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SUMMARY:Big Head Todd & the Monsters
LOCATION:Pabst Theater\, Pabst Theater\, 144 E. Wells Street\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53202\, United States
DESCRIPTION:In this life\, very few friendships withstand the test of time. Naturally\, people\ngo their separate ways and chase their own dreams. As rare as it may be for\nfriendships to last a lifetime\, it might be even rarer for a band to stick\ntogether for the long haul. For close to four decades\, the members of Big Head\nTodd and The Monsters—Todd Park Mohr [vocals\, guitar\, keys\, sax\, harmonica]\,\nBrian Nevin [drums]\, Rob Squires [bass\, vocals]\, and Jeremy Lawton [keyboards\,\nlap pedal/steel guitar\, vocals]—have continued to both throw down in the studio\nand light up stages worldwide. Rallying around a core vision\, the\nplatinum-selling Colorado quartet kick out the kind of blues-drenched rock ‘n’\nroll bangers that make you want to rev the engine a little louder\, sing along\nlike no one’s looking\, and live a little freer.\n\nThis holds true on their 12th full-length offering\, Her Way Out.\n\n“To me\, my band means four people who listen to each other\, work hard\, and share\na goal\,” Todd observes. “The goal has to do with reaching out to people\,\ncatching their ears\, and sharing a story we hope they relate to. Our fans have\ngiven us an incredible 40-year career\, and we hope they’ve gotten great songs\nand performances in return.”\n\nThey’ve most definitely delivered on both fronts…\n\nAs the story goes\, Todd\, Brian\, and Rob unlocked their musical partnership\nduring high school when they started jamming in the early eighties. Fast forward\nto 1986\, they adopted the moniker Big Head Todd and The Monsters. BHTM released\n2 successful independent records on their own BIG Records\, Another Mayberry\n(1989) and Midnight Radio (1990) before drawing the attention of music industry\ntitans and signing with Irving Azoff\, Chuck Morris\, and Frank Barsalona in 1992.\nThey broke nationally with the platinum-certified staple Sister Sweetly (1993)\nwhich yielded four top 10 rock radio hits. They continued to progress with\nStrategem [1994] and Beautiful World [1997] which yielded several more rock\nradio hits including Boom Boom featuring John Lee Hooker. The band is\ncontinually touring and recording and has continued to put out albums that have\nreceived critical acclaim from both fans and press.\n\nAmong other milestones\, their music literally reached the heavens when they\nplayed “Blue Sky” live at NASA Mission Control\, delivering a celestial wakeup\nfor astronauts aboard the International Space Station. They’ve toured and\nrecorded with many rock and blues legends including B.B. King\, Neil Young\, The\nAllman Brothers\, Hubert Sumlin\, David “Honeyboy” Edwards\, Dave Matthews Band\,\nThe Eagles and their personal favorite Robert Plant. Not to mention\, they\nattained hometown hero status by headlining Red Rocks Amphitheatre 35 times in\naddition to earning induction into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2023.\n\nHer Way Out came to life organically. For two years\, they hosted “Monster’s\nMusic Monthly\,” serving up either a new song or a new version of a classic\nonline. Working out of Jeremy’s home studio\, they parlayed this momentum into\ntheir latest LP.\n\n“It had been almost seven years since our last album release\, but we wanted to\nput the same energy of ‘Monster’s Music Monthly’ into a full-length\,” Todd\nnotes. “We have a very distinct personality as a band. I write to the\nsensibilities of each member\, because they’re going to have to dig playing it.\nWe’re a benevolent democracy. If one guy isn’t connecting with a certain song\,\nthat song is out. As an uncomplicated rock band\, we like to do things that are\n‘proper’—loud guitars\, drums\, big bass\, and well-placed organ\, keys\, and lap\nsteel. We road-tested every song on the record before recording a lick. All of\nthat helped us dial in the arrangements\, ditch tunes that didn’t work\, and grow\na strong sense of what our individual parts should be.”
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