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Too Many Zooz
OriginNew York City, U.S.
GenresBrass house (self-defined)
Years active2013–present
Members
Websitetoomanyzooz.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]

Formation and viral fame

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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

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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

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Discography

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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

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  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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