Too Many Zooz is an American music group based in New York City, New York, consisting of Leo Pellegrino (baritone saxophone), Matt "Doe" Muirhead [1](trumpet) and David "King of Sludge" Parks (drums).

Contents 1 Formation and viral fame 2 Stage and studio 3 Discography 4 References 5 External links Formation and viral fame

Pellegrino and Muirhead met at the Manhattan School of Music where they were attending. Pellegrino and Parks had played together in Drumadics, a local busking band.[2] Teaming up in mid-2013, the trio started busking together that August at various stations in the New York City Subway in their self-defined genre – brass house.[2]

They gained fame when a video of one of their subway performances, recorded by a passer-by at the Union Square station, went viral on YouTube in March 2014.[2] They are known as well for Pellegrino's characteristic dance moves while playing.

Stage and studio

By January 2015, the band was booked on a tour at theatres and small clubs across the United States.[3] They continue to perform on road trips,[4] and played backup for Beyoncé for her televised CMA Awards performance on Nov. 2, 2016 in Nashville, Tenn.[5]

Too Many Zooz recorded an EP, F NOTE, in January 2014, which they sold at their busking performances. The band has recorded three more EPs, followed by their first full-length studio album, Subway Gawdz, on June 27, 2016, receiving mixed to positive reviews.[6][7]

Kaskade's July 2016 single "Jorts FTW" features Too Many Zooz.[8]

"Warriors", from Too Many Zooz "Subway Gawdz" album, was featured in Google's commercial for their Pixel 2 smart phone in October 2017.[9] "Warriors" was also featured in the Flag Parade of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Grand Final.[10] "Brnx Bmbr" is featured in a KFC commercial for theu the Triple Grab N Go.[11] "Get Busy", is also featured in the beginning credits of the Netflix original movie, "The Package".

Discography F NOTE (EP) (19 January 2014) Fanimals (EP) (6 September 2014)[12] Brasshouse Volume 1: Survival of the Flyest (EP) (21 November 2014) The Internet (EP) (1 May 2015) Subway Gawdz (LP) (27 June 2016) References ^ http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/ex-foxboro-high-jazz-band-member-finds-his-niche-in/article_9382be34-5c8a-526f-b182-82c5343bb997.html ^ a b c Putnam, Lindsay (2014-04-14). "The hottest thing in NYC music is these subway buskers". New York Post. Retrieved 2017-01-06.  ^ Devlin, Mike (2015-01-21). "Too Many Zooz swap subway for the stage". Times Colonist. Retrieved 2017-10-25.  ^ Music News Desk Staff (2016-06-23). "Too Many Zooz Heads to the Fox Theatre This August". Broadway World. Retrieved 2017-10-26.  ^ "Brass House Trio Too Many Zooz on Backing Up Beyonce & Dixie Chicks for CMA Awards Showstopper". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-01-04.  ^ "Too Many Zooz - Subway Gawdz". Album of The Year. Retrieved 2017-01-04.  ^ Subway Gawdz by Too Many Zooz, retrieved 2017-01-04  ^ Bein, Kat (2016-07-14). "Kaskade Gets Tribal With Too Many Zooz on 'Jorts FTW'". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-01-06.  ^ "Google Pixel 2 – Questioning?".  ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2R3R4pZJqg ^ Too Many Zooz (2018-06-02), KFC x Too Many Zooz Commercial, retrieved 2018-06-02  ^ "Album Review: Too Many Zoos, Fanimals EP - BandWagon Magazine". BandWagon Magazine. 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2017-01-04.  External links Official website Site on Bandcamp Authority control MusicBrainz: e44ef539-1ec9-4cb2-bee7-852e84618308