- Tommy Guerrero
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Tommy Guerrero
Img_capt =Soul Food Taqueria album sleeve designed by ESPO
Background = former_skateboarder
Birth_name =
Born = birth date|1966|9|9San Francisco, California , USA
Died =
Instrument =Guitar
Genre =Latin House , Downtempo,Art rock ,Alternative hip hop
Occupation =Composer ,guitarist , former skateboarder
Years_active = 1986–present
Associated_acts = Free Beer, Jet Black Crayon,Quannum Projects
URL = [http://www.tommyguerrero.com/ www.tommyguerrero.com] As a teen, Tommy Guerrero (born September 9, 1966 inSan Francisco ) was one of the prominent members of theBones Brigade ,Powell Peralta 's professionalskateboarding team that dominated the 1980s. He was well known for his seemingly effortless street skating in his hometown ofSan 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 andJim 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 groupJet 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, andjazz .Guerrero also had numerous unrelased songs appear on the video game
skate. byEA .Albums
*"Loose Grooves & Bastard Blues" (1998)
*"A Little Bit Of Somethin"' (2000)
*"Soul Food Taqueria " (2003)
*"Year of the Monkey - EP" (2005)
*"From The Soil To The Soul" (2006)
*"Return of the Bastard" (2008)
*Guerrero also compiled and mixed a DJ mix album for theAzuli Records ' Late Night Tales / Another Late Night series in 2002, "".ingles
*Backintheday (1995)
*Junk Collector (2001)
*Rusty Gears Lonely Years / Organism (2001)
*Gettin' It Together (2004)External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0346265/bio Trivial Biographical Facts]
* [http://www.beggarsgroupusa.com/tommyguerrero/ Web Page on Beggars Group]
* [http://www.myspace.com/tommyguerrero My Space page]
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