Dub Trio is a dub/rock cross-over band from

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, New York.

History

Dub Trio consists of bassist Stu Brooks, guitarist DP Holmes, and drummer Joe Tomino. With the addition of electronic, rock, punk and heavy metal, the group pays homage to

King Tubby Osbourne Ruddock (28 January 1941 – 6 February 1989), better known as King Tubby, was a Jamaican sound engineer who influenced the development of dub music in the 1960s and 1970s. Tubby's studio work, in which as a mixing engineer he achiev ...

's original dub style, while recreating studio trickery live on stage using various delay pedals, keyboards, and samplers. While Tomino can add delay or loop effects to his own drums, each member of the band has the ability to "dub" the other via microphones on Tomino's kit running to delay effects on both Holmes' and Brooks' pedal boards. In 2004, Dub Trio released the debut album, ''Exploring the Dangers Of''. Dub Trio's first recording with vocals, "We're Not Alone" with

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, was featured on both the group's '' New Heavy'' (2006) and on

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'' (2006). The group also toured with Patton as his rhythm section during Peeping Tom's 2006 US tour. The group appeared on the cover of '' Beyond Race Magazine''s first issue in 2006. In 2007, Dub Trio released a live album, ''Cool Out and Coexist'', which was recorded live during two dates at Union Pool in Brooklyn. In 2008, the group released an album, '' Another Sound Is Dying''. Dub Trio opened for and toured with

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in 2009. In 2010, Dub Trio released a 3-track EP, ''III''. In 2011, the group released ''IV''. In February 2019, the band announced the release of their fifth album, ''The Shape of Dub to Come'', which came out on April 26, 2019.

Other work

Bassist Stu Brooks has recorded with

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's upcoming album (2013). Brooks produced the upcoming

record (2013). Drummer Joe Tomino toured with The Fugees. Guitarist DP Holmes can be heard on albums by

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. Drummer Joe Tomino was also a member of the now defunct supergroup

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Members

* Stu Brooks - bass guitar * DP Holmes - guitar * Joe Tomino - drums

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Exploring the Dangers Of'' (2004) * '' New Heavy'' (2006) * '' Another Sound Is Dying'' (2008) * ''IV'' (2011) * ''The Shape of Dub to Come'' (2019)

Live albums

* ''Cool Out and Coexist'' (2007)

EPs

* ''III'' (2010)

Singles

* "Not Alone" (2006) * "VCO Dub" (2012)

Guest appearances

- "We're Not Alone (Remix)" from ''

'' (2006) *

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- "Go Hard" from ''All Pro: Soundtrack'' (2007)

Productions

- '' Live at Stubb's, Vol. 2'' (2011)

References

External links

* * * {{Authority control American dub musical groups Rock music groups from New York (state) ROIR artists Ipecac Recordings artists Musical groups established in 2000