Pressure Drop is a Melbourne reggae-dub band, which was popular around the live music venues in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The band was one of the early pioneers of rock steady, reggae and dub in Australia starting life in Melbourne in 1978.

The band filled houses across the city and down the surf coast and offered a new sound to the dance and soul crowd in Melbourne. By the early 1980s the band was experimenting with live dub using on-stage echo chambers and mixing techniques that were new to the Melbourne scene.

Those sounds still sound contemporary today.

New recorded material is due later in 2026.

Catch us: Live in Kyoto Japan - October 2026 - details to follow.


Pressure Drop

Management Office:

27/22 Agnes Street
East Melbourne 3002 Victoria
Australia

© Copyright 1978-2026

Contact

Mobile: +61-(0)419 422 410

E-mail: Bill.Mitchell@newcastle.edu.au

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