Real name: Doctors Of Dub

Members: Chrissie Quayle, Ian Wright (5), Dave Atkin, Oli Johnson, Vernon Munday, Russell Roberts (2), John Warner (4), Paul Micah

Doctors of Dub started life in 1991 as an 11-piece collective, based in London, UK, with a shared interest in reggae, jazz & world sounds. Over a period of 6 - 7 years, before personnel began to move on and the band shrunk and mutated into a more studio-based unit called Species, the band toured extensively in the UK giving rave-received live performances at festivals, clubs and arts centres from Penzance to Cupar.
Whilst the band was principally a live unit the recorded material was interesting and innovative along broadly dub-reggae lines. Only a handful of DoD recordings exist - a 12" ep 'Themanawar' and 6-track k7 - featuring tracks produced by Jonny 'Milty' Milton (Aswad, Maxi Priest etc) - and the CD ep 'Tartarsaurus'. The band also recorded a session in 1995 for Andy Kershaw's Radio 1 programme. If you take the Soundcloud link below you can hear or download (for free!) all of these tracks plus some recently unearthed live recordings from a gig in St.Austell, Cornwall.
A video of Doctors of Dub featuring the bands trademark strange stage attire and some of the characters who used to people the stage - not least the legendary Tartarsaurus - has topped 10,000 viewings on YouTube. The re-mix of one of the bands most popular live tracks around which the video is based (see link below) was performed by Andy Montgomery, a stalwart of the trendsetting On-U Sound crew, and, I hope you'll agree, there are some awesome dub moments. The other two tracks on the ep were re-mixed by Tom 'Another Fine Day' Green and Manchester's hard-hitting Yam-Yam team.
In concert DoD eschewed rock-star pyrotechnics (too expensive), opting instead for low-key ultra-violet lighting and face/body painting coupled with vibrant day-glo stage gear. Audiences loved this approach, although various lighting engineers across the country have been known to throw a sulk at the band.
The band enjoyed touring and this came across on stage - audiences can sense it and are always happy to join the party.

Doctors of Dub personnel (original line-up):
Bass guitar: Vernon Munday
Rhythm & lead guitar, vocal: John Warner
Rhythm guitar: Dom Williams
Keyboards & violin: 'Trouser' Dave Thompson
Lead vocals: Oli Johnson
Alto sax, flute, visuals, backing vox: Chrissy Quayle
Trumpet, percussion: Ian Wright
Alto & soprano sax: Paul Micah
Percussion/visuals: Russell Roberts
Drums: Dave Atkin
Sound man was Ricky Dear.