“the ukeboys” are a trio of German musicians from Hamburg Altona. Singer and ukulele player Tobbo Ukeboy, ukulele player Hairy Ukeboy and cajón player Bubi Ukeboy cover metal, rock and pop rock classics in a minimalist style.

Tobbo Ukeboy, who has been an unsuccessful bass player in several heavy metal bands for more than a decade, picked up his ukulele for the first time in 2010 and realized how to play real music. In a beery hour on January 13, 2011 he talked his former best friend round to found a ukulele cover band to fill the local pedestrian areas with sound. This marked the birth of “the ukeboys”.

Having played a few concerts in the streets, they soon had the wherewithal to pay for their first electrified ukuleles. From then on nothing could get in the way of festival and concert bookings.

After two years of working creatively, countless gigs and their “uke up your ass!”-tour in more than nine different cities in Germany, the two realized that something was missing. They needed a metronome. In another beery hour their former roadie Bubi Ukeboy was turned into a regular member. Since February 19, 2013 he has been dictating the rhythm with his cajón and egg shaker.