Too Many Zooz

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Too Many Zooz
Origin New York City, New York, U.S.
GenresBrass house (self-defined)
Years active2013–present
Members Leo Pellegrino
Matt "Doe" Muirhead
David "King of Sludge" Parks
Website www.toomanyzooz.com

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

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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]

The band defines brass house as a mix of jazz, Afro-Cuban rhythms, funk, EDM and house music. [3]

They gained fame when a video of one of their subway performances, recorded by a passerby 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

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. [4] [5]

By January 2015, the band was booked on a tour at theatres and small clubs across the United States. [6] They continue to tour, [7] and played backup for Beyoncé for her televised CMA Awards performance on Nov. 2, 2016 in Nashville, Tenn. [8]

Kaskade's July 2016 single "Jorts FTW" features Too Many Zooz. [9]

"Warriors", from Too Many Zooz' Subway Gawdz album, was featured in Google's commercial for their Pixel 2 smart phone in October 2017. [10] "Warriors" was also featured in the Flag Parade of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Grand Final. [11] "Brnx Bmbr" is featured in a KFC commercial for the Triple Grab N Go. [12] "Get Busy" is also featured in the beginning credits of the Netflix original movie The Package .

Music videos

Discography

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  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.
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  4. ↑ "Too Many Zooz - Subway Gawdz". Album of The Year. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
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  7. ↑ Music News Desk Staff (2016-06-23). "Too Many Zooz Heads to the Fox Theatre This August". Broadway World. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  8. ↑ "Brass House Trio Too Many Zooz on Backing Up Beyonce & Dixie Chicks for CMA Awards Showstopper". Billboard . Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  9. ↑ Bein, Kat (2016-07-14). "Kaskade Gets Tribal With Too Many Zooz on 'Jorts FTW'". Billboard . Retrieved 2017-01-06.
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  11. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : The flag parade with the Beatbombers at the Grand Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. YouTube .
  12. ↑ Too Many Zooz (2018-06-02), KFC x Too Many Zooz Commercial , retrieved 2018-06-02
  13. 1 2 "This band managed to base an entire song off a Philly car alarm". www.phillyvoice.com. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  14. ↑ "Too Many Zooz - Warriors (Official Music Video)". Youtube . 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2024-04-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ↑ Too Many Zooz (2018-10-31), Too Many Zooz - Trundle Manor (Official Video) , retrieved 2019-05-07
  16. ↑ Too Many Zooz (2020-12-18), Too Many Zooz - Pink Yesterday (Official Video) , retrieved 2021-01-11
  17. ↑ "Too Many Zooz ft. Michael Wilbur - "Rake Stepper" (Official Music Video)". Youtube . 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2024-03-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ↑ "Too Many Zooz x Too Many T's - "Mad" (Official Music Video)". Youtube . 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-04-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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