Free Radicals (band)
American band from Houston From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American band from Houston From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Free Radicals is an American band from Houston, Texas, that combines elements of several genres: jazz, funk, ska, reggae, hip-hop, African, and Indian music.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, funk, ska, reggae, klezmer, hip hop, world[1] |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Members | Pete Sullivan Nick Cooper Al Bear Marcos Melchor Chuy Terrazas Jacob Breier Chelsea Rangel Jonathan Grantham Jason Jackson Luis Bob Selcoe Kye Loh Tristan Eggener [2] |
| Website | www |
The Free Radicals live band includes six or seven members.[3] On recordings — The Rising Tide Sinks All (1998), Our Lady of Eternal Sunny Delights (2000), Aerial Bombardment (2004), and The Freedom Fence (2012)[4] — Free Radicals invites a group of 50 or more musicians and vocalists into the studio.
Drummer Nick Cooper founded the group in 1996, with a goal of specializing in improvised music.[3] In 2000, The New Yorker wrote, "The horn-heavy, continually evolving collective Free Radicals produces a wildly eclectic fusion that has as many influences as there are items in the Houston, Texas, pawnshop in which they honed their sound during all-night jam sessions."[5] In 2010, Dawn wrote that the artwork and message about underwater oil-leaks, oil-wars, and bank-crashes on the band's first CD was like a "premonition waiting to become true."[6] Free Radicals frequent collaborators and guest musicians include Al Pagliuso, Dan Cooper, Harry Sheppard, Gloria Edwards, Nelson Mills III, Subhendu Chakraborty, and Karina Nistal.
The Free Radicals perform many concerts,[7] marches, and fundraisers for anti-authoritarian and radical groups like food not bombs, peace festivals, and charity events including a continuous 24-hour concert in November 1999 to raise money for Kid Care, a health program for children.[8] They have protested against Halliburton, and participated in marches for immigrant rights and for a Houston janitor's union.[8]
Free Radicals has won the following 21 awards in Houston
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