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Squirrel Nut Zippers, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy revived big
band music for the '90s. BBVD concentrated on the swinging
days of the '40s and '50s, borrowing some of the Rat
Pack lingo in addition to the zoot suits. Formed in
Los Angeles in 1992, the group quickly built up a following
by playing regularly on the local lounge circuit, playing
to Gen-Xers enamored with the kitschy charm of the cocktail
nation. This burgeoning lounge scene was captured in
the hit 1996 indie comedy film Swingers, which featured
a song by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy on the soundtrack.
By the end of 1997, the band had self-released two albums
-- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Whatchu' Want for Christmas
-- which were local hits and led to a major-label contract
with Capitol Records. In February 1998, Capitol released
the group's major-label debut, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy,
which was not the same album the group had previously
released on their own. This Beautiful Life followed
a year later.
By the time the band came together for a follow-up,
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy had sold over three million albums,
performed at Super Bowl XXXIII with Stevie Wonder and
Gloria Estefan, and had their music used in over 60
film and TV trailers. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy were unstoppable.
Their fifth album Save My Soul was slated for a July
2003 release, five years after their Interscope debut. |
