counties Radio'Beautifully crafted lyrics ...melodies that linger long after the gig is over ..' Maverick magazine'Songwriters who really know their craft...not country in the accepted sense, rather a blend of folk, rock, country and a little jazz ..' Country Music Round-Up.'You guys have got some f****** brilliant tunes!' Jack Carroll, The Battersea Barge, London

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Member Since: 3/16/2006
Band Website: stateofundress.com
Band Members: Charlie Rose - lead vocals and a bit of dodgy harmonica! - co-writer ;Alan Rose - guitars and vocals - co-writer;Steve Adams - guitars, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, and vocals - co-writer;Samantha Jane - violin;Malcolm Windett - bass and electric upright bass;Keith Fletcher - drums and congas/African drum and percussion.
Influences: The Waterboys; U2; Hot House Flowers; The Levellers; Show of Hands; Steve's a big fan of The Eagles and Alan was hugely influenced by bands such as Ian Dury and The Blockheads, The Clash and The Jam. Collectively. we've benn influenced by a host of other great bands too. Over the years we have definitely grown to enjoy acoustic singer songwriters more and more and some of the country singers like Alison Krauss. We also think there's some cracking bands around at the moment like Snow Patrol, and Keane and we recently came across a fab New Zealand band called The Feelers. Charlie also loves MeatLoaf and sadly knows all the words to every track on Bat Out of Hell but we don't talk about that in the band!
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My Blog

Ooh La La!

Well, since Save The Whale Week, we've been rushing round all over. We returned from Scotland just in time to unpack our gear, pack it again and go off to France to play at a little outdoor event at S...
Posted by State of Undress on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:42:00 PST

We're Back!

And now it's back to reality! But let me finish telling you all about it. We woke bright and early to a slightly overcast but dry Saturday morning and wandered out on to the beach for a little explora...
Posted by State of Undress on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:34:00 PST

And We're Still Having A Whale of a Time!

..... And now it's Saturday morning and I'm writing this sitting in a cottage right on the edge of Spey Bay. We are at the WDCS - Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society's Wildlife Centre. It's very be...
Posted by State of Undress on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:23:00 PST

We're having a Whale of a Time!

We're having a Whale of a Time! Well, it's already Wednesday evening half-way through Save The Whale Week and I'm writing this in the back of the bus about an hour outside Newcastle. What a great week...
Posted by State of Undress on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:12:00 PST

Red Waters and Stop Bloody Whaling Campaign

Hi everyone! Our song Red Waters is being used by the WDCS - Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society to help promote Save The Whale Week and their Stop Bloody Whaling Campaign. We recorded a new versio...
Posted by State of Undress on Sat, 26 May 2007 05:46:00 PST

Great gigs!

Well, my last blog was telling you all about our festive concert in December and now here we are and it's February already. Hope this doesn't mean the rest of the year's going to whizz past. Anyway, w...
Posted by State of Undress on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:56:00 PST

Festive Greetings (and a bit of news) from State of Undress

Well, since our last blog, I have to say we've had a run of fabulous gigs: we played the Tudor Rose on 10th November and almost lifted the roof off the place - what a great evening that was. The follo...
Posted by State of Undress on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:26:00 PST

Chicago, Chicago

Wednesday night and we were at The Chicago Rock Cafe in Maidstone. A bit of a trek for a Christchurch band, to be honest, but the venue looked great and we'd been invited to play. Good enough reason t...
Posted by State of Undress on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 07:14:00 PST

Undressing at Winchester and Kent!

Well, I must tell you about an extraordinary morning we had yesterday. But before I do, I just have to fill you in on our gig at The Mash Tun, Winchester last Saturday. We had a fabulous time. The pub...
Posted by State of Undress on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:01:00 PST