“Vicious grooves!”, says the Jackson Hole Weekly, and this is no joke. Little Hercules formed seven years ago in the small Rocky Mountain railroad town of Minturn, Colorado. Little Hercules is recognized as one of the nation’s top unsigned original acts and is currently receiving global attention as their new release “Little Hercules” is being showcased at the popKOMM Festival in Berlin, Germany this Fall. An energetic touring schedule including throughout the United States, and a large catalog of original material, has brought Little Hercules attention from some or the music industry’s finest talent. Little Hercules’ original funk-rock and groove sound is unlike any other.

When Little Hercules is on stage their sonic expressions add to any top bill. Little Hercules has toured with Chicago’s Grammy nominee Liquid Soul five years straight. The vibe of Little Hercules’ Funk could not be denied when Leo Nocentelli, founding member of the legendary Meters, and Life Time Achievement Grammy winner, asked the band to back him for a 2002 tour and again in 2004, during Jazz Fest in his hometown of New Orleans, LA. The respect continues to grow for Little Hercules. In 2004 alone Little Hercules has performed the Greyboy All-Stars, Soulive, The Radiators, Leo Nocentelli, Bo Diddley, Stockholm Syndrome, PNut Daniels and Liquid Soul. Years of hard work and new musical friendships culminated in 2003 when June Yamagishi, of Papa Grows Funk, the original Liquid Soul horn section, Leo Nocentelli and DJ AJAX all recorded with Little Hercules on their self titled CD “Little Hercules”, released July 2003. “People are excited to see Little Hercules play because of their strong reputation throughout the Rocky Mountain”, says Knotty Pine owner Brice Nelson. Invitations to club dates during the New Orleans Jazz Fest has helped generate both an underground buzz on the band but has also exposed to the band to many musicians who have taken an interest in Little Hercules for future projects. The legendary Bo Diddley says, “everyone in Little Hercules can be heard, this is an important factor in a great band. A bright future is waiting for Little Hercules.”

Little Hercules’ unique blend of highly original music, new music and fresh sounds makes it possible for the band to fit any top bill. Little Hercules will keep you on the dance floor, keep you rock’in and leave you wanting more. Little Hercules has shared the stage with musical power houses Spearhead, Papa Grows Funk, Rebirth Brass Band, Spearhead, The Houseman from Galactic, Porter/Batiste/Stolz, Zigaboo Modeliste, The Itals, G. Love, Cecil “Pnut” Daniels, The Radiators, Greyboy All-stars, The Wild Magnolias, Stockholm Syndrome, Bo Diddley, and Soulive to name a few.

Little Hercules grabs the listener with a hearty elixir of driving rhythm and self-defined “greasy grooves”. As “sonic crusaders on the frontiers of timeless hard driving funk rock”, Little Hercules performs smok’in original music with a simple message: let the groove grow from the inside out. Jeff Armistead, Keyboard/samples/loops/ vocals, Detroit’s finest brings beefy sonic strength to the band’s cosmic Funk Cristian Basso, Bassist/ vocal, provides the subterranean greasy groove that lays the foundation for the group unique sound.Roy Burki, Drummer/beats/rap, fresh in Europe and now USA, Roy’s rhythm and hip-hop skills expand the nasty Herc FunkScott Kabel, guitarist and lead vocals, provides ripping guitar in addition to vocals that are fresh and bold, alternating between free-style energy and sultry harmonizing.