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UP! SCUMBAG - new album out now!

Not Half Bad

About Me


UP! SCUMBAG (pictured Left to Right)
Ivin : Drums
Alex : Guitar, Vocals
Kevin : Bass, Vocals
...Once there was a band…a band I want to tell you about, band by the name of UP! SCUMBAG. At least, that was the handle their lovin' parents gave ‘em… but they never had much use for it themselves. This UP! SCUMBAG, they called themselves the Dudes. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dudes that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where they lived, like-wise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place so darned interestin'.
...They call Indianapolis the City of Nothing. I didn't find it to be that exactly, because there are some nice folks that live there. 'Course, I can't say I seen London, and I never been to France, and I ain't never seen no queen in her damn undies as the fella says. But I'll tell you what, after seeing Indianapolis and this here story I'm about to unfold-- well, I guess I seen somethin' ever' bit as stupefyin' as ya'd see in any a those other places, and in English too, so I can die with a smile on my face without feelin' like the good Lord gypped me.
...Now this story I'm about to unfold took place back in the early two thousands-- just about the time of our conflict with Osama and the Al-Quadas. I only mention it 'cause sometimes there's a band--I won't say a hero, 'cause what's a hero?--but sometimes there's a band. And I'm talkin' about the Dudes here-- sometimes there's a band who, well, they're the band for they're time'n place, they fit right in there--and that's the Dudes, in Indianapolis
...And even if they're a lazy band, and the Dudes were most certainly that--quite possibly the laziest in Indiana. ...which would place them high in the runnin' for laziest worldwide--but sometimes there's a band. . . sometimes there's a band. … Well, I lost my train of thought here. But--aw hell, I done introduced 'em enough. - C.B.
***PEOPLE WE HAVE ROCKED WITH***
The Queers, Sloppy Seconds, Gito Gito Hustler,
The Vibrators, Blitzkid, The Independents,
The DollyRots, The Leftovers, Doug Stanhope,
The Heart Attacks, The Hard-Ons, and The Guts
***Almost COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY***
S/T (2002)
Murder Death Kill (2003)
Phineas Gage Split (2004)
The ADD Experience (2005)
5.1:The Latest and Greatest E.P (2006)
Punk Fiction: The DVD (2007)
Reality TV Casualty (2008)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/22/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/upscumbagband
Band Members:

Influences: Green Day, Screeching Weasel, Johnny Cash, The Queers, The Ramones, Dropkick Murphys, Rancid, The Beatles, The Misfits, Sublime, G. Love and Special Sauce, The Living End, Flogging Molly, NOFX, Bad Religion... just about everything good.
Sounds Like:

Record Label: 45 LITTLE REVOLUTIONS
Type of Label: None

My Blog

DIY Punk: Up! Scumbag Marches On (NUVO-April 2008)

Click here to view whole story w/ a 4-page comic-book slideshow of the band's history!!! http://www.nuvo.net/articles/diy_punk/ "DIY Punk"  by Wayne Bertsch Apr 30, 2008 Indiana has a history of...
Posted by UP! SCUMBAG - new album out now! on Thu, 01 May 2008 06:33:00 PST

Reviews for the new CD - Reality TV Casualty

"Great job in my humble opinion. You guys have something sorely missing in punk rock these days - a sense of humor"  - Joe Queer (The Queers) "I put it in my car stereo, girls started throwing th...
Posted by UP! SCUMBAG - new album out now! on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:08:00 PST

Write-up from Miami New Times Press (8/06)

Check out what the Miami New Times wrote about the Scumbags while we were on tour last year. http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2006-08-10/music/up-scumbag/...
Posted by UP! SCUMBAG - new album out now! on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:23:00 PST

Life of the House Party - NUVO (10/05)

..TR> Life of the House Party By: Wayne Bertsch UP!Scumbag invaded suburbia last Saturday, leaving desperate housewives longing for the old days when they rocked out. The suburban dining room acted...
Posted by UP! SCUMBAG - new album out now! on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:17:00 PST

NUVO profile on UP! SCUMBAG

Up! Scumbag keeps D.I.Y. alive Band profile Wayne Bertsch (NUVO MAgazine, Sept. 2005) While some may think punk is just a shadow of the do-it-yourself culture that shaped my generation, the Fishe...
Posted by UP! SCUMBAG - new album out now! on Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:51:00 PST