Austin's Invincible Czars have made their mark by creating exceptionally original music: songs and instrumental pieces that are like four-to-five minute "mini-symphonies" chock full of memorable melodies, meticulous arrangements, dynamics, and humor. Their music fuses all kinds of styles including riff rock, classical music,  loungey grooves, spacey klezmer, country shuffles, and circusy polka. They draw from influences as disparate as Igor Stravinsky, Van Halen, Louis Armstrong, The Melvins and Ween. The band applies the DIY attitude of post-punk groups like NoMeansNo and Fugazi to their musical explorations.  The Invincible Czars strive to do more than the standard rock band playing in night clubs.  In the past few years, they have known and lauded for their arrangements of classical works such as Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite which has become a holiday tradition.  They have ventured into the realm of dance and short film.  They have also created new scores for silent movies and performed them live.    In the eight years of existence, the band has performed at private events, nightclubs, parks, theaters, community centers, television stations and radio studios from San Francisco to New Orleans.       BOOKING Birdman Booking Josh Robins 512-656-0357 jjsnibor @ gmail.com ONLINE PUBLICITY Ariel Publicity & Cyber PR® contact@arielpublicity.com PUBLICITY Wyattbrand David Wyatt 107 Leland St. #4 Austin TX 78704 512-904-9928 david@wyattbrand.com BAND invincibleczars @ gmail.com

Josh Josh Robins is the founding member of the Invincible Czars. He is also a regular contributing composer to the Golden Hornet Project and sits on the organization's board of directors. Josh has written or arranged most of the material the Invincible Czars perform.  He's also playing with Sweetmeat.  His favorite band in Austin is Opposite Day. His cat Bruno is named for the NoMeansNo song "Oh No! Bruno!".  Josh is currently working on a theater piece with Gary Chason based on the Coleridge poem "Christabel" and co-arranging the Czar's next big classical interpretation - "Pictures at an Exhibition" performed by an 11-piece combination of the Invincible Czars and Bee vs. Moth.  He recently posed on request for a photo with the Wolverine at the House of Torment in Austin. Bassist Snoopy Carrigan has performed intermittently with the Invincible Czars since 2009, and finally joined the group as a permanent member in late 2010.  Snoopy brings to the stage fifteen years of performance experience across a dozen genres   Snoopy         Violinist Phil Davidson has been with the Czars since their first Nutcracker Suite, and joined the band full-time in spring 2007. He teaches violin and viola for a living and plays with Chanterelle Duo, the Old Holdouts, Mostly Dead, and Muppletone. Visit his site for more information. Woodwind player Leila Henley has been Czarina (AKA Queen of Czars) since August 2007. She is available for all your saxophoning needs in Saxophonic, a quartet also featuring local favorites Alex Coke, Paul Klemperer and Thomas van der Brook. She also occasionally performs Daniel Johnston covers with the Unprofitable Servants and gypsy/klezmer madness with the Minor Mishap Marching Band.               Dave Dave Irish is the Percussion Czar and officially joined the band in the summer of 2010. Dave hails from chilly northern Michigan and brings 25 plus years of experience to the drum throne.  He has performed on several recordings and occasionally fills in live for various acts in Austin.  Dave loves hitting things with sticks very hard!  Keyboardist Bill Petersen originally hails from sunny California. Bill wrote most of the Invincible Czars' score to Aelita in 2006 and spearheaded the writing of the score to Destiny in 2008. He has two cats named Lamar and Momo.  In March 2009, Bill suffered a massive heart attack and but has made a rather surprising recovery.    Bill

B a n d    H i g h l i g h t s

Mar, 2011   Luminaria - San Antonio (silent film - The Unknown) Dec, 2010 Univeristy of Houston - School of Art Student Exhibition Dec, 2010   San Antonio Main Plaza Tree Lighting Nov, 2010   Gaylord Texan Resort - Grapevine, TX Nov, 2010   Old Town Spring Home for the Holidays Oct, 2010   Texas Book Festival Sep, 2010 Fort Worth Museum (silent film - The Unknown) Jun, 2010   Pflugerville Music in the Park Jun, 2010   OKMozart! 2010 - Bartlesville, OK Jun, 2010   Disovery Green (silent film - The Unknown) Apr, 2010   Austin Family Music Festival Mar 18, 2010   Live Soundtrack for “The Unknown” at SxSW Film 2010 Feb 28, 2010   Sold out “The Unknown” @ Alamo Drafthouse Ritz Dec 2009   Nutcracker performances at Discovery Green Ice Rink opening, Austin Holiday Stroll, Wortham Center Tree Lighting and the Central Texas Medical Center Jul 4, 2009   “1812 Overture” Fourth of July  at Austin’ Wooldridge Park Jun 12, 2009   “1812 Overture” with fireworks opening night at OKMozart! 2009 classical music festival May 2009   primary support in Texas for Sleepytime Gorilla Museum April 2009   "Fortissimo” CD release March 2009   Live Soundtrack for “Destiny” @ Discovery Green for KUHF FM’s silent film series Nov 27, 2007   first appearance the Wortham Tree Lighting Ceremony with Houston Ballet and KUHF October 31, 2007   Re-imagined metal album “Number of the Beast” debut by Iron Maiden October, 2007   Southwestern tour April 2007   Southwestern tour as primary support for Estradasphere July 23, 2006   First silent film soundtrack performance for “Aelita, Queen of Mars” at the Alamo Drafthouse (original location) Dec 10, 2005   Dance-Along Nutcracker with the Wicked Cricket Dance Theater at the Austin Boys and Girls Club Oct 2005   Debut “A Night on Bald Mountain” in Houston, Austin and Ft. Worth. July 2005   “Gods of Convenience” CD release plus Midwestern tour Dec 12, 2004   The Nutcracker Suite debut - sold out, Church of the Friendly Ghost July 2004   First southwestern tour

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