BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:48a2a7fe-8df0-42dc-9a6a-0066d7d10cc6@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261012T002329Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T210000 SUMMARY:Big Head Todd & the Monsters DESCRIPTION:In this life\, very few friendships withstand the test of tim e. Naturally\, people go their separate ways and chase their own dreams. As rare as it may be for friendships to last a lifetime\, it might be e ven rarer for a band to stick together for the long haul. For close to f our decades\, the members of Big Head Todd and The Monsters—Todd Park Mo hr [vocals\, guitar\, keys\, sax\, harmonica]\, Brian Nevin [drums]\, Ro b Squires [bass\, vocals]\, and Jeremy Lawton [keyboards\, lap pedal/ste el guitar\, vocals]—have continued to both throw down in the studio and light up stages worldwide. Rallying around a core vision\, the platinum- selling Colorado quartet kick out the kind of blues-drenched rock ‘n’ ro ll bangers that make you want to rev the engine a little louder\, sing a long like no one’s looking\, and live a little freer. This holds true on their 12 th full-length offering\, Her Way Out. “To me\, my band means four people who listen to each other\, work hard\, and share a goal\,” T odd observes. “The goal has to do with reaching out to people\, catching their ears\, and sharing a story we hope they relate to. Our fans have given us an incredible 40-year career\, and we hope they’ve gotten great songs and performances in return.” They’ve most definitely delivered on both fronts… As the story goes\, Todd\, Brian\, and Rob unlocked their musical partnership during high school when they started jamming in the early eighties. Fast forward to 1986\, they adopted the moniker Big Head Todd and The Monsters. BHTM released 2 successful independent records o n their own BIG Records\, Another Mayberry (1989) and Midnight Radio (19 90) before drawing the attention of music industry titans and signing wi th Irving Azoff\, Chuck Morris\, and Frank Barsalona in 1992. They broke nationally with the platinum-certified staple Sister Sweetly (1993) whi ch yielded four top 10 rock radio hits. They continued to progress with Strategem [1994] and Beautiful World [1997] which yielded several more r ock radio hits including Boom Boom featuring John Lee Hooker. The band i s continually touring and recording and has continued to put out albums that have received critical acclaim from both fans and press. Among othe r milestones\, their music literally reached the heavens when they playe d “Blue Sky” live at NASA Mission Control\, delivering a celestial wakeu p for astronauts aboard the International Space Station. They’ve toured and recorded with many rock and blues legends including B.B. King\, Neil Young\, The Allman Brothers\, Hubert Sumlin\, David “Honeyboy” Edwards\ , Dave Matthews Band\, The Eagles and their personal favorite Robert Pla nt. Not to mention\, they attained hometown hero status by headlining Re d Rocks Amphitheatre 35 times in addition to earning induction into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2023. Her Way Out came to life organicall y. For two years\, they hosted “Monster’s Music Monthly\, ” serving up e ither a new song or a new version of a classic online. Working out of Je remy’s home studio\, they parlayed this momentum into their latest LP. “ It had been almost seven years since our last album release\, but we wan ted to put the same energy of ‘Monster’s Music Monthly’ into a full-leng th\,” Todd notes. “We have a very distinct personality as a band. I writ e to the sensibilities of each member\, because they’re going to have to dig playing it. We’re a benevolent democracy. If one guy isn’t connecti ng with a certain song\, that song is out. As an uncomplicated rock band \, we like to do things that are ‘proper’ —loud guitars\, drums\, big ba ss\, and well-placed organ\, keys\, and lap steel. We road-tested every song on the record before recording a lick. All of that helped us dial i n the arrangements\, ditch tunes that didn’t work\, and grow a strong se nse of what our individual parts should be.” In this respect\, the singl e and title track “Her Way Out” packs a concentrated and catchy punch. A nchored by a steady beat\, the rough and tumble riff kicks up dust as so ulful vocals ignite an irresistible refrain\, “She found her way out\, h er way out—and it was me.” “It’s driven by the idea that relationships a re frail\,” he elaborates. “Sometimes\, they are something one wants fre edom from. A real-life circumstance drives this story. Something was sai d when a person had too much to drink. The relationship ended with words \, but the drinker could never know what he said and the woman refused t o tell him.” Ass-kicking guitar surges through “Thunderbird” as strains of organ coat a raucous refrain with a lyrical tip-of-the-hat to the Fra ncis Ford Coppola and George Lucas classic American Graffiti. He goes on \, “ ‘Thunderbird’ is a collection of one-liners from the film knit toge ther with a beat poet vibe. It has an AC/DC-like guitar riff and a cinem atic-style vocal. It’s all about drag racing and love never caught.” Els ewhere\, Big Head Todd and The Monsters nod to Annie Oakley with “Don’t Kill Me Tonight.” Then\, there’s “King Kong.” A hulking groove lumbers b eneath the frontman’s bluesy intonation as a piano solo bleeds into a sk yscraper-scaling guitar lead. “It’s inspired by a large movie poster in my basement of King Kong on top of the Empire State Building\,” Todd rev eals. “I’m drawn to these iconic contemporary heroes who are also monste rs. They are complicated because they destroy so much\, yet are sympathe tic to children and fall in love with human women. These ‘Titans’ \, as they are called\, are often monsters of our own making. It’s exciting to perform live.” In the end\, the future looks as bright as ever for thes e longtime friends. “We work very hard at being a great band\,” Todd lea ves off. “We’re also a group that cares for each other. We’ve been toget her for almost 40 years. Our audience has made it all possible\, and we’ re grateful and determined to keep playing.”\n\nTickets: https://www.tic ketmaster.com/big-head-todd-the-monsters-charleston-south-carolina-02-26 -2026/event/2D006304BD93282F\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/48a2a7 fe-8df0-42dc-9a6a-0066d7d10cc6 LOCATION:Charleston Music Hall\, Charleston\, SC URL:https://findlocal.community/event/48a2a7fe-8df0-42dc-9a6a-0066d7d10cc 6 STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR