More Info on Critters BugginSimilar Undetermined MusicSearch Artistopia
Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Critters Buggin| image = Critters_Buggin_New_Years_2008.jpg| caption = Critters Buggin New Years Eve 2008 at the Capitol Theater (Olympia)|Capitol Theatre in Olympia, Washington .| image_size = | background = group_or_band| origin = Seattle , Washington (U.S. state)|Washington , United States of America|USA | genre = Rock music|rock , jazz , funk , Punk rock|punk , Ambient music|ambient , Electronic music|electronic | years_active = 1993–present| label = Ropeadope Records | associated_acts =| website = http://www.crittersbuggin.com Crittersbuggin.com| current_members = Matt Chamberlain Skerik Brad Houser Mike Dillon (musician)|Mike Dillon | past_members = John BushCritters Buggin is a Seattle, Washington -based instrumental group which performs in a jazz, rock and African-influenced, eclectic style. The band is composed of Matt Chamberlain (drums, percussion, piano, programming, synths, loops, samples and digital editing), Skerik (saxophones, keyboards, loops, samples, effects and guitar), Brad Houser (bass, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet and electronics) and Mike Dillon (musician)|Mike Dillon (vibraphone and percussion).
Music
Critters Buggin defies categorization because of their diverse musical styles.Steve HueyAllmusic|class=album|id=r441281|pure_url=yes Ameoba allmusic.com Reviews tend to describe their music as a combination of jazz, rock, funk and electronica.Hal HorowitzAllmusic|class=album|id=r704771|pure_url=yes Stampede : Review allmusic.com Tom Schulte Allmusic|class=album|id=r368401|pure_url=yes Bumpa : Review allmusic.com Dean Carlson Allmusic|class=album|id=r208372|pure_url=yes Guest : Review allmusic.com When asked to describe their music in 1994 Chamberlain stated that it is "jazzy, funky, rocky.... it has African rhythms, too." Houser stated it is "African, Industrial music|industrial , tribal music." http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display? slug=1891931& date=19940128 Critters Buggin' Ignites Sweat-And-Groove Sound Vanessa Ho, The Seattle Times , January 28, 1994, Retrieved November 29, 2007
While also reviewed in terms such as unique and adventurous,John Kelman http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php? id=14744 Stampede All About Jazz , September 12, 2004, Retrieved November 29, 2007 a recent 2008 review in The Seattle Times described them with such diverse terms as unorthodox, unhinged, tribal, unpredictable, mesmerizing, loud, abrasive, dissonant and ultimately satisfying. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008031771_critters04.html Critters Buggin: Keeping it unorthodox with a monster jam session Jonathan Zwickel The Seattle Times , July 3, 2008, retrieved August 5, 2008
History
The group began with Matt Chamberlain and Skerik who were later joined by Brad Houser , thus forming a trio in early 1993. 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 . 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 then new label Loosegroove. The original Critters Buggin trio continued with several guest musicians, including Mike Dillon (musician)|Mike Dillon . Chamberlain and Dillon had both played in the locally popular Dallas, Texas band Ten Hands (band)|Ten Hands in the 1980s. All except Skerik were part of the Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas scene through the early 1990s. By 1998 Dillon had joined Critters Buggin as a fourth member, Bumpa (album)|Bumpa , CD liner notes thus forming the current line-up as of a July 2008 tour.
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 Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw|The Palace of Culture and Science of Warsaw , Poland .
Critters Buggin Trio (2006)
In 2006 Skerik, Dillon and Houser toured as Critters Buggin Trio.Adam Brown http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20070707201207/ http://www.whatsup-magazine.com/index.php? navarea=Archives& storyid=400 6th Annual Flowmotion Summer Meltdown August 11-12 Darrington whatsup-magazine.com , September 2006 IssueAlex Anderssen http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20081006185357/ http://www.relix.com/Features/Show_Reviews/No_Degrees_of_Separation_200610191883.html No Degrees of Separation relix.com 19 October 2006 In the 2007 the trio toured as The Dead Kenny G's and were reviewed as uniquely "combining jazz, rock, punk, funk and world music." http://www.jambase.com/Articles/11776/The-Dead-Kenny-Gs-10.05-LA The Dead Kenny Gs | 10.05 | LA jambase.com , 11/28/07 In October 2009 they released a debut CD Bewildered Herd .Tom D'Antoni http://oregonmusicnews.com/blog/2009/10/20/dead-kenny-gs-at-the-goodfoot-with-david-ornette-cherry/ Dead Kenny G’s at the Goodfoot with David Ornette Cherry oregonmusicnews.com , October 20, 2009Damian Erskine http://www.bass-musician-magazine.com/General/bass-cd-reviews-detail.asp? article-id=328437814 Dead Kenny G's (Brad Houser - bs) | "Bewildered Herd" Bass Musician Magazine , 12/01/2009 The trio toured with Primus (band)|Primus in 2010Trent Moorman http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/up-and-coming/Content? oid=5859783 Up & Coming This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger , December 14, 2010Richard Haick http://www.sfweekly.com/slideshow/les-claypool-and-primus-new-years-eve-bash-32233382/ Les Claypool and Primus New Year's Eve Bash SF Weekly and released the CD Operation Long Leash in 2011. http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/56898/the-dead-kenny-gs-return-with-operation-long-leash.html The Dead Kenny Gs Return With Operation Long Leash glidemagazine.com , February 21, 2011Steve Greenlee http://jazztimes.com/articles/28079-operation-long-leash-the-dead-kenny-gs Operation Long Leash JazzTimes , 08/11/11
