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Big Head Todd And The Monsters
Truth & Salvage Company
Crystal Ballroom | Thursday, July 22

8 p.m. doors, 9 p.m. show |
$24 advance, $27 day of show |
21 and over | Buy Tickets

About Big Head Todd And The Monsters
Big Head Todd and The Monsters' ninth studio album Rocksteady – due July 20 on the group's Big Records imprint, distributed by Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group – finds the veteran Colorado band returning to their DIY roots and forging into surprising musical territory.

Rocksteady is the latest chapter in a rock ‘n' roll career that stretches back nearly 25 years. Founded in 1986 by Mohr, Squires, and Nevin, then University of Colorado students, Big Head Todd and The Monsters became one of the region's most popular acts through constant touring. After issuing two popular independent releases on their Big imprint, the band hooked up with Irving Azoff's Giant Records for the platinum album Sister Sweetly (1993). The Monsters issued four chart albums on Giant and Warner Bros.

Their formidable reputation rests on their stage performances; Big Head Todd and The Monsters Live was recorded on the fabled H.O.R.D.E. tour. Over the years, the group has developed a close relationship with their fans: Their last album, All the Love You Need, was released as a free download, and was snapped up by half a million of The Monsters' followers.

Mohr attributes some of the funk in the Rocksteady sound to the influence of the late Nigerian Afrobeat titan Fela Anikulapo Kuti and his son Femi Kuti, whose work he had been listening to deeply, and to his ongoing fascination with reggae and its intersection with punk rock.

Website: http://www.bigheadtodd.com/