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The Downgrades

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About Me

we are the downgrades. we love playing shows. we're from philly. come check us out.these songs were recorded in the sharkansky basement.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/13/2005
Band Members: Greg-guitar, Mike-drums, Alejandro-bass and vocals, Alan-Sax christina- fluffer
Influences: these arent influences at all, so much as bands and musicians we like: specials (scene points), desmond dekker, bigger thomas, jimmy cliff, dead milkmen, toots and the maytals, robert johnson, ruder than you, madness, david bowie, the slackers, mu330, streetlight manifesto (they're so hot right now), catch 22, sonic liberation front, big d and the kids table, charles mingus, op ivy, the slickers, the beatles, planet smashers, marvin gaye, new york ska jazz ensemble, led zepplin, sublime, reel big fish, common rider, peter tosh, eighty d, hepcat, royal roost, lee g and dr. fresh, aka rudie, piston honda, coldplay, the vandals, spunge, gregory isaacs, the selecter, voodoo glow skullys, tokyo ska paradise orchastra, mighty mighty bosstones, lee "scratch" perry, phantom planet, the english beat, the bavarian mudslides, mad caddies, the ramones, dub is a weapon, bad manners, beethoven, avril lavigne, flip the switch, bob dylan, black sabbath, rx bandits, dead kennedys, the comedian harmonists, buena vista social club, ashlee simpson, mustard plug, the toasters, the players, the pietasters, hub city stompers, rico, skatalites, prince buster, the coventry automatics, the special aka, rancid, the chinkees, the pixies, dick dale, botar, otis redding, the skapera, the glass bottom boats, django reinhardt, the aggrolites, the 5 6 7 8's, The Balcony Boys, wu tang, ok go, the temptations, the gorillaz, weezer, led zeppelin, westbound train, the players, whole wheat bread, larry graham, the temptations
Sounds Like: sounds like awesome
Type of Label: None

My Blog

full length

you can also listen to a few of the newly recorded tracks on our page. two new jawns and one old.if you would like a copy of the album, hit us up! we'll find a way to get it in your possession....
Posted by The Downgrades on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 07:54:00 PST

the downgrades

we are done for at least a very long time if not forever, but on the bright side the "Full Length" is done and available for a very reasonable price. it has new versions of old songs as well as some n...
Posted by The Downgrades on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 10:36:00 PST