Tommy Guerrero

Name	Tommy Guerrero
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born	September 09, 1966 San Francisco, California, USA
Instrument	Guitar
Genre	Latin House, Downtempo, Art rock, Alternative hip hop
Occupation	Composer, guitarist, skateboarder
Years active	1986–present
Associated acts	Free Beer, Jet Black Crayon, Quannum Projects
Url	www.tommyguerrero.com

Tommy Guerrero (born September 9, 1966 in San Francisco) is an American skateboarder and musician. As a teen, he was one of the prominent members of the Bones Brigade, Powell Peralta's professional skateboarding team that was successful during the 1980s. He was well known for his relaxed style of 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 decided to pursue his musical interests. 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)

Hoy Yen Ass'n (collaboration with former Jet Black Crayon member Gadget) (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 the Azuli Records' Late Night Tales / Another Late Night series in 2002, .

Lord Newborn and The Magic Skulls (collaboration with Money Mark and Shawn Lee)(2009).

Singles

Backintheday (1995)

Junk Collector (2001)

Rusty Gears Lonely Years / Organism (2001)

Gettin' It Together (2004)

References

External links

Trivial Biographical Facts

Web Page on Beggars Group

My Space page

Tommy Guerrero discography at Discogs

official Free Beer band website

Category:American rock guitarists Category:American skateboarders Category:Living people Guerro, Tommy Category:Quannum Projects artists Category:1966 births