Pimpbot

PIMPBOT

Live at Red Lion Waikiki, Honolulu, HI
Background information
Origin Waikiki
Genres Rock, Ska, Reggae
Years active 2001–2015
Labels Pass Out Records
Website http://pimpbotband.wixsite.com/pimpbotband
Members Fernando Pacheco
Tom Coleman
Rylan Yee
Eric Lagrimas
Cathy Lagrimas
Past members Joel Tokunaga
Shannon Ogura
Alex Nagata
Chris LaPan
Mike Lewis
Ray Farias
Nicolas Ramos
Christian Ramos
Jesse Tinker

PIMPBOT is a ska punk band from Honolulu. Formed in 2001, the band is currently composed of Fernando "The Love Machine" Pacheco (lead vocals, trombone, tuba), Tom "Tommy Utah" Coleman (guitar, vocals), Rylan "Big Sexy" Yee (bass guitar, keyboard), Eric "The Biz" Lagrimas (drums, recorder, tenor sax), and Cathy "Kat von Keys" Lagrimas (keyboard, trumpet, vocals) who are graduates of the University of Hawaii and Berklee College of Music. Past members include Joel Tokunaga (guitar), Shannon Ogura (bass), Alex Nagata (drums), Chris LaPan (backing vocals, drums), Mike Lewis (bass), Ray Farias (tenor sax), Nicolas Ramos (trumpet/backing vocals), Christian Ramos (keyboard) and Jesse Tinker (tenor sax).

Blending influences of reggae, dance-rock, hardcore punk, and rocksteady, the band is a local favorite, playing at many Honolulu venues. Pimpbot performed at the world famous Wave Waikiki at the closing celebration, headlined the grand opening of the stage at Kemo'o Farms, and the popular Sunset on the Beach event at Waikiki Beach. The band has also toured across the State of Hawaii, the U.S. mainland, Asia and Canada, including two appearances at indie music's prestigious South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. In their travels they have gained national and international acclaim and have shared the stage with Train, Orianthi, Third Eye Blind, Candlebox, Reel Big Fish, The Toasters, Less Than Jake, The Ataris, Warsaw, General Public featuring Dave Wakeling, The Aquabats, Save Ferris, Buck-O-Nine, Go Jimmy Go, The Aggrolites, The Skeletones, Skaladdin and the One Man Ska Band - Chris Murray.

Tours

Past Tours

Honorable Mentions

Pimpbot has been on the preliminary ballot twice for the Na Hoku Hanohano Awards, the Hawaii record industry's regional equivalent of the Grammy Awards. Pimpbot has also been a finalist in the Hawaii Music Awards, an awards program that was open to public voting world-wide, and which is no longer active.


Discography

References

  1. ↑ 9th Annual Hawaii Music Awards - Best of 2005
  2. ↑ from About Pimpbot section, retrieved January 23, 2008
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