Formed from the ashes of Australian progressive rockers Unitopia, United Progressive Fraternity, which features Matt Williams, Dave Hopgood, Tim Irrgang & Mark 'Truey' Trueack joined by Guy Manning (Manning, The The Tangent), Daniel Mash (Maschine, The Tangent), & Marek Arnold (Toxic Smile, Seven Steps to the Green Door, Cyril, Flaming Row),
The United Progressive Fraternity (or UPF for short) must be the first band to have a mission statement, viz: To produce great music, as a collective concept, whilst conveying a message of peace, hope and global awareness which they aim to achieve by fostering collaboration and shared ideas with other musicians, artists and writers, and to encourage participation and association with the core band.