Album Notes

Instrumentation
William Hellvik - Vocals, guitar
Lone Ungard - vocal
Børre Jacobsen - Guitar, vocal
John Lilja - Bass, vocal
Ruben Rott Dalen - Drums, samples, loops
Arne Kolstad - Trombone
Glenn Brun Henriksen -Saxophone
Jan Petter Taarland- Keyboard, piano

Biography
Rub A Dubs is Norways premiere Reggae band. They´ve been trough many personell changes, loads of gigs and a couple of album releases since vocalist and dedicated reggae fan William Helvik gathered some friends to form Norways first reggae band almost 10 years ago.

Rub A Dubs is an absolutely brilliant live band, their current line-up has proven to be pure magic, and they´ll have the crowd skanking, grooving, dancing and enjoying their set of pure, warm and beautiful Rub A Dubs originals. Rub A Dubs have, despite never having played outside Norway, also recruited faithful international fans, and the band is more than ready to take on the world

A word from the chief (William):
Jamaica and Norway. Warmth and freezing cold. Joy and resignation. Our native city is Stavanger, and we are connected to Jamaice by the Atlantic Ocean. Standing by the harbour on a hushed, wintery night you feel the deep bass vibrating.
Reggae, soul music, jazz, deep rock, high mountains. Human Crossroads. Caravans from afar, setting up camp. Bringing myrrh, incent. Holy weeds. Whiteness and black. Strength and sorrow. Vitality and old age. Prophets and streetfighters. Rub A Dubs.
What to make of this? To cold to rest. To stiff to move. Arctic minds and closed landscapes. Nowhere else to go but into the open fire.

Website
http://www.rubadubs.com

Discography
Hale Bop - 7" (Kippers Records) 1997
Dream Time - LP/CD (Kippers Records) 1999
Rockin Pon Top - CD (Fucking Northpole Records) 2002
Sugar In Space - CD (CCAP)2004

Live
Rub A Dubs enjoy playing a long set to let the crowd get in to the groove. A typical set would be anything between 90 - 120 minutes, but they can also play shorter or longer sets if needed. The set consists mainly of original Rub A Dubs tunes, with a few selected classic covers dropped in where and when the band feels like it