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]

Formation and viral fame

Pellegrino and Muirhead met at the Manhattan School of Music, which they were both attending. Pellegrino and Parks had played together in Drumadics, a local busking band.[2] Teaming up in mid-2013, the trio started busking together at various stations in the New York City Subway, playing a style they call "brass house".[2] The trio defines it as a mix of jazz, Afro-Cuban rhythms, funk, EDM, and house music.[3]

Too Many Zooz 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]

Stage and studio

Too Many Zooz recorded an EP, F NOTE, in January 2014, which they sold at their busking performances. They went on to release three more EPs: Fanimals (2014),[4] Brasshouse Volume 1: Survival of the Flyest (2014), and The Internet (EP) (2015).

By January 2015, the trio was booked on a tour at theaters and small clubs across the United States.[5][6] They played backup for Beyoncé and the Dixie Chicks in their televised CMA Awards performance on November 2, 2016, in Nashville.[7]

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

The band's first full-length studio album, Subway Gawdz, came out on June 27, 2016, and received mixed-to-positive reviews.[9][10] The song "Warriors", from the album, was featured in a Google commercial for the Pixel 2 phone in October 2017.[11] The track was also heard during the flag parade of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Grand Final.[12] KFC featured the song "Brnx Bmbr" in one of their commercials.[13]

Too Many Zooz released the EPs A Very Too Many Zooz Xmas in 2018 and ZombiEP in 2019, and in 2024, they issued their second full-length album, Retail Therapy.

Band members

Discography

Studio albums

  • Subway Gawdz (2016)
  • Retail Therapy (2024)

EPs

  • F NOTE (2014)
  • Fanimals (2014)
  • Brasshouse Volume 1: Survival of the Flyest (2014)
  • The Internet (2015)
  • A Very Too Many Zooz Xmas (2018)
  • ZombiEP (2019)

Music videos

  • "Bedford"[14]
  • "Warriors" (2018)[15]
  • "Car Alarm" (2018)[14]
  • "Trundle Manor" (2018)[16]
  • "Pink Yesterday" (2020)[17]
  • "Rake Stepper" (2023)[18]
  • "Mad" (2024)[19]
  • "Nowhere Else to Go" – featuring Moon Hooch (2024)[20]

References

  1. ^ "Ex-Foxboro High jazz band member finds his niche in the Big Apple's underground". May 8, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Putnam, Lindsay (April 14, 2014). "The hottest thing in NYC music is these subway buskers". New York Post. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "Too Many Zooz". Spotify. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "Album Review: Too Many Zoos, Fanimals EP – BandWagon Magazine". BandWagon Magazine. October 21, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  5. ^ Devlin, Mike (January 21, 2015). "Too Many Zooz swap subway for the stage". Times Colonist. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  6. ^ Music News Desk Staff (June 23, 2016). "Too Many Zooz Heads to the Fox Theatre This August". Broadway World. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  7. ^ "Brass House Trio Too Many Zooz on Backing Up Beyonce & Dixie Chicks for CMA Awards Showstopper". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  8. ^ Bein, Kat (July 14, 2016). "Kaskade Gets Tribal With Too Many Zooz on 'Jorts FTW'". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  9. ^ "Too Many Zooz – Subway Gawdz". Album of the Year. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  10. ^ Subway Gawdz by Too Many Zooz, retrieved January 4, 2017
  11. ^ "Google Pixel 2 – Questioning?". October 16, 2017.
  12. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: The flag parade with the Beatbombers at the Grand Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. YouTube.
  13. ^ Too Many Zooz (June 2, 2018), KFC x Too Many Zooz Commercial, retrieved June 2, 2018
  14. ^ a b "This band managed to base an entire song off a Philly car alarm". www.phillyvoice.com. September 27, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  15. ^ "Too Many Zooz – Warriors (Official Music Video)". YouTube. April 27, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  16. ^ Too Many Zooz (October 31, 2018). "Too Many Zooz – Trundle Manor (Official Video)". Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  17. ^ Too Many Zooz (December 18, 2020), Too Many Zooz – Pink Yesterday (Official Video), retrieved January 11, 2021
  18. ^ "Too Many Zooz ft. Michael Wilbur – "Rake Stepper" (Official Music Video)". YouTube. May 2, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  19. ^ "Too Many Zooz x Too Many T's – "Mad" (Official Music Video)". YouTube. February 5, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  20. ^ "Too Many Zooz x Moon Hooch – "Nowhere Else to Go" (Official Music Video)". YouTube. February 16, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
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