The Pizza Underground
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Chicago 2014
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| Origin | New York City |
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| Years active | 2013–2017 |
| Website | thepizzaunderground |
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The Pizza Underground is an American comedy rock band based in New York City. Mainly parodying songs by the Velvet Underground with pizza-themed song names and lyrics, the group consists of former child actor Macaulay Culkin (kazoo, percussion and vocals) along with Matt Colbourn (guitar, vocals), Phoebe Kreutz (glockenspiel, vocals), Deenah Vollmer (pizza box, vocals) and Austin Kilham (tambourine, vocals). Because of the theme, the band gives out boxed pizzas to people who attend their live performances.
Deenah Vollmer, the group's "pizza box" percussionist, said the idea for the Pizza Underground began as a joke in 2012. "We soon realized you can replace most any word with slice or cheese," she told The Philadelphia Inquirer. Glockenspiel player Phoebe Kreutz stated they believed the Velvet Underground songs were written about pizza, but had to be reworded to accommodate the "standards of their day."
On November 11, 2013, the group recorded a live demo at Macaulay Culkin's house. That same month they performed a Lou Reed tribute show at the Sidewalk Cafe in the East Village. In December, a viral video of Culkin eating a cheese pizza was uploaded to YouTube. He was parodying Andy Warhol consuming a Burger King Whopper in Jørgen Leth's documentary 66 Scenes from America. Culkin was promoting the debut of the Pizza Underground.
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