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The Understudies

THE UNDERSTUDIES | CROOKED STYLE SKA

About Me

The Understudies . . . their roots go back a long time as the members have all been in the scene for many years and have played or are playing in bands such as The Kentucky Luckies, Yardshaker, Babylove & The Van Dangos, The Marvins, Redlight Rumble, Horns of Babylon and more.The Understudies were formed in october 2004 in the beginning just to play covers of old ska standards, but they soon realised that they had formed something that had potential for much more. The Understudies mix their love of the original Jamaican sound with influences from 60´s soul, doo wop, rocksteady and the never ending feeling of true love and heartaches . . cant live without it!

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Member Since: 4/27/2006
Band Website: understudies.dk
Band Members: WE ARE LOOKING FOR A LEAD SINGER & A TROMBONE
CONTACT MIKKEL: 004561657747 or email: [email protected]

Lasse "Mr. Bigsby" Elmer: Guitar & backup vocals

Sofie Rasmussen: Bass

Morten Sørensen: Organ

Mikkel "Mulle" Pedersen: Drums & backup vocals

Torben "Drybone" Heien: Tenorsax, percussion and backup vocals

David-Emil "The russian connection": Trumpet

Influences: 60´s ska, rocksteady, soul and doo wop. Some bands that deserves recognition:
The Skatalites & their offspring
The Maytals
Desmond Dekker
Prince Buster
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes
The Blues Busters
Chris Murray
The Slackers
The Marcels
The Aggrolites
The Adjusters
Otis Redding
Sam Cooke
Sam & Dave
Dion & The Belmonts
Lee Perry - pre ´73

Sounds Like: The Slackers
Hepcat
The Skatalites
Prince Buster
The Dualers
Babylove & The Van Dangos
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

new mp3´s

hey all . . we´ve just uploaded 3 mp3´s from some the studio . . .teasers from jam session etc . . .enjoy
Posted by The Understudies on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:59:00 PST

new teasers from the studio

hey all . . .sorry about the lack of updates . . .we are all lazy bastards . . new teasers fro the studio has just been uploaded
Posted by The Understudies on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:58:00 PST

Some people say

that the Understudies doesn´t exists anymore, but we are here to tell you that it is not true! We are on a small hiatus while we are working in the studio and Lasse is studying in the states. He has p...
Posted by The Understudies on Thu, 03 May 2007 08:59:00 PST

NEW SOUND CLIP ...

a small preview of what the 4 track ep is about . . . this we made last friday 12th of Jan. 2007. . raw sound . . . no eq . . no nothing.. . cause we´re still working on it . . . enjoy
Posted by The Understudies on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:10:00 PST

PREFADE STUDIOS

yes . . . it was bound to happen someday . . . we are working on a 4 track EP at the moment at PREFADE STUDIOS , together with a very very funny and crazy engineer called ulf . . . we finished th...
Posted by The Understudies on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:36:00 PST

LEAD SINGER & TROMBONE...

we are looking for a new lead singer , if you think you got what it takes . . . email mikkel : [email protected] or give him a shout +45 61657747 . . we are also looking for a new trombone . . . ...
Posted by The Understudies on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:34:00 PST

website is down. . .

hey all . . .we are very sorry , but our website www.understudies.dk has been out of order for quite a while now  . . but dont worry . . it will be back up any day soon . . . i´ll post it right h...
Posted by The Understudies on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:32:00 PST