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Squirrel Nut Zippers at Rock & Brews
Courtesy of Bandsintown | Posted on January 5, 2024
Where
Rock & Brews
777 San Manuel Blvd S
Highland, CA
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When
Sat, April 6, 2024
9:00 pm
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Musicians
Squirrel Nut Zippers
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SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS BIO - 2024
The Squirrel Nut Zippers began their musical journey in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in the mid 1990’s, as a musician’s escape from the cookie cutter world of modern rock radio at the time. Jimbo Mathus along with wife Katherine Whalen and drummer Chris Phillips formed the band as a casual musical foray playing for friends and family around town. It wasn’t long before the band (which had grown in size) developed a reputation for pioneering a quirky mix of jazz chords, folk music, and punk rock leanings and attracted a national audience.
After the bands sophomore release Hot became a surprise commercial success, the group went on to sell more than 3 million albums between 1995 and 2003. Outside of the rollicking concerts which were rapidly growing in attendance, NPR was the first significant national media to take notice of the band followed by an appearance on Late Night With Conan O’Brien. With grunge, and alternative rock in full swing back in 1995, the Squirrel Nut Zippers sounded like nothing else happening musically at the time. ...