PLOTZ! is “dazzling progressive-jazz Balkan music…a paradoxical delight and a brainiac party band…[an] in-house blend of strong musicianship and hints of visceral firepower along the way.” (Santa Barbara News-Press)

Formed in 2004, PLOTZ! has been a fixture in Southern California’s underground music scene, thrilling audiences with their explosive firebrand style for over a decade. “So where have they been all your life, anyway?  Like the Romany (Gypsy) people from whom much of their sonic stylings are borrowed, they’ve lived on the edges for…years, honing their self-professed 'electro-Balkan jam-rock' into a shit-hot beam of musical illumination that is as focused as it is wide-ranging.” (VC Reporter)

Boasting a lineup of some of the west coast’s most formidable musicians, the band's sound is wildly unique and totally compelling. With internationally acclaimed jazz horn players, the most creative metal guitarist on the planet, and a bass and drum duo steeped in pan-global folk traditions, rock, and blues, PLOTZ!'s infectious vibe has to be heard to be believed.  “The band relishes its in-house blend of strong musicianship and hints of visceral firepower along the way, with moments of improvisational abandon also lining the sound.” (Santa Barbara News-Press)

Thundering through the California underground, PLOTZ! remains one of the most exciting and eclectic blends of culture and music. “It’s a primal, boisterous experience that pledges allegiance with cultures the world over, citing the ancient Greeks and British Iceni people as influences as much as perhaps Coltrane and McLaughlin, finding equanimity among rock gods and gods made of actual rock.” (VC Reporter).

“In short, the PLOTZ! live experience is something to behold…super-tight pieces full of fast, serpentine unison lines and odd-metered grooves...precision met crazed energy, with intellectual carbonation in tow.” (Santa Barbara News-Press)

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