Bop Skizzum Feature in Denver Westword Backbeat
Nov 17If you didn’t know, now you do. We have our new Lead vocalist for Bop Skizzum and her name is Julie Almeria! She is AWESOME, and we can’t wait for you all to hear the great new tunes we’ve been working on for the last couple of months! Thanks to Dave Herrera from Westword for this awesome write up. Check it...
Ford Gimme the Gig Semi-Finals! We Made It!
Nov 16Thanks for all the voting you’ve done so far! It has gotten us to the national Semi-final round! Now we are one step closer to being one of three bands in the country who will be flown out to LA, and get to record a song with Grammy award winning producer Don Was! For those of you who Aren’t familiar with Don, he has produced everyone from Al Green, the Rolling Stones, Stone Temple...
Opening For Fishbone!
Nov 08
We’re very excited that the first gig with our new lead singer, Julie Almeria, will be opening for the ever-awesome and ever-influencial FISHBONE. Come join us on November 17th at Cervantes!!! Tickets available here. _______________________________________________ ABOUT FISHBONE Celebrating 25 groundbreaking years, FISHBONE has been trailblazing their way through the history of...
Bop Skizzum 3.0! Ch-Ch-Changes!
Oct 05
Ch-ch-changes… You may have heard rumors that Erin Jo Harris, our current lead singer, is leaving the band. Yes, the rumors are in fact true, Erin is pursuing some different musical avenues. We are sad to see her go, but are thankful for her contributions to the band, and we wish her the very best of luck! But, Bop Skizzum has been around for a long time and we plan on keeping this ...
Bop Skizzum 12 indie bands to watch in 2012!
Oct 02
Excited to have made this list along with our a ton of other great colorado bands including the Heyday, Epilogues, Petals of Spain, Danielle ate the Sandwich and Nathaniel Ratliff. Check out the...
Sept 3rd Gimme the Gig II Reginal Finals!
Sep 02
We are so excited and honored to have made it to the Regional Finals for Ford’s Gimme the Gig II competition! All your votes helped us get to this round, but now we need you to show up Saturday Sept 3rd! Cheer us on as our performance will be video taped for Grammy award winning producer Don Was who will be choosing one band to head to the finals in LA! There will also be $1000 Guitar...
Opening for Charles Bradley @ the Bluebird Sept 13th!
Aug 26
We are so honored to be playing a show with Daptone recording Artist Charles Bradley! If you haven’t heard much about him, this 62 year old soul singer just got his career started a couple years ago! He is the real deal, having huge show cases at SXSW, performing on the Tonight show with Jay Leno, Letterman etc! You don’t want to miss this guy do his thing. Ticket Link:...
Vote for bop in Gimme the Gig 2011!
Aug 07
This is very exciting! Bop Skizzum has been cleared to compete in Ford’s Gimme the Gig II for 2011! We know there are lots of on-line competitions that we may ask you to vote in from time to time, but this trumps any and all unsigned bands competitions we’ve ever been apart of! In OTHER WORDS – WE REALLY NEED TO WIN THIS THING! It is a super legit competition, were the finalist...
Bop Skizzum to play Bohemian Nights Aug. 14th
Aug 07
We are really excited to be playing the Bohemian Night at New West Fest in Fort Collins this year! This concert is totally free, and there will be hundreds of great local and national bands. Get all the info here: http://www.bohemiannights.org/ We bring the funk Sunday afternoon to the Linden Street stage at 2:45 sharp! This is an all ages show! hope to see you...
Bop at the Bluebird 8/12/2011!
Aug 07
This is our last big Denver Show for a while, so if you missed the awesomeness that was the King and Queen of summer ball, get your fill of the Bop before summers end! I Fight dragons is one of our favorite up and coming bands, and seeing as how they are from Chicago, we want to show them how the 303 throws down! Please come out for this show and stay for I fight Dragons! There will...
We are the Champions of Funk!
Jun 28
And the winner is . . . . drum roll please . . . . . Bop Skizzum for best funk band in Denver 2011!!!!! We just wanted to give a big thank you to everyone who voted for us in the Westword Music Showcase! There were so many great bands in our category and we our honored and humbled to have won! Check out the Article with a list of all the finalist!...
King and Queen of Summer Ball!
Jun 28
What: The 1st Annual “King & Queen Of Summer Ball” presented by… Twist & Shout, Westword, CHANNEL 93.3 and Illegal Pete’s Additional sponsors: Hydrated by vitaminwater, Fashion Denver, 3 little birds salon, Featuring: Bop Skizzum, Churchill, My Body Sings Electric, Faceman & Mr. Right Where: Gothic Theater (3263 So. Broadway, Englewood, Co.) When: Friday, July 15th, 2011...
