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The Loyd Family Players
Post punk / Ghettotech / Samba

"Booty shakin' hip hop funk & heavy metal dancehall"

OAKLAND, California
United States

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   The Loyd Family Players: General Info
Member Since10/21/2005
Band Websitetheloydfamilyplayers.com
Band MembersBuy the CD
THE LOYD FAMILY PLAYERS: The Loyd Family Players
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InfluencesSecond line, Rihanna, Lil' John, Camp Lakota, FoGoNaroupa, Rebirth Brass Band, Edinburgh Samba School, Afro Reggae, Quimbanda, MIA, the Bay City Rollers, Curtis Pierre, Olodum, Tom Waits, Gamelan X, . Yeah, it's like that.
Sounds LikeThe Loyd Family Players at Burning Man 2006. Footage shot and edited by nuanmedium (other works can be seen at www.nuanmedium.com OR www.youtube.com/nuanmedium) ..> Loyd Family @ Groove Garden Anniversary 2008 Fairfax CA
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Jul 5 2008 8:00P
Brian & Amy’s Wedding city of love
Aug 22 2008 8:00P
Starry Plough Berkeley

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   About The Loyd Family Players
Born in Chico, raised up at Burning Man, and brought to urban fruition in Oakland, California, the Loyd Family Players take the pulse of traditional Brazilian samba and twist it into a loud, sweaty, sexy muss that's all their very own. The ten-to-twenty-person coed percussion troupe swipes elements from hip-hop, dancehall, punk rock, drum n'bass, summer camp...anything goes. With members hailing from such exotic locales as England, Brazil, Rome, Peru, Antarctica, and Long Island, the Loyds are a foxy, unstoppable (and unstoppably foxy) dance machine. In the last several years the Loyds have earned a reputation as a commanding and jubilant festival band for their massive, moving performances. These shows sweep people into the parade, whether the band is passing through fairgrounds or taking the floor during a set change, making for an inclusive musical experience that keeps the band with the people and the people inside the music.

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The Loyd Family Players has 727 friends.
 MarchFourth Marching Band 


 Circus Contraption 


 OAKLAND SOFT ROCK CHOIR 


 ORIGIN 


 Conspiracy of Beards - Leonard Cohen Choir 


 Birds & Batteries 


 The California Honeydrops 


 oblake 


 Ayrian 


 Chris 


 Sararose 


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Progetto Patas Arriba


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Jul 6 2008 8:28 AM

flyer
Buddha Bobby





Jun 1 2008 8:55 PM

great float
Baby Seal Club





May 23 2008 6:47 PM

Great job last night, people! Wonderful ride.
ShaKin mY GrooVeThaNG





May 22 2008 1:31 PM

Chikoko


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May 6 2008 10:58 AM

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ORIGIN





Apr 28 2008 12:08 AM

Oh my god we missed you guys.
Amazing performers, amazing people.
I just hope last night's dose of Loyd was enough to get us through until your next visit.
Laurie





Apr 27 2008 10:43 AM

Fantastic show last night! I hadn't seen you since Power to the Peaceful -- last night was another reminder why I need to do it more often!
erin





Apr 25 2008 3:10 PM

Hooray!
I can't wait to see you in Chico!
The Clarences





Apr 21 2008 9:40 PM

THE CLARENCES love & support The Loyd Family Players!!!!
Donna Love





Apr 13 2008 3:22 PM

Thanks for the add Loyd Family Players!
Drums make us dance!


Sararose





Apr 11 2008 8:48 AM

loyd flyer
Mégan





Mar 27 2008 8:06 PM

When will you be in Chico? .... or S.F.
??? Me & my kids need to see you again! Shake your boo-te too!
George





Mar 11 2008 5:08 PM

Hope to see you play again soon... When?
The Why Because





Mar 11 2008 12:58 AM

Tonight!!!

Early show (to avoid noise complaints):

pwrfl power (Japan) - (10:30-11:00pm)
THE WHY BECAUSE (9:45-10:15pm)
Capillary Action (Philadelphia), (9:00-9:30pm)
miRthkon (Oakland) - (8:15-8:45pm)

ABCo Artspace 3135 Filbert St., Oakland, CA 94608
Tuesday March, 11 2008. 8pm
$3-6 sliding scale

Hope to see you there!

