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Biography
Use dmy dates|date=October 2011Use Australian English|date=October 2011Infobox musical artist | name = The Bumblebeez| image =| background = group_or_band| occupation = Musician s, songwriter s| origin = Braidwood, New South Wales|Braidwood , Australia | genre = Indie music|Indie | years_active =| label = Bang Gang 12 Inches| website = http://www.thebumblebeez.com| current_members = Christopher Colonna, Pia Colonna The Bumblebeez (previously known as Bumblebeez 81 cite news|url= http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s1068744.htm|title=Bumblebeez 81|publisher= Triple J |date=18 March 2004|accessdate=2008-04-14) is an Australian indie band, formed by Christopher Colonna and his sister Pia Colonna (AKA Queen ViLa). The band's music has been described as a, "cut'n'paste collision of noisy hip-hop and rock."Phares, Heather. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bumblebeez-p575809/biography The Bumblebeez biography Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-08. Their full-length debut album was Prince Umberto & The Sister Of Ill , released in 2007.cite news |url= http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/album/s2007553.htm|title=Review for Prince Umberto and the Sister of Ill|publisher= Triple J |date=17 August 2007|accessdate=2011-06-14
History
The band was formed by Christopher Colonna and his sister, Pia, of Braidwood, New South Wales . The band was unearthed (talent contest)|unearthed by the Australian radio station Triple J in 2002.cite web |url= http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/unearthed/bands/bumblebeez.htm|title=The Bumblebeez - ACT Unearthed winner|publisher= Triple J |accessdate=2008-04-14 Around the same time, they won a competition run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC 's short-lived Fly TV , making them the first to sign to the Fly Records label. http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/5532807/a/White+Printz+EP.htm Bumblebeez 81 - White Printz EP CD CDuniverse.com. Retrieved 2011-09-08. In 2004, The Bumblebeez served as opener for Radiohead in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia|Sydney .
The band released White Printz and Red Printz EP's, before compiling them into one album called The Printz for release in 2004.Phares, Heather. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-printz-r694101/review The Printz review Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-08. The band released their first full-length LP Prince Umberto and the Sister of Ill in September 2007, featuring the singles "Dr. Love" and "Rio". The album was selected as Triple J 's "feature album," and nominated for a J Award on 28 November 2007. The album was mixed by Zdar of the French band Cassius (band)|Cassius .cite web|url= http://www.triplej.net.au/jaward/bumblebeez_umberto.htm|title=The J Award Nominated Albums – Prince Umberto & The Sister Of Ill / Bumblebeez|publisher= Triple J |accessdate=2008-04-14 In May 2011, the EP ''I'm a Cowboi was released.
Their new single "Summer Bum" was premiered by Richard Kingsmill on his '2011' triple j show on Sunday 18 September.
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