"...There was a TV commercial a couple of years ago for Guinness in which a huge breaking wave showed white horses trying to leap out of the whitewater. Fully-Loaded is not dissimilar. It's like an avalanche roaring menacingly down the slope, and if you look closely enough, if you dare that is, you can make out each member of the six-man band as first one creeps in front with an intense solo and then another pushes past with their own musical twist. The music of Fully-Loaded will likely hit you harder than any avalanche. A potent mix of funk, jazz and jam all brewed into a heady, night-long cocktail of dancing and grooving that is sure to leave you more deranged than any case of cheap beer and shoddy bourbon-cokes...
The line up for Fully-Loaded reads like a roll-call for people who have had way more sex, drugs and rock and roll (a.k.a. FUN) than you but don't mind spreading a little of the love. Featuring members from Frequinox, 20th Congress, Black Eyed Peas, Greyboy Allstars, Lettuce, Garaj Mahal and Maktub, the show tonight at 8150 prompted an emergency meeting at ski patrol headquarters discussing whether to employ drastic, protective measure to ensure the imminent fireball from the band doesn't melt too much of the base away...." Vail Daily News 3/16/06*****************************************************
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'FULLY-LOADED' is a Greasy Soul Funk all star band which features what are considered some of the hottest musicians on the Jam-Jazz-Funk scene today. This band was brought together by Cochemea Gastelum and Boom Boom Room (S.F.) for its first manifestation as a group in October 2005 for Boom Boom Room Presents Katrina Benefit Festival ("Frequinox Music Festival"). It is an evolved creation drawing its members and origin from the band 'MOTHERLODE' which had originally began in the mid nineties as part of a D.J. night at the original Casbah in San Diego.******************************************************
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'FULLY-LOADED' has quickly surfaced and made a huge splash with an ever escalating 'buzz' surrounding their recent shows in SF. They are necessarily the band to see if you are a fan of solid groove music and electric Funk Rhythms that don't stop comin' at ya! Without hesitation in dropping into its eclectic mix of fiery tunes by legendary forefathers of Funk and Soul-Jazz such as Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jimmy Smith and David Fathead Newman, 'FULLY-LOADED' absolutely took the crowd by its ears and propelled these elated revelers into an awe induced trance that brought the entire audience of over 600 revelers to its feet in a dance frenzy that lasted the entire show! To say that this band "nailed it" is a massive understatement of accolades.**************************************************
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Blending Soul-Jazz, Funk and Afro-Beat with Rock and Fused with an endless onslaught of perfectly placed solos which the band trades effortlessly from one outstanding body-moving groove to the next, FULLY-LOADED has already earned top marks with the S.F. music community and has launched itself into the realm of the modern greats of these genre-blending bands such as GALACTIC, GREYBOY ALLSTARS and OZOMATLI.***********************************************************
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Collectively this band of musicians is a wonder to see and should you be so lucky to do so, it is adamantly advised that you catch this band now: As they are on a fast track upwards towards stardom. "This is an Old-school Funky-Ass All-Pro Groovin' Unit together as 'FULLY-LOADED' throwin' it down in the pocket so tight: you can't even begin to fathom what energy they emit from the stage with their music but you certainly dare not miss it."********************************************************
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