The band started as the brainchild of Tom Tattersall (guitar and vocals) and Ian Morris (bass and backing vocals) who have been building up their live experience since the tender age of 14 in local bands. In late 2008 the two musicians decided to try and write some ska songs together and, pleased at what came out, recorded an early demo. The songs on the demo were used as audition pieces to find a drummer and rhythm guitarist to complete the line-up. The process didn’t take too long and after one evening auditioning, Toby Gutmann and Devon Joubert were drafted in on drums and rhythm guitar respectively.
Soon after, the band recorded their debut EP ‘Words of Wisdom’ (almost exclusively on Tom’s laptop, in his bedroom) which was ready for general release in time for their first gig on January the 10th 2009. The EP was taken out of circulation in September of the same year to make way for the new release ‘Back to Square One’ after racking up sales of over 800 copies sold at gigs. TrueBeat have performed at over sixty shows between January and October 2009 supporting big names like Bad Manners, The Beat, J B Conspiracy and The Catch-it Kebabs and have built up a loyal fanbase (demonstrated by the fact they have sold over 200 TrueBeat t-shirts since they became available in late May) The boys don’t plan on letting up at all!
So, if you love ska, give us a listen and get your hands on a copy of ‘Back to Square One’ and if you hate ska, do the same because as self-confessed ska disliking journalist Nick, from A Short Fanzine About Rocking says; "Crikey, this is actually quite fun!"
