GUERILLA TOSS

Guerilla Toss biography
Founded in Boston, USA in 2010

The first incarnation of Guerilla Toss formed in 2010 when they were students at New England Conservatory of Music in the Contemporary Improvisation department. Guerilla Toss members consider the band to have truly started, though, when singer Kassie Carlson joined the band in 2012. The lineup then consisted of herself, drummer Peter Negroponte, bassist Simon Hanes, guitarist Arian Shafiee, and keyboardist Ian Kovac. Carlson first met Guerilla Toss when her former hardcore band, Western Syndrome, performed with the group at a house show.

From Guerilla Toss inception, the group?s sound has been labeled as art rock, no wave, noise rock, and punk, namely for their odd time signatures, dissonant instrumentals, and combination of shrieking and melodic vocals. Starting with their 2013 release Gay Disco, Guerilla Toss started to add elements of disco, funk, and dance music into their songs.

In 2012 they released their first album, Jeffrey Johnson, through Feeding Tube Records. They also won The Deli?s ?Best Emerging New England Band of 2012 award. In May 2013, Guerilla Toss released their second album, GTOSS, through Tzadik Records, the record label owned by avant-garde composer John Zorn.

In 2015 the band relocated to New York City from Boston. They have regularly changed styles, line-ups and labels throughout their career

Current Line-Up (as of August 2018)
Peter Negroponte - drums, percussion (2010-present)
Arian Shafiee - guitar (2010-present)
Kassie Carlson - vocals (2012-present)
Sam Lisabeth - keyboards (2015-present)
Stephe Cooper - bass (2018-present)

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