Big Head Todd & the Monsters

Genre: Rock
Active: '80s, '90s, 2000s
Major Members: Rob Squires, Brian Nevin, Todd Park Mohr

Biography

During the late '80s and early '90s, Big Head Todd & the Monsters (the Colorado-based trio of guitarist/keyboard player Todd Park Mohr, bassist Rob Squires, and drummer Brian Nevin) built their audience through constant touring, playing college towns across the country. With these tours, they built a solid fan base before they had even signed to a major label. Although they have released several records, they haven't been able to completely transfer the live appeal of their laid-back, slightly jazzy, blues-based pop to tape. Nevertheless, each of their records contains many fine moments, and 1993's Sister Sweetly, which went gold and stayed in the charts over a year, showed that they were continuing to improve their songwriting as well as their playing. It was followed by their second major-label album, Strategem, in 1994; Beautiful World appeared in 1997, followed a year later by Live Monsters. Big Head Todd & the Monsters were dropped from Warner after Live Monsters and the band took four years to regroup and release Rivera in 2002. Crimes of Passion followed in 2004 on the Sanctuary label. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Representative Songs:

"Bittersweet," "It's Alright," "Circle"

Representative Albums:

Sister Sweetly, Midnight Radio, Live at the Fillmore

Influences:

Steve Miller, Eric Clapton, Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band

Followers:

Even the Sun, Greenstreet

Performed Songs By:

Todd Park Mohr

Crimes of Passion Buy this CD	Live at the Fillmore Buy this CD	Crimes of Passion [DualDisc] Buy this CD	Riviera Buy this CD	Live Monsters Buy this CD
Beautiful World Buy this CD	Sister Sweetly Buy this CD	Midnight Radio Buy this CD	Another Mayberry Buy this CD