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The Sound of Urchin
Sound of Urchin first came about in the 2000s in Brooklyn, NY and New Hope, PA , when drummer Tomato (aka Chris Harfenist) decided to make an album ("All That And A Brandy Alexander") with friend Barbie Smooth (aka Mike Huetz) on Steven Records, a Brooklyn, NY independent record label started by Harfenist. When he began to develop a fan base, through the underground success of songs such as "Green Green Gold" and "Space Station on the 4,5 & 6", he added bassist Doo Doo Brown (aka Chris Huetz), guitarist B.lll (aka Bill Fowler), and guitarist Scotty Choc (aka Scott Heydt) to the lineup - Heydt was later replaced by guitarist Seahag (aka Robert Mangano), who was from the Ike Willis fronted Frank Zappa alum band Project Object. The Urchin, or SOU, as they are called, developed a form of comedy rock that endeared them to like-minded musicians, leading to work with Dean Ween from the band Ween and Tenacious D, among others.
Below is a discography of their major label and independent recordings and achievements up through 2007. They are currently in the studio recording their third full length album.

• "If there's one thing on this earth that I fear, it is The Sound of Urchin", Jack Black

• "Sound of Urchin are the 2nd greatest band in rock today",Dean Ween

URCHIN CD RELEASES:
- FULL LENGTH RELEASES: • The Diamond (2005 - Hybrid Recordings) - Produced by Adam Schlesinger (founding member of Fountains of Wayne, Ivy), engineered by Chris Shaw (Ween, Weezer, Public Enemy). Features guitar cameos by James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) and Jay Jay French (Twisted Sister).
• You Are The Best (2002 - RCA Records) - Produced by Keith Cleversley (The Flaming Lips, Hum), as well as a song produced by Dean Ween and Chris Shaw

- E.P. RELEASES:
• Live In Toronto E.P. (2002 - RCA Records) - Live RCA promo sent to college radio stations
• The Jack & Diane E.P. (2001 - RCA Records) - Produced by Keith Cleversley (The Flaming Lips, Hum)
• The Orange E.P. (2000 - RCA Records) - Produced by Dean Ween & Chris Shaw
• All That And A Brandy Alexander E.P. (1998 - Steven Records) - Produced by Barbie Smooth

URCHIN TV HIGHLIGHTS:
• The CBS Television Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson - (6/05), performed "There Are People In The Clouds"
• MTV2’s "120 Minutes" - "Scary Skull Eyes" video aired
• National 2000 Rolling Rock TV & print ad Campaign - "Un-Bottle It" directed by Todd Phillips (Starsky & Hutch, Old School, Road Trip, GG Allin's Hated)
• Fox Television Network - Songs featured in Fox television show "Point Pleasant"
• 2002 Bonnaroo Festival DVD - Infamous "hippies suck" interview with Tomato
• TBS Network - “Mr. Hanalei” video on National Lampoon Network’s AV Squad
• TBS Network - Live in-studio performance on National Lampoon Network’s AV Squad
• FOX Network - “Rock n’ Roll Jubilee” featured on Fox’s “This Week In Baseball”
• ESPN Network - “Rock n’ Roll Jubilee” featured on ESPN’s “NHL Cool Shots”

URCHIN NATIONAL/CANADA TOUR HIGHLIGHTS (before urchin started headlining its own tours):
• Tenacious D, Ween, Mike Watt, The Scorpions/Deep Purple/Dio, Cracker, The Ziggens, North Mississippi Allstars, Slightly Stoopid, Fishbone, Cobra Verde, SR-71, The Urge, Trik Turner, Public Enemy, Local H, Vernon Reid, Lit, Slash’s Snakepit, Twisted Sister, 2 Skinnee J’s, Everclear, Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise, Project Object (Zappa Alumns), Dick Dale

URCHIN FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS:
ESPN X-Games, Fox Gravity Games, The Berkfest, SXSW, CMJ Music Festival, Boston Nemo Festival, [[Philadelphia Music Conference ]]

URCHIN IN FILMS:
• “Scary Skull Eyes” and “The Alligator” featured in Lions Gate Film “Giving It Up” • “The Millipede” featured in director Tamra Davis’ (Beastie Boys, Half-Baked, Billy Madison) extreme sports film “Keep Your Eyes Open”

URCHIN IS ENDORSED BY:
Epiphone Guitars, Floyd Rose Guitars, DR Strings, Mapex Drums, Vic Firth Sticks, Sabian Cymbals

MANAGEMENT: Jay Jay French (founding member of Twisted Sister, manager) and Sean Sullivan for Rebellion Entertainment.
BOOKING: Troy Richardson and Erik Jarvis for Tone Deaf Touring

PRESS: KillCityPR
Jason "Ginchy" Kottwitz, Publicist

URCHIN SIDE BANDS:
• The Moistboyz - Tomato and B-Ill play in Dean Ween's side project Moistboyz
• Project Object - Seahag plays in "Project Object", Ike Willis' Frank Zappa alumn band
• Crescent Moon - Tomato plays in "Crescent Moon", with Ween's Dave Dreiwitz
• False Front - B-Ill plays in Kramer's Shimmy Disc Records band "False Front" along with Dickie Moist from Moistboyz
• Wrong - Seahag plays in "Wrong"