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Do You Want It

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Released: Oct 9, 2012

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Do You Want It
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Known It All Along
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I'm so much cooler
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Genre: Alternative / Funk / Pop
Location DENVER, Un
Profile Views: 103131
Last Login: 1/8/2013
Member Since 12/8/2004
Website bopskizzum.com
Record Label Angry Burro Records
Type of Label Unsigned
Bio
Bop Skizzum's music is all about fusion… Gathering inspiration from every corner of the record store, the band meshes their alternative pop-rock vibe with groove-based funk, dance and hip-hop influences, creating an invigorating blend of unique instrumentation and phenomenal vocals to complete their sound. The diversity each musician brings to this eclectic mix resonates in the music that Bop Skizzum has written for their first full-length album "Coloradical." Music is Colorful! Music is Radical! We believe "Coloradical" is an energy, an intangible electricity; embodying the funky, fun spirit of Bop Skizzum which fans of all ages have become so passionate about. Infusing the songs on THIS album with each BAND member's varied musical backgrounds and influences has resulted in a collection of 10 new songs which SPAN a wide spectrum of genres. "Coloradical" is the ultimate expression of diversity, personifying Bop Skizzum's unique sound. Denver School Of The Arts trained singer Julie Almeria fronts Bop Skizzum as the lead vocalist. Julie's unique voice and incredible energy on stage capture your attention, as she takes the audience on the musical adventure that is Bop Skizzum. The band's newest member, emcee and percussionist Shane "SF1" Franklin (also a DSA graduate) continued his education at Berklee College of Music before heading back to Colorado to pursue his music career. Guitar & back-up vocals are handled mightily by band founder Andy "Rok" Guerrero; formerly of the socio-political hip-hop rock band Flobots. Fellow co-founder and the band's Music Director Serafin Sanchez provides one of the 'brass voices' in Bop Skizzum with both tenor and baritone saxophones; he is a CU Boulder graduate with a Master's Degree in Jazz Music. This inspiring songwriting quartet is grounded by the incredible rhythm section, with groove master Chris Harris on Bass. Rounding out the brass section are the two-man trumpet power-punch of Joe Ferrone and John Lake. Bop Skizzum's music is unlike any other bands on the scene right now. High-energy grooves, an eclectic mix of vocal styles, and a virtuoso horn section make their sound unique, all while keeping the beat ultra-funky! Whatever the need, Skizzum can fill it, from gut-wrenching ballads to the hippest party track. Bop Skizzum represents not only great times on stage or in the recording booth, but a new direction in pop music – a fusion of the hottest sounds played by real, superlative musicians. So put on your Coloradical dancin' shoes and prepare yourself to get Bop'd by the Skizzum!
Members
BOP SKIZZUM IS: Andy "ROK" Guerrero - Vocals, and Guitar Julie Almeria - Lead Vocals Serafin Sanchez - Sax and keyboards Chris Harris - Bass.. Neil Hemphill - Drums Joe Ferrone- Trumpet John Lake - Trumpet
Influences
Bruno Mars, Cee Lo Green, No Doubt, Fitz and the Tantrums, Earth Wind & Fire, Fishbone, Parliment Funkadelic, James Brown, Red hot chilli Peppers, Weezer, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Psychodelic Zombiez, Temptations, Tower of Power, Ben harper, Nikka Costa, Cake, Stevie Wonder, Chicago, Mr. Kotter.
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BAD ASS FUNK BAND! YA HEARD!!!

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BOOKING:

The Vinefield Agency

GENERAL CONTACT:

please email: contact@bopskizzum.com
Call: 303.915.5489

MANAGER:

Krista Koehler @ From The Roots Management
email: contact@BopSkizzum.com
(303)652-1700

BAND CONTACT:

Andy ROK – andyrok@bopskizzum.com

Serafin Sanchez – serafin@bopskizzum.com

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Bio

Looking for a new album that inspires you to get up and get down? The 2010 Bop Skizzum release Push is now available on-line and ready for mass consumption. This short and sweet EP is pumping with ballsy rock adrenaline, singable hooks and danceable beats. It's a tasty cocktail of musical mojo that somehow manages to be both squeaky clean and grimy, laced with an addictive honey-pop sensibility that will cause it to linger in your rotation and make you crave more of what this delicious funk trio is dishing out.

Since it's founding more than ten years ago Bop Skizzum has always taken pleasure in concocting songs that enable you to blow off some steam by getting on the floor and burning it up. Screaming horn lines, block-rocking beats, and lyrics squarely stamped with Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" seal of approval all point to one thing: Bop Skizzum's mission is to make you dance.

Comprised of Andy "ROK" Guerrero, Serafin Sanchez, Erin Jo Harris, and a rotating cast of the best musicians known to science, Bop Skizzum is all about making booty-shaking music in accordance with the founding fathers and mothers of funk. From the sweat-inducing grooves of James Brown and Sly and the Family Stone, the visionary jazz-soaked R&B of Stevie Wonder, the explosive pop of Prince and Michael Jackson, to the modern retro soul of Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings and Janelle Monáe. Bop Skizzum is following in these big footsteps to get your motor running any and every way it knows how.

Bop Skizzum was formed in 2000 by funk-lovers Andy ROK, best known as the founding member and guitarist from the socio-political hip-hop rock group Flobots, and his friend, saxophone wielding sex symbol Serafin Sanchez who graduated from The University of Colorado at Boulder with a master's degree in Jazz music. NYU-trained soul-singing bombshell Erin Jo Harris was invited by ROK and Sanchez to join the duo in late 2009, and the freshly-minted trio started churning out songs like hot cakes. They enlisted the most bad-ass rhythm and brass sections available: tone master Chris Harris on bass and beat savant Tohbias Juniel on drums, along with two-man trumpet power punch Joe Ferrone and John Lake, and all headed deep into the studio to unearth their new signature sound.

Push emerged at the famed Blasting Room Studios in northern Colorado under the supervision of award-winning master engineers Jason Livermore and Andrew Berlin, best known for their work with gold-record-selling rock bands like Rise Against and cult favorite bands like NOFX and Alkaline Trio, to name a few. The final result is a meaty slab of party-starting funk & roll sliced and diced in the tradition of the original founders of funk, served up with a colossal helping of cojones grandes. The five-song Push EP was released to a score of hungry fans in May 2010, garnering good reviews and grabbing the attention of the Denver music scene like never before.

From the roaring guitar and blaring brass of "Prove It To You" to the soaring, soul-crushing vocals of their sole ballad, "What I Wanna Hear", to the heart-thumping bass and bone-breaking beats of the title track, Push is guaranteed to get anyone with an ounce of soul and a pulse shaking their tail feathers and banging their heads.

The new album is now available for download on iTunes, Amazon and all other on-line outlets as well as on www.bopskizzum.com. Be on the lookout for updates on the band including concert appearances along with the band's video segments outlining their mission to save the funk at www.savethefunk.org.