The Upgrades were a third wave ska band from Dublin, Ireland. Goldenplec.com named them as their "band of the week"" during March 2009 and hailed them as
Probably the best known unknown band in Dublin.
In 2006 they opened the Irish date of the International "Taste of Chaos Tour", sharing the stage with well-known bands such as Taking Back Sunday, Alexisonfire and Anti-Flag. They announced their split-up on March 26, 2010 on their Myspace blog. They played two farewell shows in April in Dublin one on the 4th with American punk rockers The Lawrence Arms and another on the 8th with Dublin Pop-Punk band Jody Has A Hitlist.