 Northeast tours and a victory in the WLIR Battle of the Bands in 1985 landed the band a trip to the UK (where they had toured twice, playing London's Dingwall's and Marquee) and a single-record deal with Sire International, which the band turned down, preferring to keep their integrity - and publishing rights!- and release records on their own Stickman Records label.1987's "From The Westside to The Eastside" gave UB's fans more to go on, and the band remained a top attraction in NYC, and clubs up and down the East Coast, with substantial followings in Boston, Baltimore and DC, along with tons of colleges and universities.