The critics can’t get enough of Mike Dubose and The Dissidents. Legendary singer-songwriter James McMurty calls Dubose a “fierce performer and fearless man.” KLBJ/KGSR DJ Loris Lowe has compared the group’s work to Neil Young and Crazy Horse, with good reason.

Mike Dubose and the Dissidents were formed in Austin, Texas in 2006. Currently, The Dissidents are comprised of songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Dubose, drummer Jimmy James Klein, guitarist Geoff DeMuth and bassist Bill Teags.

Mike Dubose was born in Liberty, Texas. He moved to Austin at age 6 and started playing guitar at age 13. His influences during his teens ranged from Guns N Roses, The Sex Pistols, The Beatles, Metallica and Nirvana to Johnny Cash and Townes Van Zandt. He formed Missing Ingredient in 1996. The band opened up for such acts as Son Volt, Elliott Smith, Wilco and Yo La Tengo. Missing Ingredient released the CD "Consolation Prize" in 1999. It garnered positive reviews, decent radio play and sales.

Missing Ingredient dissolved in 2000 and Mike went on to do solo performances and recording. He’s shared the stage with Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, James McMurtry and Tish Hinojosa.

Jimmy James Klein was born in Nashua, New Hampshire and moved to Texas in 2002 from Hamburg, Germany. He has played professionally in numerous bands, cultural percussion and dance troupes. Jimmy started playing the kit at age 10 and shifted his focus to hand percussion and dance in 1996, when he studied and performed primarily in Boston, MA and Guinea, West Africa. Upon moving to Austin, Jimmy got back behind the kit and continues to enjoy performing whether dancing, hand drumming, or backing up a band on his drum set. Recently he has performed live with Molly Venter and Tribal Moon.

Geoff DeMuth grew up in the Chicago area and became enraptured with rock-n-roll at an early age. A guitar came into his life at the age of ten and the die was cast, he had a sixth appendage. Throughout the high school years, Geoff worked in bands playing rock, country and blues, soaking up the influences of his favorite artists and honing his skills. He cut his teeth playing in jazz organ trios at clubs in and around Chicago. Geoff spent several years playing with the I- Lites, a popular group with Reggae and West African influences. Prior to moving to the Austin area, Geoff was the pedal steel player for Slim Pickins, a traditional honky tonk outfit. 

Bill Teags is a Colorado native who grew up in Chicago playing jazz, fusion and rock, Bill brings up the bottom end with electric and acoustic bass. Bill has been, touring and recording for more than 35 years: He played his first paid gig at age 14 with the Bill Bunge Trio, appeared on his first recording two years later at Pumpkin Studios in Chicago, and did his first major tour with The Hounds at 20. Bill has opened for/co-billed with bands such as Styx, Cheap Trick, REO Speedwagon and Kansas. and has performed with artists such as Muddy Waters, Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton and Drew Emmitt of Leftover Salmon. Additionally. Bill plays French horn, trombone, and is classically trained in piano and organ. Here in Austin, Bill can also be seen performing with Eric Tessmer

Mike Dubose and the Dissidents first CD, “Fort Benning Blues”, will be released on Rogue State Records in 2010- with a national tour to follow.