Event Organisers

Dub Pistols

Dub Pistols are a reggae, breaks, and jungle mashup that have been around since the mid-90s. They started as Barry Ashworth DJ'ing with musicians jamming over the top, which he calls "a right fucking racket," and turned into a bass-driven live machine that's a regular at Glastonbury, Bestival, and Beat-Herder. Their story is genuinely wild. Signed to Geffen for $1.5m, their album dropped the week of 9/11, and they ended up broke instead of US superstars. They've worked with The Specials, Busta Rhymes, Horace Andy, and Madness. Barry's own words: "the most successful unsuccessful band of all time." They've got a documentary coming called 'What The Fuck Can Possibly Go Wrong?' Their sixth album 'Return Of The Pistoleros' came out on Sunday Best, with guest spots from Neville Staple, Earl 16, and Chezidek. It's built for big fields and summer sound systems. The Happy Mondays called them the best live band they'd seen in years, which is a decent flex. If you're into sound system culture an…