Brownout (band)

Brownout
Origin Austin, Texas, United States
Genres
Years active 2003–Present
Labels Six Degrees Records, Free Style Records, Nat Geo, Ubiquity Presents
Associated acts
Website http://brownoutmusic.com/
Members
  • Gilbert Elorreaga
  • Greg Gonzalez
  • Leo Gauna
  • Matthew "Sweet Lou" Holmes
  • Mark "Speedy" Gonzales
  • Adrian Quesada
  • Beto Martinez
  • Johnny Lopez
  • Josh Levy

Brownout is an American latin-funk band from Austin, Texas. The band is a side project of the members of the Grammy-award winning band Grupo Fantasma.

Though the band was formed in 2003, as Grupo Fantasma took off in the early 2000s, Brownout was left "on the backburner", and the band's first album, "Homenaje", wasn't released until 2008[1]. Since then, the band has toured regularly across the United States, at events including Bonnaroo, High Sierra Music Festival, and Utopia Festival. Brownout has also served as a backing band for artists including Prince, Daniel Johnston, GZA and Bernie Worrell.[2]

In 2014, the group released a series of covers of the British band Black Sabbath under the moniker "Brown Sabbath", which received praise from Black Sabbath lead-vocalist Ozzy Osbourne[3], as well as critical acclaim from NPR[4], AllMusic[5] and Rolling Stone Magazine[6].

Brownout has released five albums: "Homenaje" (2008), "Aguilas & Cobras" (2009), "Oozy" (2012) and "Brownout presents Brown Sabbath" (2015), and most recently, "Fear of a Brown Planet" (2018).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Sengupta Stith, Deborah (2 June 2017). "The funk came first: Brownout returns to pre-Sabbath roots". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 "About - Brownout". Brownout. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Smith, Steve (30 August 2014). "Brownout gives Black Sabbath tunes a Latin-funk groove". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Contreras, Felix (15 June 2014). "Review: Brownout, 'Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath'". National Public Radio. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Kreps, Daniel (15 June 2015). "50 Best Things We Saw at Bonnaroo 2015". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
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