In response to the ongoing, desperate need for quality footwear, and to increase current donation efforts, Crocs, Inc. created The Soles United program. In 2008, Soles United expects to donate over 1,000,000 pairs of shoes to those in need.
To demonstrate their appreciation and support of BHTM, Soles United will donate a pair of shoes for every ticket purchased to a BHTM show in 2008.
BHTM fans can be assured that their presence at a BHTM concert will make a real difference in the life of a child or adult living in poverty.click here to visit www.solesunited.com
BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS are one of those very special bands that defy genres and categories...a rock-n-roll band in the broadest sense – folk, blues, country, rhythm and blues, soul, contemporary, indie, alternative and everything in between. The London Times described the band as "scandalously overlooked" and "as classy as American rock gets."
"Independent" and "alternative" are terms that are often used to describe Big Head Todd and The Monsters’ sound, but there is an undeniable pop/soul polish here, a song based accessibility that elevates BHTM from the mosh-pit. The band’s greatest strengths are their incendiary live performances and the songwriting of TODD PARK MOHR. Todd has consistently plowed new ground writing and helming BHTM’s eight studio and two live releases. He’s a writer in the tradition of Dylan and Springsteen, but with the rock/blues guitar chops of Eric Clapton or Stevie Ray Vaughan. Add to that Mohr’s gritty yet powerful and dynamic voice, and the band’s legendary live shows, and you have a most potent force.
The band’s tight and explosive rhythm section is comprised of drummer BRIAN NEVIN and bassist ROB SQUIRES, who met Mohr at Columbine High School in Colorado and joined forces to develop what would be a lifelong musical partnership. In 2004 Todd, Rob, and Brian brought JEREMY LAWTON on board, and BHTM released their first DVD, "Live at the Fillmore," filmed during two sold out nights at the historic Fillmore in San Francisco.
BHTM have garnered golden opportunities to pay tribute to, as well as to perform with, their heroes. While producing the band's Beautiful World disc, Talking Head Jerry Harrison brought blues legend John Lee Hooker into the studio with the band to record Hooker’s immortal "Boom Boom" shortly before his death. After playing a whirlwind U.S. tour with Zeppelin front man Robert Plant, BHTM were invited to contribute their rendering of "Tangerine" to the gold-selling Encomium, A Tribute To Led Zeppelin. The band's covers of "Within You and Without You" on Songs From the Material World: A Tribute to George Harrison and most recently the moody acoustic version of "Sweet Home Alabama" featured on Under the Influence: A Jam Band Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd are all testament to BHTM’s willingness to reinvent other writers material.
Big Head Todd & the Monsters have always felt a gratitude and connection to their fans. They have deepened this relationship by signing autographs after every show and hosting intimate outings.
In the increasingly uncertain atmosphere of the music business, BHTM continue to innovate not only with their music, but with technology within the changing business model. The band was recently approached by NASA to write a song in support of the Space Shuttle program. The resulting "Blue Sky" single and video, both produced by Todd, were featured at the launch of the Space shuttle Discovery’s Return to space after the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy and continue to reach a significant Internet audience as it is featured on iTunes. Big Head Todd and the Monster’s Podcast, "Big Head Toddcast," will push the band further into the 21st century, as file sharing and free music are all ideas which the band has embraced and helped pioneer. A 2006 recording project with legendary producer Alan Parsons of Beatles and Pink Floyd fame, and their 2007 release From the Archives Vol. I (a compilation disc of unreleased and rare tracks from the band's early days), shows that after all the band has achieved in their unusually long career, they are showing no signs of settling down.
Big Head Todd and the Monsters 8th studio project "All The Love You Need" is now available free of charge compliments of the band and Crocs. Click here to download the new record. Enjoy!