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    Artist description
    Aphrodisiac 4 the booty impaired. The sweet sounds of AW YEAH!, the worlds greatest funxploitation band are guaranteed to fry your eggs and keep your ass shakin all year round.
    Music Style
    funxploitation
    Musical Influences
    prince, the time, the pixixes, public enemy
    Similar Artists
    beck, soul coughing, cake
    Artist History
    June, 1996-AW YEAH! founded in Pittsburgh, PA ; May, 1997-AW YEAH! releases EP "Straight Outta Controllsville" ; June, 1997-AW YEAH featured on Fox teen show "Foxscape" ; July, 1997-AW YEAH! plays last show as Pittsburgh band ; July, 1998-AW YEAH! releases CD "not 4 Everyone, Just the Sexy People" and reunites in Pittsburgh ; January, 1999-AW YEAH! reforms in San Francisco ; June, 1999-AW YEAH! releases EP "Come Get Some' ; June, 1999-www.awyeah.com featured on ZDTV ; November, 1999_AW YEAH! featured on Bay TV
    Group Members
    Daddy-OH!-vocals Sinbad2-bass,vocals Bumpus Cornelius 'X'-guitar,vocals Miss KittyKatt-vocals The Vicar-guitar Err Titus-drums,trumpet Bass Gordon, The Crumpler-trumpet The 6 Million Dollar Jam-saxophone Skip the $50 dollar sound-guitar,vocals (east coast)
    Albums
    "Not 4 Everyone, Just the Sexy People"
    Press Reviews
    "the worlds greatest funk band."-Scott Herriot-Internet Tonight "AW YEAH is a combination of P-Funk and the Village People with Beck on an acid trip on vocals." Linda Bittner Pittsburgh City Paper ". . .the perfect thing to keep the festivities going throughout the weekend."-Mike Shanley-InPittsburgh Newsweekly "This is a fun party band. They get more fun the more beer you drink." -Laura Rhode Music Online "Strap yourself in for the wild booty-ride. . ." - Sean Whelan Pittsburgh City Paper "Booty needs shakin across the nation and AW YEAH is just the band to do it."- Greg Hoy Pittsburgh City Paper "Who says a bunch of honkies can't play funk? Better not suggest anything of the sort to Aw Yeah..."John Moore CNNfn (off duty) find more at http://www.awyeah.com/pages/ayreview.html
    Additional Info
    "Straight Outta Controllsville"-EP "Come Get Some"-EP
    Location
    san francisco, CA - USA

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