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Critters Buggin

Background information
Origin Seattle, Washington, USA
Years active 1993 - present
Label(s) Ropeadope
Website Crittersbuggin.com
Members
Matt Chamberlain
Skerik
Brad Houser
Mike Dillon
Former members
John Bush

Critters Buggin is a Seattle-based instrumental group which performs in a jazz and funk-influenced, eclectic style. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Ropeadope was founded as a Record label in 1999 by Andrew Blackman Hurwitz. Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17 1967 in San Pedro, California) is a well-known American session Drummer. Skerik (born Eric Walton) is an American Saxophonist from Seattle Washington. Brad Houser (born September 7, 1960) is an American bass guitar baritone saxophone and bass clarinet player originally from Dallas Texas Mike Dillon (aka Mike D is a percussionist vibraphonist vocalist and songwriter born in San Antonio, Texas. An instrumental is a Musical composition or recording without Lyrics or any other sort of Vocal music; all of the Music is produced by

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Brief History

The group began with Matt Chamberlain and Skerik who were later joined by Brad Houser, thus forming a trio in early 1993. Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17 1967 in San Pedro, California) is a well-known American session Drummer. Skerik (born Eric Walton) is an American Saxophonist from Seattle Washington. Brad Houser (born September 7, 1960) is an American bass guitar baritone saxophone and bass clarinet player originally from Dallas Texas John Bush joined soon afterward, and the group gave their first live performance using the "Critters Buggin" name in May 1993 at the Seattle club The Colourbox. Chamberlain, Houser and Bush were all from the then-disbanded Edie Brickell & New Bohemians. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians is a rock band that originated in Texas in the mid-1980s Skerik came from another Seattle group, Sadhappy. Their live success was followed by the release of their first album which was produced by Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam on his new label Loosegroove. Stone Carpenter Gossard (born July 20 1966 in Seattle, Washington) is an American Guitarist and Songwriter. Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990 The original Critters Buggin trio continued with several guest musicians, including Mike Dillon. Mike Dillon (aka Mike D is a percussionist vibraphonist vocalist and songwriter born in San Antonio, Texas. Chamberlain and Dillon had both played in the locally popular Dallas, Texas band Ten Hands in the 1980s. Ten Hands was a rock band based in Dallas Texas and was active between 1986-1995 By 1998 Dillon had joined Critters Buggin as a fourth member, thus forming the current line-up as of the 2004 release of Stampede.

In 2007 Critters Buggin released the DVD, Get the Clackervalve and the Old Clobberd Biscuits Out and Smack the Grand Ham Clapper's Mother. It is a live set filmed and recorded during the Warsaw Summer Jazz Days 1999 performed in The Palace of Culture and Science of Warsaw, Poland. The Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac Kultury i Nauki also abbreviated PKiN) in Warsaw is the tallest building in Poland, the seventh tallest Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland

Description

Critters Buggin often defies categorization because of their many musical influences and interests. Reviews tend to describe their music as a combination of electronic, ambient, jazz and "groove. " When asked to describe their music in 1994, Chamberlain stated that it is "jazzy, funky, rocky. . . . it has African rhythms, too. (It is) African, industrial, tribal music. "[1]

Reviewed also in terms such as unique, adventurous,[2] innovative and creative it has been noted that because they play with a diversity of other artists rather than "simply go through the motions" they "take full advantage of the rare occasions they have to play with one another. "[3]

Members

Discography

Additional Musicians

Guest (1994)

Host (1996)

Monkeypot Merganzer (1997)

Ameoba (1998)

Stampede (2004)

References

  1. ^ Critters Buggin' Ignites Sweat-And-Groove Sound Vanessa Ho, The Seattle Times, January 28, 1994, Retrieved November 29, 2007
  2. ^ Stampede, John Kelman, AllAboutJazz, September 12, 2004, Retrieved November 29, 2007
  3. ^ Critters Buggin @ Neumo's (12/16/06) Zack Furness, Bad Subjects, December 2006, Retrieved November 29, 2007

External links

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