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The Ginger Ninjas

Website link: 
http://www.gingerninjas.com

In 2007, the Ginger Ninjas became the first band in the history of rock
and roll to tour by bicycle, unsupported by automobile. On a 5000 mile
odyssey from their home in Northern California to the pyramids of
southern Mexico, they promoted transportation cycling while also
exploring the frontiers of pedal-generated electricity, using their own
bikes to power a hyper-efficient sound system. The audience took turns
getting on stage to pedal the bikes to make the sound, taking crowd
participation to a new level. Originally conceived as a one-time Read More »

DJ's Manny and Bigface

Website link: 
http://www.iscratchvinyl.com/

Austin-based mobile DJs Manny and Bigface worked with Rock The Bike to trick out their rickshaw with a 1000-watt sound system. They'd been DJing in clubs for years and wanted to take their act mobile so they could bring the beat to outdoor events.

 

SHAKE YOUR PEACE!

Website link: 
http://www.shakeyourpeace.com
Bicycle-music-touring since 2005, folk band SHAKE YOUR PEACE! continues to define and embody the values of the sustainable music community. With the rallying call of: "harmony onstage and harmony offstage," SHAKE YOUR PEACE! plays everywhere from green meadows to green festivals, red rock outcroppings to San Francisco music halls, and has gone on 4 bicycle-based music tours (no van support) hauling all their own gear and instruments (including a Rock The Bike human-power rig), and a walking tour, with more of both on the horizon.
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Antioquia

Website link: 
http://www.antioquia-band.net

This SF bay Area-based quartet of three men and a lady create music that dances from genre to genre as if there's no such thing.Their influences include Talking Heads, Primus and Grace Slick, and their sound has been called "AfroColombian Progress Rock." Peppered with fits of improvisation, bouts of silliness and crowd-rousing AfroColombian percussion pieces performed off stage, an Antioquia set is everything but predictable. That said, each show can be depended upon to bring the audience closer to the stage and closer together. Read More »

Cello Joe

Website link: 
http://www.cellojoe.com

There aren't very many singing, rapping, beatboxing, cello players in the world. You could probably count them on your fingers, if you knew any of them. But there's a particularly funny and funky curious one you should remember and he goes by the name of cellojoe.
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Fossil Fool, the Bike Rapper

Website link: 
http://www.fossilfool.com

Fossil Fool is a street performer based in San Francisco who uses his custom-made Soul Cycle party bikes as amplification and transportation.