Too Many Zooz

Too Many Zooz
Live at Vieilles Charrues Festival in 2016. Left to Right: David Parks, Leo Pellegrino, and Matt Muirhead
Background information
Origin New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres Brass house (self-defined)
Years active 2014–present
Website www.toomanyzooz.com
Members Leo Pellegrino
Matt "Doe" Muirhead
David "King of Sludge" Parks

Too Many Zooz is an American music group based in New York City, New York, consisting of Leo Pellegrino (baritone saxophone), Matt "Doe" Muirhead [1](trumpet) and David "King of Sludge" Parks (drums).

Formation and viral fame

Pellegrino and Muirhead met at the Manhattan School of Music where they were attending. Pellegrino and Parks had played together in Drumadics, a local busking band.[2] Teaming up in mid-2013, the trio started busking together that August at various stations in the New York City Subway in their self-defined genre – brass house.[2]

They gained fame when a video of one of their subway performances, recorded by a passer-by at the Union Square station, went viral on YouTube in March 2014.[2] They are known as well for Pellegrino's characteristic dance moves while playing.

Stage and studio

By January 2015, the band was booked on a tour at theatres and small clubs across the United States.[3] They continue to perform on road trips,[4] and played backup for Beyoncé for her televised CMA Awards performance on Nov. 2, 2016 in Nashville, Tenn.[5]

Too Many Zooz recorded an EP, F NOTE, in January 2014, which they sold at their busking performances. The band has recorded three more EPs, followed by their first full-length studio album, Subway Gawdz, on June 27, 2016, receiving mixed to positive reviews.[6][7]

Kaskade's July 2016 single "Jorts FTW" features Too Many Zooz.[8]

"Warriors", from Too Many Zooz "Subway Gawdz" album, was featured in Google's commercial for their Pixel 2 smart phone in October 2017.[9] "Warriors" was also featured in the Flag Parade of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Grand Final.[10] "Brnx Bmbr" is featured in a KFC commercial for the Triple Grab N Go.[11] "Get Busy", is also featured in the beginning credits of the Netflix original movie, "The Package".

Discography

  • F NOTE (EP) (19 January 2014)
  • Fanimals (EP) (6 September 2014)[12]
  • Brasshouse Volume 1: Survival of the Flyest (EP) (21 November 2014)
  • The Internet (EP) (1 May 2015)
  • Subway Gawdz (LP) (27 June 2016)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/ex-foxboro-high-jazz-band-member-finds-his-niche-in/article_9382be34-5c8a-526f-b182-82c5343bb997.html
  2. 1 2 3 Putnam, Lindsay (2014-04-14). "The hottest thing in NYC music is these subway buskers". New York Post. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  3. ↑ Devlin, Mike (2015-01-21). "Too Many Zooz swap subway for the stage". Times Colonist. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  4. ↑ Music News Desk Staff (2016-06-23). "Too Many Zooz Heads to the Fox Theatre This August". Broadway World. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  5. ↑ "Brass House Trio Too Many Zooz on Backing Up Beyonce & Dixie Chicks for CMA Awards Showstopper". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  6. ↑ "Too Many Zooz - Subway Gawdz". Album of The Year. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  7. ↑ Subway Gawdz by Too Many Zooz, retrieved 2017-01-04
  8. ↑ Bein, Kat (2016-07-14). "Kaskade Gets Tribal With Too Many Zooz on 'Jorts FTW'". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  9. ↑ "Google Pixel 2 – Questioning?".
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2R3R4pZJqg
  11. ↑ Too Many Zooz (2018-06-02), KFC x Too Many Zooz Commercial, retrieved 2018-06-02
  12. ↑ "Album Review: Too Many Zoos, Fanimals EP - BandWagon Magazine". BandWagon Magazine. 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
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