Was found in 2005 by Dawny Bayu Amianto(Vocal) who is a former vocalist of Jun Fun Gung Foo and Marchell Arnold(Bass) who happened to have similar taste in music. They came up with an idea to form a “back to basic” ska band. A kind of ska that was born back in the 60s.
After a while, other names came up to fill in the line up. They were Rachmadian ’Dhani’ Ramdhani(Ex-Straightout), who was a blues influenced guitarist, Zendy Bramantya(Jun Fun Gung Foo) and Zenis(In Ska We Trust) to fill in for the saxophones, Wally on drums and Dama ‘Ceky’ Mandey(7 Deadly Sins) as a keyboardist.
The name The Authentics was instantly found and agreed to be the name of the band in the beginning of the first rehearsal. It was because we wanted to have the authentic sound just as the first wave ska bands sounded like and also because we wanted to have the originality and the authenticity of our various characteristics, but yet still have the passion for unity in the band.
In 2007, Zenis resigned from the band to focus on his out of town work. And also Wally, who wanted to become a dentist in the other side of the island. Therefore, The Authentics needed to find other people to fill in as an additional player. Fajar Arifan(currently a drummer of Alexa) filled in for the drums for a few gigs but got too busy with his own band, so his place was taken over by Dias Darmawan(Maddening Pace’s drummer). As for the brass section, Agustinus ‘Dika’ Panji Mardika and Andreas ‘Ucok’ Pardede currently fill in for trumpet and trombone.
In the early days, The Authentics started their performance by covering songs from The Skatalites, Hepcat, The Slackers, Mr. T Bone, etc who are referred as a first-wave ska bands. As time goes by they started to make their own music. Writing danceable Ska songs that are simple, fun and friendly with a touch of Swing, Soul, and Blues, which are known to have the same root in music.
The Authentics are currently recording an album that is planned to be released in around March-April 2010. Keep yourselves updated! Cause one thing to know for sure-It is guaranteed that the music of The Authentics will move your heart and soul to get your asses off the chairs, on your feet and to shake ‘em ALL NIGHT LONG!
Current Members:
- Arnold (Bass)
- Dawny (Vocals)
- Dani (Guitar & Backing Vocal)
- Zendi (Saxophone & Backing Vocal)
- Ceky (Keyboards & Backing Vocal)
Additional Members:
- Diaz (Drums)
- Ucok (Trombone)
- Dika (Trumpet)
FOR BOOKING AND INFO PLEASE CONTACT :
+62-8179807777(ANDREAS WULLUR)
e-mail : dawnybayu@yahoo.com
