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Sexy Sax Man | |
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Birth name | Sergio Alejandro Flores |
Born | Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico | July 23, 1988
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Occupation(s) | Musician
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Years active | 1994–present |
Associated acts | |
Website | thesexysaxman |
Sergio Flores (born July 23, 1988), better known by his stage name Sexy Sax Man, is a Mexican American saxophonist.
He is a YouTube personality, best known for the prank video "Sexy Sax Man Careless Whisper Prank feat. Sergio Flores (directors cut)" by Mike Diva. The video depicts Flores crashing a variety of places around the Los Angeles area (e.g., the food court at Plaza West Covina, a lecture at Citrus College, a Covina High School football game, a laundromat, Walmart, Ross, Food 4 Less, Del Taco and The Grove) where he repeatedly plays the signature sax riff from the 1984 Wham! hit song "Careless Whisper" despite requests to stop, often while gyrating his hips in an exaggeratedly sensual manner. His actions sometimes cause laughter, and other times provoke irritation or warnings from security guards to leave the property. The prank video was posted on March 12, 2011, and as of June 2019 had over 40 million views. [1] He said during an interview that he used a Yanagisawa alto sax. [2] He is also the inventor of the "Sax and Arrow".
Flores has also recorded with The Faceless on their albums Autotheism and In Becoming a Ghost in 2012 and 2017 respectively. [3] He has also performed with Symphonic Circles.
Sergio Alejandro Flores, was born July 23, 1988 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. He attended Schurr High School in California. He worked as a woodwind repairman for 2 years. He became a second dan black belt. [4]
In 2012, Flores performed and appeared in the music video for The Faceless' song "Deconsecrate". [5] In 2014, he performed in and appeared in the music video for Redfoo's song New Thang. [6] This would be followed in 2016 by performing the saxophone solo in Ookay's song Thief, along with appearing in the song's music video.
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