Michael, Gabe, and Brian / The Why Because
Honk West





Feb 28 2008 5:31 PM

Honk Fest West
Men of Thought





Feb 1 2008 5:41 PM

man, I really wanted to check it out, I will deff hit the next one
Men of Thought





Jan 21 2008 6:25 PM

werd up yo
amber cook





Jan 17 2008 3:06 PM

thanks for becoming my friend...
much love loyds!
The Why Because





Jan 14 2008 11:14 AM

THE WHY BECAUSE, GOODRIDDLER, and VOICES
(The Why Because plays first, then Goodriddler, then Voices)
Wednesday, January 16th @ Epic Arts
1927 Ashby Ave. Berkeley 94705
Doors @ 8pm, show @ 8:30
$5 donation - All Ages

This cool little venue is right by the Ashby BART station.
Feel free to tell some friends...
Hope to see you there!

www.myspace.com/thewhybecause
www.myspace.com/goodriddler
www.myspace.com/voicethisis
www.epicarts.org
ORIGIN





Jan 12 2008 11:50 PM

LOYD!!! WE WILL FOLLOW YOU TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH!!!!
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Charity





Jan 12 2008 1:36 PM

KISSES FROM THE PLAYA
Men of Thought





Jan 2 2008 9:37 PM

words go here saying things about me liking your drum stuff...
Jenny





Dec 30 2007 1:35 AM

thank you so much for playing. you guys rocked!
Rosie





Dec 21 2007 8:36 PM

Merry Christmas Lloyd fam! Happy new year blessings of love and abundance! I gots ta come see ya'll get down at amnesia...mmm, looks like fun. :)
CRIS





Oct 20 2007 6:17 PM


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ORIGIN





Sep 20 2007 1:53 PM

NOOOOOO!!!!!!
We'll be out of town at a Bellydance Festival when you come to Chico next weekend!!!! DAMN IT!!!
We'll miss you all terribly.
Love, ORIGIN
Trash Orchestra





Sep 14 2007 1:12 PM

Night of the Band Fags

Motha fucka! What a rockin fun time we had at the big radical marching band hoohaw in Oakland. Thanks a ton to the Loyd Family Players, Brass Liberation Orchestra, and March Fourth. We danced our asses off, blew our eardrums out, and schmoozed the night away.

We went up there on a Trash Orchestra field trip. We were talking for hours and hours about shit we saw, shit we heard, shit we learned, people we met.

We loved the all-drum bone rattling sound of the Loyd Family. Loved the dynamic and many-flavored rotating band leader action of BLO.

I won't be content until I've slept with each and every one of the members of all those bands.

Rico



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http://www.myspace.com/marchfourthmarchingband
the touched





Sep 12 2007 8:15 PM

arm
Trash Orchestra





Sep 11 2007 12:36 AM


Yo, we love the work you do to fight oppression and this bullshit system of exploitation. When you're working to shut down the war machine, environmental destruction, the world free trade efforts, racist and classist mofos, corporate swine and their media lapdogs, repressive laws, the fascist police state, and capitalism itself -- when you're working to support indigenous rights, the freedom of women and children (and men, for that matter), civil liberties and free speech, poor people and homeless folk -- when you're engaged in anarchist and anti-authoritarian struggles -- we want to help!

Trash Orchestra is a marching percussion band – a bone-shaking recycled orchestra. We make percussion on tuned cans, hubcaps and barrels, drums, pieces of sheet metal, and homemade oddities. We show up invited and uninvited at protests and celebrations, furors and fracases.

Invite us next time there's a need to make a ruckus, to shout out and make a big noise. We're there.

See you Wednesday in the East Bay.

Love,
Santa Cruz Trash Orchestra
CRIS





Aug 22 2007 9:03 AM

CRIS





Aug 14 2007 4:28 PM

WERE NOT THE QUIET TYPE

EE : Environmental Encroachment





Aug 8 2007 11:33 AM

CONGRATS! on some tail-shakin, ass-rompin music! It would be criminal for us not to meet up at the burn.
EE: 3.14 between e and f. LOOK US UP if we don't find you first. We've got some jams planned already, please come and play! C U at HONK FEZT for sure, but lets playa-it-up! Environmental Encroachment Marching Band! www.encroach.net
CRIS





Jul 30 2007 1:04 PM

booty
MarchFourth Marching Band





Jul 25 2007 9:36 PM

hey Players,

just sending some good vibes your way.

i hope we get the chance to jam together again soon!
CRIS





Jul 13 2007 3:10 PM


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ShaKin mY GrooVeThaNG





Jul 12 2007 6:16 PM

CRIS





Jul 10 2007 11:36 AM