
In late 1992 a group of young men, driven by the passion to play music instruments, started a musical group called Hot Rods with just a mini drumset, mini piano, and pen mics made from old radios plugged into a mni Hi-fi. Ras Inky, Little Lenny, Te'bulous and Astro would take the citizens of Bath by surprise with their new found musical talent when they played on the basket ball court on Friday afternoons and in Ras Inky's front yard sometimes.
The summer of 1994, Anderson Arthurton, a neighbourhood DJ who then bought instruments like keyboards, rhythm machines and a bass guitar, culitvated the group into producing a higher level of music as well as encouraging the young musicians to change the band's name to Super Sonics.In 1996 they produced their first cassete album called Crazy Jam for Nevis Culturama 22, which won the band the privelege to take part in the said Festival with the technical assistance of Basil Gardener.
Over the next few years things didn't work out the way the guys had pictured; some of the guys started taking part time jobs with various bands on the island to stay musically fit. However, they managed to produce their first CD recording in 1999 and a new band memeber name Ras joined the band. The first project did not pay off financially for the band. Supersonics was then forced to split and the members joined some of their known bands like Kasanova and Wild Fire.
September 2001 brought good news for some of the guys when they discovered they were closely admired by Judith Liburd and that she was willing to put everything behind and do whatever she could to see this group together again. The guys then held meetings and aslo included friends and newest members like Duku-B, Master Tung, and Michael Mills as Technician. They managed to get a band loan, which allowed them to get brand new instruments, and then launched the all new UltraSonic Band in October of that year (2001).
Driven by Judith LIburd and husband Striker, the UltraSonic band started playing in town, villages and beaches and producing their first CD recording called 'BIG BANANA' for Culturama 2002. 'Big Banana' won road march and then became the biggest hit in St. Kitts & Nevis.
This tune, Big Banana certainly gave the young band the recognition it needed and as a result, the opportunity was provided for the band to play in the sister island St. Kitts, at the popular Pumpkins. This exposure did the band well and it has been playing various places in St. Kitts ever since.
To date the band has experienced relative success playing in various clubs, providing musical accompaniment for boat rides and travleing to Anguilla on musical assignments. In 2003, the UltraSonic Band produced the Black Power CD, which featured such tunes as Life Must Go On, Sponge Bob and the title song on the CD, Black Power. They also won themselves the Road March Title again for the Nevis Culturama Festival in that same year. During this time, the Ultra Sonic Band has played alongside such renowned bands like Nuff Respect, Burning Flames, Da Bahn, Nu Vybes International (etc.)
After Culturama 2003 the band spent most of it’s playing time in St. Kitts, working in every possible club, on beaches and even street jams for various village festivals and was then recognized as one of the nation’s top bands. Ultra Sonic then produced their CD recording ‘TAP-A-TAP’ and took part in St. Kitts Nevis National Carnival’s Jou’vert jump-up where they played for O. D. Brisbane’s ‘Good To Go’ Troupe while mesmerizing thousands of fans with their talented skills and clean sweet music.
This seven-member band has in its repertoire a wide range of songs that include Reggae, Soca, Salsa, Calypso, Rhythm and Blues, Gospel and much more. The Ultra Sonic Band has no intentions of losing on its gains but rather to keep improving, cognizant of the fact that success comes through hard work, commitment and diligence. For the Ultra Sonic Band, the sky is the limit and the competition is real.