Martin Ewens Bass/Vox Brett Hammond Vox/Gtrs Steve Williams Drums
Influences
Anybody that puts soul into music...
Too Many Zebras are a post-punk rock band from the UK that draw influence from The Clash, The Police, The Stranglers, The Sex Pistols, Rage Against The Machine, The Prodigy, ACDC, UK Rock, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones.... Just Bass, Drums, Guitar and Vocal, they meld a combination of punk energy with a twist of riffing rock that is compelling and current.
Too Many Zebras got their name from an audition gone wrong!! Brett and Martin hailing from the UK but now NYC transplants made their American debut on tour with the reggae band UB40. At that time they were in the Brit rock band Bigmouth (V2 artist Chris Hicken aka 'Cantinero'). Bigmouth were signed to Stu Fine's Wild Pitch Record label in NYC and worked with 2x Grammy award winning producer Neil Dorfsman (Sting, Paul McCartney) on their self titled release Bigmouth which picked up airplay nationally. Touring the Wild Pitch release they shared the stage with Presidents Of The United States, Spacehog, Tracey Bonham, The Buzzcocks and many more. Brett and Martin went on to develop their skills with another underground band from NYC called Sunshine Club and ended up touring in the UK in 2007. Steve Williams is a seasoned drummer who has worked and toured with David Byrne (Talking Heads), Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) Sade, Ivan Neville, PM Dawn and De La Soul amongst many more. The trio got together when Brett and Martin felt they needed to re-discover their early UK roots and find a sound that incorporated all the best of post-punk UK bands that influenced them. They reached out to the NYC music community and found Steve Williams. Steve was drawn to the band as he has worked extensively with British music artists and felt an affinity with the sound Brett and Martin were making, so was formed Too Many Zebras. They are currently recording and performing in NYC.
