Dumb And The Ugly were an Australian band operating in the late 1980s. They consisted of Michael Sheridan (guitar), John Murphy (drums), and David Brown (bass guitar). Michael Sheridan is an Australian jazz/punk/noise guitarist In 1983 he formed a Jazz punk outfit Great White Noise soon followed by an improvisation John Murphy (born 1959 sometimes credited as "Jonh Murphy" is an Australian drummer Percussionist and multi-instrumental Session musician David Brown is a musician from Melbourne, Australia, who has played Bass guitar or guitar in a series of improvisatory ensembles from 1978 to the present
They released an EP, Rude Mechanical, and an LP, Atmospheres Of Metal, both on the Dr Jim's label.