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EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT...
THE SOUND OF URCHIN
tomato - lead vox/drums
b-ill - LEAD guitar
seahag - LEAD guitar
michael davidson - 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
PRESS: Andrew Demarest, Black & White PR
O: 215-493-1114
C: 215-208-6223
andrew@blackandwhitepr.net
www.blackandwhitepr.net
www.myspace.com/blackandwhitepr
BOOKING: Troy Richardson for Tone Deaf Touring
www.tonedeaftouring.com
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),
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 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) 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 & Dickie Moist's "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 SOUND OF URCHIN
REJOICE
The new forthcoming SOU album
Produced by Tomato
Mixed by Josh Wilbur (System Of A Down, Lil Kim)
*Features vox by Ellen Foley (Meatloaf, The Clash)
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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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