BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS “ART SHOULD BE FREE”

FM: TODD BRODGINSKI/BRANDIS DEZON

As BIG HEAD TODD & THE MONSTERS plan their return to the road, the group is announcing that new material is being offered free to fans via Podcast. The platinum-selling trio will release four-song "BigHeadToddcasts" every month, with compilation CDs made available for those wanting the Podcast in the CD format. "I’ve always believed that art should be free," says singer/guitarist TODD PARK MOHR. "That's the way music fans are using the technology by the hundreds of millions, so clearly I’m not alone."

The group has been recording music in MOHR's solar-powered Colorado studio and on their lengthy tour outings. "The old model of two-year album cycles can really be limiting to a band’s creativity. Rather than the long, stagnating cycle of going into the studio, working singles at radio, shooting videos and touring, with the Podcast we can continuously be releasing music. We are able to be more current, more spontaneous in this format, which is what music is all about. Podcasting is allowing us to get much more music to our fans.”

Big Head Todd and the Monsters' original members have stayed together since their beginning in the mid-'80s. They are truly a "band" in every sense of the word, rare in today's world of short-lived collaborations. 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 an enduring musical partnership.

The band launched its own independent label, Big Records, to release their first two albums Another Mayberry (1987) and Midnight Radio (1990), still considered cult classics. These two self-releases and BHTM's constant roadwork soon put the band in the national spotlight. In the process they sold–notable for the pre-Internet days–58,000 copies on their own without any major distribution or help. Their first major label release Sister Sweetly would become a platinum-selling smash, producing several top ten rock radio hits such as "Broken Hearted Savior," "Circle" and the fan favorite "Bittersweet."

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. In a review of BHTM's most recent studio release Crimes of Passion–recorded in TODD's solar-powered studio–The London Times described the band as "scandalously overlooked" and "as classy as American rock gets" (3/26/04).

As for upcoming live shows, BHTM will kick off their 2006 tour January 12 in Colorado, with the trek scheduled to conclude with their second Caribbean fan cruise, where they'll travel on a masted clipper ship to exotic locations and perform impromptu sets for fans. Check out www.bigheadtodd.com.

Confirmed tour dates are as follows:

Date:                           City:                                        Venue:

Thu      1/12                 Boulder, CO                            Boulder Theater

Fri        1/13                Boulder, CO                            Fox Theatre

Sat       1/14                 Park City, UT                           Deer Valley Resort

Mon     1/16                 Omaha, NE                             Sokol Auditorium

Tue      1/17                Kansas City, MO                     Beaumont Club

Wed    1/18                 St. Louis, MO                          Pageant

Fri        1/20                Minneapolis                             1st Avenue

Sat       1/21                Chicago, IL                              Vic Theatre

Sun      1/22                Indianapolis, IN                        Vogue

Tue      1/24                Cleveland, OH                         House Of Blues

Thu      1/26                 Philadelphia, PA                      TLA

Fri        1/27                New York, NY                          Irving Plaza

Sat       1/28                 Carrabassett, ME                    King Pine Room

Sun      1/29                Boston, MA                              Avalon

Tue      1/31                Washington, DC                     9:30 Club

Thu      2/02                 Asheville, NC                          Orange Peel

Fri        2/03                Charleston, SC                       The Music Farm

Sat       2/04                Orlando, FL                             House Of Blues

Mon     2/06                 Baton Rouge, LA                     Varsity Theatre

Tue      2/07                 New Orleans, LA                     House Of Blues

Thu      2/09                Houston, TX                            Meridian

Fri        2/10                Dallas, TX                               Gypsy Ballroom

Sat       2/11                Austin, TX                                La Zona Rosa

Mon     2/13                Santa Fe, NM                          Lensic Theater

Tue      2/14                 Tempe, AZ                              Marquee

Wed    2/15                 San Diego, CA                        4th & B

Fri        2/17                 Los Angeles, CA                     House Of Blues

Sat       2/18                 San Francisco, CA                 The Fillmore

Sun      2/19                 Reno, NV                                 Crystal Bay Club

Tue      2/21                Portland, OR                           Crystal Ballroom

Wed    2/22                Seattle, WA                             Showbox

Fri        2/24                 Jackson Hole, WY                  Mangy Moose

Sat       2/25                 Park City, UT                           Suede

Fri        3/10                 Chattanooga, TN                     Tivoli Theater

Sat       3/11                Atlanta, GA                              Fox Theatre