About Us

YES SIR BOSS presents a truly original, distinct and indefinable sound, created from a multitude of worldly musical and cultural influences. Their heavy blend of horn-led hooks, offbeat rhythms and epic riffs provide the perfect backing for the memorable and catchy lyrics invariably brought to life by the seductively expressive and husky vocals of front man Matt Sellors.

Appealing to wide audiences and captivating them with quirky magnificence and energetic soul, this Bristol based rabble of six perform their live shows with a thrilling charm that is both bold and sincere. Over the last three years they have become one of Bristol’s headline bands playing regularly to packed out venues alongside the likes of Toots & the Maytals, Babyhead and Smerin’s Antisocial Club. Following a short European tour supporting soul singer Joss Stone, they hit the festival circuit with the legendary Chai Wallahs venue performing to 1500+ crowds at many of the UK’s most beloved festivals including Glastonbury, Bestival, Electric Picnic, Green Man, Shambala, Sunrise, Eden & Body & Soul.

Now signed to Joss Stone’s newly established label ‘Stoned Records’ and represented by the ‘Diplomats of Sound’, with their debut album scheduled for release early in 2012, it won’t be long before Yes Sir Boss introduce their unique sound to the mainstream.

“The man with a thousand voices…”
- BBC Radio Bristol

“Eating up genre’s like cream-cakes…”

- Ed Williams, Suit Yourself Magazine

“These songs are going somewhere fast”
- 247 magazine

Exhilarating , Catchy, Stomping , Skanking , inclusive, enthralling…
music ally f***ing spell binding …everything you could want from a band and some…
- Si Chai, Musical Director @ Chai Wallahs

Band Members

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Matthew Sellors
  • Born: 1983
  • Homeland: Teignmouth, Devon
  • Instrument: Guitar, Lead Vocals
  • Hero: Stephen Hawking
  • Quote: ‘Guns don’t kill people, people kill people, and monkeys do too (if they have a gun).’ – Eddie Izzard
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Luke Potter
  • Born: 1984
  • Homeland: Honiton, Devon
  • Instrument: Guitar, Vocals
  • Hero: Phat Rich
  • Quote: ‘hhwwwojjiiilyyy bobbbly mwo mwo mwo bo ba ba ba ba ba lubble lubble’ – Phat Rich, frequently
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Tom First
  • Born: 1984
  • Homeland: Hipperholme, Yorkshire
  • Instrument: Trumpet, Melodica, Piano, Vocals
  • Hero: Thierry Henry
  • Quote: ’Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens’ – Jimi Hendrix
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Jehan Abdel-Malak
  • Born: 1984
  • Homeland: North London, innit
  • Instrument: Soprano, Tenor & Alto Sax, Melodica, Piano, Vocals
  • Hero: John Coltrane
  • Quote:My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger’ - Billy Connolly
Josh Stopford
Josh Stopford
  • Born: 1984
  • Homeland: Culmstock, Devon
  • Instruments: Bass Guitar, Ukulele, Vocals
  • Hero: Tom Waits
  • Quote: ‘Life is too important to be taken seriously’ – Oscar Wilde
Reuben Nimmo
Reuben Nimmo
  • Born: 1982
  • Homeland: Camberwell, London
  • Instrument: Drums
  • Hero: Seth MacFarlane
  • Quote: ‘So it goes’ - Kurt Vonnegut