Willowz
| The Willowz | |
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| Origin | Anaheim, California, United States |
| Genres | Garage rock |
| Years active | 2002–Present |
| Labels | Wanker Records, Posh Boy Records, Artmonkey Records, Dionysus Records, Sympathy for the Record Industry, Acid Bird Records, LeGrand Bag Records, Dim Mak Records |
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| Website | http://www.thewillowz.com/ |
| Members |
Richie James Follin Aric Bohn Jessica Reynoza Loren (Ted) Humphrey Alex Nowicki |
The Willowz are a garage rock band based in Anaheim, California, formed 2002. The band's sound incorporates influences from punk, soul, and blues from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The band has released several albums on the label Sympathy for the Record Industry and has done a split single with the band Scarling. Their two latest albums Chautauqua and Everyone produced by Paul Kostabi and Stuart Sikes were released on Dim Mak Records.
The Willowz received national exposure (in the United States) as a finalist in December 2005 Yahoo.com's Who's Next. They lost to BarlowGirl.
The band collaborated with director Michel Gondry on their music video "I Wonder" and in turn produced two songs on the movie soundtrack for Gondry's film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Two of their songs, "Making Certain" and "Ulcer Soul" were used in the 2006 film The Science of Sleep. In 2007 Michel Gondry's son Paul directed the music video for "Take A Look Around" collaborating with artists Valerie Pirson, Will Robertson, Owen Levelle, Shoko Komori, Ivan Abel, Christi Bertelsen, Yota Bertrang and Paul Barman.
The song called "Cons & Tricks" also appeared on the MTV show "Jersey Shore", episode 7 (Ron and Sam).
The song called "Repetition" appeared in a Mountain Dew commercial in 2014.
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