Tommy Guerrero
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Tommy Guerrero (°1966) is an American composer and musician known for albums such as Soul Food Taqueria (2003).
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Overview
Born in San Francisco, he was one of the prominent members of the Bones Brigade, Powell Peralta's professional skateboarding team that dominated the 1980s. He was well known for his seemingly effortless street skating in his hometown of San Francisco, which was depicted in most of the Brigade's videos (Future Primitive, The Search for Animal Chin, Public Domain, and Ban This). After riding for Powell Peralta, Guerrero and Jim Thiebaud (a hometown friend and PP teammate) started the skateboarding company "Real".
After his success in the world of skateboarding, he moved on to his second passion - music. Guerrero was a member of the skate rock band Free Beer and the experimental group Jet Black Crayon, but has had more success as a solo artist. His critically acclaimed albums, EPs, and singles combine various types of music from rock, rap, funk, soul, and jazz. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine named Guerrero's third studio album, Soul Food Taqueria (2003), #2 on its 2003 "best of list".
Guerrero also had numerous unreleased songs appear on the video game skate. by EA.
Discography
Albums
- Loose Grooves & Bastard Blues (1998)
- A Little Bit Of Somethin' (2000)
- Soul Food Taqueria (2003)
- From The Soil To The Soul (2006)
- Return of the Bastard (2008)
- Lifeboats & Follies (2011)
- No Man's Land (2012) - released in Japan
- The Composer Series – Vol. 4 (2xCD) (Unknown)
- Perpetual (2015) - Digital release
- Road to Knowhere (2018)
Singles
- Backintheday (1995)
- Junk Collector (2001)
- Rusty Gears Lonely Years / Organism (2001)
- Gettin' It Together (2004)
EP
- backintheDay+fotraque 7inch (2002)
- Year of the Monkey - EP (2005)
Concept Album
- Living Dirt (2010)
Collaborations
- Hoy Yen Ass'n (collaboration with former Jet Black Crayon member Gadget) (2000)
- Guerrero y Gonzales – (What It Isn't) (collaboration with Mark Gonzales, released in Japan) (2001)
- Guerrero also compiled and mixed a DJ mix album for the Azuli Records' Late Night Tales / Another Late Night series in 2002, Another Late Night: Tommy Guerrero.
- BLKTOP PROJECT - Blktop Project (collaboration with Ray Barbee, Matt Rodriguez, Doug Scharin and Chuck Treece) (2007)
- Lord Newborn and The Magic Skulls (collaboration with Money Mark and Shawn Lee)(2009).
- BLKTOP PROJECT - Lane Change (collaboration with Ray Barbee, Matt Rodriguez, Doug Scharin and Chuck Treece) (2009)
- BLKTOP PROJECT - Concrete Jungle (2016)
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