Mucca Pazza
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| Mucca Pazza | |
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| Origin |  Chicago, Illinois |
| Genre(s) | Circus Punk Marching Band |
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| Freaks: Shaye Cohn (accordion), Greg Hirte (violin), Gary Kalar (mandolin), Ronnie Kuller (accordion), Jeff Thomas (guitar)
Woodwinds: Nick Dempsey, Eve Monzingo, Dave Smith, Noah Tabakin Trumpets: Justin Amolsch, Loto Ball, Ben Cole, Sam Johnson Bones: Nick Broste, Tom Howe, Elanor Leskiw, Dave Ramey, Dan Stark Sousaphone, etc.: Mark Messing Percussion "K12": Larry Beers, Paul Brannon, Andy Deitrich, Tony DiMartino, Rick Kubes, George Lawler, Ronnie Malley, Jon Steinmeier Cheerleaders: Sharon Lanza, Lori Myers, Meghan Strell
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Mucca Pazza is a 30 piece self-described "circus punk marching band" based out of Chicago. Conceived by composer Mark Messing, the band, whose name comes from the Italian for "crazy cow," has been performing in and around the Chicago area, in bars, parks, parades and theaters for over three years. Well known throughout the freakier side of the Chicago music, art and theater scenes, most Chicago artists have less than 6 degrees of separation from this 30 piece group. Some fans refer to them as "nerdcore". The tunes range from Balkan-brass romps, booty shakers, noisy punk, to covers of 60s television show themes. They have performed at many well known venues including Manhattan's Highline Ballroom, Brooklyn's McCarren Park Pool, Chicago's Empty Bottle, True/False Film Festival, Looptopia, Boston's TTs The Bear's, Lollapalooza and were featured on the Conan O'Brien show in 2006. Their debut album titled A Little Marching Band was released in 2006 and is distributed by Southern Records. A second album is currently in production.
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