UNDERGROUNDDOWNTOWNTV
TV Show/E-Zine/Florida Culture

UDtv is a one hour TV show dedicated to local, independent, and underground bands and artists. We feature music videos and local band clips, interviews, skits, CD Reviews and more all hosted by Wolfman. All styles of music. Our website takes the show to a new level and doubles as a E-zine. You will find links, band pages, video clips, skits and more.

UDtv has already made an impact in Gainesville. www.UDTV.info has been around for over a year and has sponsored Medeski, Martin and Wood, Marshall Tucker, MT Head Records Acoustic Night, Trick Pony, and the Underground Downtown Television kick off, the Pigface Free For All Tour, Sunday, April 24th at Brick City Music Hall 3pm. Featuring Pigface, Sheep On Drugs, Nocturne, Voodou, GlitterGuns, Human Factors Lab, Gettendeep ($7 all u can drink draft beer/$2 Jagermeister Shots). UDtv will also host a bi-monthy local concert series at Brick City in Gainesville. This will start Wednesday May 4th. More dates include May 18th and June 1st. See www.UDTV.info for the 411.

The first three weeks of UDTV will be dedicated to the Free For All Tour and will feature Pigface and Sheep on Drugs. Then UDTV will continue to show-case local and independent bands and artists. Our first few shows feature Under The Influence, Gargamel!, Big Oil, Dopeamean, Whore Culture, LSD, Superjudge, Bryce Carlisle and more.

MOVEMENT spoke with UDTV frontman “Wolfman” about the creation of UDTV and where he plans to take it in the future...

1. Give me a little background on yourself, i.e., how you got or chose to be "Wolfman", age, background in broadcasting (if any)...

Nickname: I didn't choose the name, it chose me. About 7 years ago or so, I walked into a bar looking for a friend of mine dressed in all black, with nail polish, and a beard. In describing me to my friend, the bar back said “some freaky dude that looks like the Wolfman came looking for you.” The name Wolfman stuck ever since. Now I have a full beard and a 22 inch goatee.

AGE: 29. Originally from Long Island, NY I have been living in Gainesville for about 10 years. Yankee by birth, southern by the Grace of God.

Broadcasting Background: I was a DJ for an FM radio station for 3 years and then produced a radio show called The Basement. I also was sound engineer for two TV shows on Cox Cable in Gainesville, Ocala. I also helped film and engineer commercials. I ran sound for numerous University of Florida and Santa Fe Community College events including Battle of the Bands an Jacre’ Brazil. I now run sound at Brick City Music Hall. I also wrote for and was a photographer for Fusion Magazine. I'm currently producing bands, music videos, commercials, and so on through www.MTHeadEmpire.com.

2. How and why you decided to start this project.

There hasn't been a good music video show in Gainesville since 1996 when Ground Zero was airing. I have been working on Underground Downtown and www.UDTV.info for over two years and have gone through many partners and volunteers. I wanted to showcase local bands in a way that would help boost the local music scene. Many times I thought that my vision would never be completed. Now, we are finally on the air and booking shows and making a big impact in Gainesville. TV and music videos are such great tools to promote CD, merchandise, gigs, and what not. Underground Downtown is changing the world one band at a time.

Vision for the Future: To air in Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, Miami and Georgia. We are also working on UDTV: Industrial/Gothic, UDTV: Punk Rawk, UDTV: Short Films, and Underground Downtown Radio. We are also looking to ad lots of video clips, interviews, outakes and MP3's on www.UDTV.info.

3. How many people you have on staff helping you out.
The core is three of us. Wolfman is the main dude and is in charge of Audio, production, writing, programming, websites, and toilet bowl scrubbing. Dirt is in charge of all video taping and editing. Jennifer takes care of everything else. We also have about 15 volunteers, whom without we would be lost. Thanks to everyone that supports us and local, independent bands.

Place: Cox Cable Channel 21 Gainesville/Ocala

Starting Date: Saturday, April 9th @ 6am (Gainesville Only), Sat. 2 PM
Times: April 10th Sunday @ 6am (Gainesville Only), Sun. 2 PM
April 11th, Monday 10pm

Set Airing Schedule:

Saturdays @ 6am (Gainesville Only)

Sat. 2 PM, Sundays @ 6am (Gainesville Only)

Sun. 2 PM, Prime Time Mondays @10pm
 

www.UDTV.info

Contact:

UDTV
(352) 472-9041
P.O. Box 97
Newberry, FL 32669

(352) 472-9041

UDTVinfo@aol.com