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Sound
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EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT...
THE SOUND OF URCHIN
tomato - lead vox/drums
reverend b-ill - LEAD guitar
seahag - LEAD guitar
doo doo - bass
• "If there's one thing on this earth that I
fear, it is The Sound of Urchin", Jack Black
• "Sound of Urchin are the 2nd greatest band in
rock today",Dean Ween
WEBSITE:
www.soundofurchin.com
MYSPACE:
www.myspace.com/soundofurchin
YouTube
VIDEO LINK
URCHIN
MESSAGE BOARD FORUM
PRESS: Andrew Demarest
Black & White PR
O: 215-493-1114
C: 215-208-6223
andrew@blackandwhitepr.net
www.blackandwhitepr.net
www.myspace.com/blackandwhitepr
AIM: andrewdatwork
BOOKING: Troy Richardson and Erik Jarvis for Tone Deaf
Touring
URCHIN CD RELEASES:
- FULL LENGTH RELEASES (available @ online stores/iTunes):
• The Diamond (2005 - Hybrid Recordings) - Produced
by Adam Schlesinger (founding member of Fountains of Wayne,
Ivy), engineered by Chris Shaw (Ween, Weezer, Public Enemy).
Features guitar cameos by James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) and
Jay Jay French (Twisted Sister).
• You Are The Best (2002 - RCA Records) - Produced
by Keith Cleversley (Flaming Lips, Hum), as well as a song
produced by Dean Ween and Chris Shaw
- E.P. RELEASES:
• Live In Toronto E.P. (2002 - RCA Records) -
Live RCA promo sent to college radio stations
• The Jack & Diane E.P. (2001 - RCA Records)
- Produced by Keith Cleversley (Flaming Lips, Hum)
• The Orange E.P. (2000 - RCA Records) - Produced
by Dean Ween & Chris Shaw
• All That And A Brandy Alexander E.P. (1998 - Steven
Records) - Produced by Barbie Smooth
URCHIN TV HIGHLIGHTS:
• The CBS Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson -
(6/05), performed "There Are People In The Clouds"
• MTV2’s "120 Minutes" - "Scary
Skull Eyes" video aired
• National 2000 Rolling Rock TV & print ad Campaign
- "Un-Bottle It" directed by Todd Phillips (Starsky
& Hutch, Old School, Road Trip, GG Allin's Hated)
• Fox Network - Songs featured in Fox television
show "Point Pleasant"
• 2002 Bonnaroo Festival DVD - Infamous "hippies
suck" interview with Tomato
• TBS Network - “Mr. Hanalei” video
on National Lampoon Network’s AV Squad
• TBS Network - Live in-studio performance on
National Lampoon Network’s AV Squad
• FOX Network - “Rock n’ Roll Jubilee”
featured on Fox’s “This Week In Baseball”
• ESPN Network - “Rock n’ Roll Jubilee”
featured on ESPN’s “NHL Cool Shots”
URCHIN NATIONAL/CANADA TOUR HIGHLIGHTS (before urchin
started headlining its own tours):
• Tenacious D, Ween, Mike Watt, Scorpions/Deep Purple/Dio,
Cracker, The Ziggens, North Mississippi Allstars, Slightly
Stoopid, Fishbone, Cobra Verde, SR-71, The Urge, Trik Turner,
Public Enemy, Local H, Vernon Reid, Lit, Slash’s Snakepit,
Twisted Sister, 2 Skinnee J’s, Everclear, Robert Bradley’s
Blackwater Surprise, Project Object (Zappa Alumns), Dick Dale
URCHIN FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN X-Games, Fox Gravity
Games, The Berkfest, SXSW, CMJ Music Festival, Boston Nemo
Festival, Philadelphia Music Conference
URCHIN IN FILMS:
• “Scary Skull Eyes” and “The Alligator”
featured in Lions Gate Film “Giving It Up” •
“The Millipede” featured in director Tamra Davis’
(Beastie Boys, Half-Baked, Billy Madison) extreme sports film
“Keep Your Eyes Open”
URCHIN IS ENDORSED BY:
Epiphone Guitars, Floyd Rose Guitars, DR Strings, Mapex Drums,
Vic Firth Sticks, Sabian Cymbals
URCHIN SIDE BANDS:
• The Moistboyz - Tomato and B-Ill play in Dean
Ween's side project "The Moistboyz"
• Project Object - Seahag plays in "Project
Object", Ike Willis' Zappa alumn band
• Crescent Moon - Tomato plays in "Crescent
Moon", with Ween's Dave Dreiwitz
• False Front - B-Ill plays in "False Front"
along with Dickie Moist from The Moistboyz
• Wrong - Seahag plays in "Wrong"
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The
Diamond
UPC:
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Hybrid
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Release
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Sometimes
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The
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URCHIN LIVE SHOW REVIEW FROM SPIN.COM
"Sound
of Urchin... this quartet scours the mainstream and the underground
to scoop up heaping helpings of diverse musical styles, and they've
smashed together a vibrant rock sound that shrieks with electric energy.
Tomato rocks the mic and the drums. Forsaking the standard detached
rock star pose, Sound of Urchin instead opted for balls-out rock'n'roll
energy at a recent CBGB gig celebrating the release of their latest
album, The Diamond, produced by Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger.
Seamlessly transitioning from screeching metal to sweet pop, Sound
of Urchin -- comprised of members Tomato (lead vocals, drums), Doo
Doo Brown (bass), Rev. B-Ill (guitar) and Seahag (guitar) -- had all
the feel-good energy of an 80s hair metal band that couldn't care
less if their lyrics were comical or their sound was a bit cheesy,
as long as it kept the party going. With Tomato holding court at center
stage, Sound of Urchin hurled itself through every song on The Diamond,
including album opener "Police Helicopters Over Brooklyn,"
the summer-inspired sugary pop tune that takes on an edge with a fuzz
guitar cameo during the chorus. The CBGB crowd -- full of rabid fans
and pleasantly bemused newcomers -- cheered and threw devil horns
to the stage for the peculiar "There Are People in the Clouds,"
a song that layers muffled lyrics -- "Monday's for school, crayons
and cookies / mom says I got symptoms so I'm not gonna go today"
-- over slowly stomping instrumentals. Tomato toasted the crowd with
his bottle of orange Gatorade with as much pride as if he was raising
an empty 40 oz., while B-Ill chugged from a gallon of water, and the
quirky quartet finished out the set, promising to return for a second
installment. Having toured constantly since they released their first
EP in 1998, Sound of Urchin have shared the stage with artists including
Tenacious D, Ween, Deep Purple, Dio and Scorpions among others, so
it's easy to see where they got the inspiration for their persistently
crowd-pleasing attitude. Kicking off the second set with the meandering
"Sometimes," Sound of Urchin made good on its promise to
play all the fan favorites including the gloriously tight rocker "Cherry
Mountain." With the die-hard fans sticking it out for the second
hour-long set, the band closed out select songs with lengthy jam sessions
featuring grandiose percussion-centric finales. Sound of Urchin weren't
looking to save rock'n'roll, spark overly publicized beef with any
like-minded bands, or earn the dubious "next big thing"
title. In fact, all Sound of Urchin really wanted to do was salute
those about to rock, and provide the soundtrack."
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