BOBBYZIO MOORE BIO
Bobbızio Moore 1978 Born Robert Eldon Arthur Moore in Minneapolis Minnesota. 

Bobby collaborated with his brother (Freddy) on hundreds of stage, screen and studio projects over the first 30 years of his life.



Nu Kats on stage: Bobbyzio and Freddy.

Bobby has had much success on his own, including 'The Robert Moore Group', 'Bittersweet'and later leading 'Bobbızio'.

 
Bobby has two PLATINUM albums.

Bobby was given the moniker 'Bobbızio' when Drummer Allen J Galles formed the habit of yelling 'Bobbızio Bobbızio' every time Bobby was about to take a sax solo. Al told us he was impersonating the way James Brown used to call out 'Maceo' whenever Bobby Maceo was about to solo!

Rhino Records President Harold Bronson wrote: Multi-instrumentalist Bobbızio Moore has a character for each instrument he plays. He can be dangerous. At any given moment his eyes will glaze, and he'll froth in an unrelenting barrage of self-effacing jokes in the manner of Rodney Dangerfield. One of the band's strongest attributes, he says is "We have the ability for looking interesting even during the boring moments."

Bobbızio's sax, guitar, keyboards, percussion, vocals and arranging skills can be heard on any records by: The Kats, The Nu Kats and Boy (Next Door) Bobbızio's sax also graces the BoDeans' 'When The Love Is Good' on their 'Home' CD.  


Some songs written/co-written by Bobbyzio

Click Here to Hear Bobbyzio:
 
Job, Car, Family or Wife . Summer 1992
Tim Greydon : Guitar & bk vocals.
Chuck Knapp : Drums, Engineer, & Producer.
Bobbızio Moore: Bass, lead vocal, songwriter.

Click Here to Hear Bobbyzio:
 
Nobody Gets To Me Like You March 1990
Pete McRae : Guitar & Producer
Jamie Hunting: Bass
John Nyman: Drums
Bobbızio Moore: Vocal, Saxophone, Songwriter

Click Here to Hear BFM Bobbızio & Freddy Moore :
 
Minimal Mind 1983
Composed by: Bobbızio Moore,
Freddy Moore , Loni Specter , and Mark 'Sharkey' McEwen
John Nyman : Drums
Bobbızio Moore: Saxophones, Keyboards, Vocals
Freddy Moore: Vocals, Guitars, Bass

Click Here to Hear BFM Bobbızio & Freddy Moore :
 
Show You How 1983
Composed by: Bobbızio Moore,
Freddy Moore , Loni Specter , Monica Lustgarten, and Mark 'Sharkey' McEwen
John Nyman : Drums
Bobbızio Moore: Saxophones, Keyboards, Vocals
Freddy Moore: Vocals, Guitars, Bass

Click Here to Hear BFM Bobbızio & Freddy Moore :
 
So Long To The Sunshine 1983
Music by: Bobbızio Moore. Lyrics by:
Freddy Moore
Kevin Newton : Lead Vocal
Bobbızio Moore: Saxophones, Keyboards, Vocals
Freddy Moore: Vocals, Guitars, Bass

Click Here to Hear BFM Bobbızio & Freddy Moore :
 
Tattoo 1983
Composed by: Bobbızio Moore,
Freddy Moore , Loni Specter , and Mark 'Sharkey' McEwen
John Nyman : Drums
Bobbızio Moore: Saxophones, Keyboards, Vocals
Freddy Moore: Vocals, Guitars, Bass

Click Here to Hear BFM Bobbızio & Freddy Moore :
 
Waltzing Thru Life 1983
Composed by: Bobbızio Moore,
Freddy Moore , Loni Specter , and Mark 'Sharkey' McEwen
John Nyman : Drums
Bobbızio Moore: Saxophones, Keyboards, Vocals
Freddy Moore: Vocals, Guitars, Bass

Click Here to Hear The Nu Kats:
 
Matter Of Interest 1980
Composed by: Bobbızio Moore
Al Galles
: Drums, Vocals
Dennis Peters: Bass, Vocals
Bobbızio Moore: Lead Guitar
Freddy Moore: Lead Vocal, Guitar

Click Here to Hear The Kats:
 
Too Young 1980
Composed by: Bobbızio Moore &  Freddy Moore

Al Galles
: Drums, Vocals
Pete McRae: Lead Guitar
Dennis Peters: Bass, Vocals
Bobbızio Moore: Guitar
Freddy Moore: Lead Vocal

Click Here to Hear Nu Kats:
 
Ooh Love 1981
Composed by: Bobbızio Moore
Al Galles
: Drums, Vocals
Dennis Peters: Bass, Vocals
Bobbızio Moore: Saxophone
Freddy Moore: Lead Vocal, Guitar

Click Here to Hear Nu Kats:
 
She Loves Me 1981
Composed by: Bobbızio Moore
Al Galles
: Drums, Vocals
Dennis Peters: Bass, Vocals
Bobbızio Moore: Guitar
Freddy Moore: Lead Vocal, Guitar

Click Here to The Robert Moore Group:
 
No Driving On Sunday 1974
Composed by: Robert Moore, Denny Craswell, Peter Dzubay


Band History

Bobbyzio (the band) Bobbyzio, McRae, Nyman, Hunting, Grayden, Knapp  late 1980s
BFMBobbyzio and Freddy Moore, (Peterson, Nyman, Boone, Lustgarten-Moore, Dogherty)  Jul 1983-Aug 1984
Boy (v2) Bobbyzio and Freddy Moore, Peterson, McEwen, Nyman, (Boone, Cowan) Sep 1981-Jun 1983
Boy (v1) Bobbyzio and Freddy Moore, Srb, McEwen, Nyman Jul 1981-Sep 1981
Nu Kats Bobbyzio and Freddy Moore, Peterson, Galles  Mar 1980-Mar 1981
The Kats (v3) Bobbyzio and Freddy Moore, Peterson, Galles, McRae

Jun 1978-Mar 1980

The Kats (v2) Bobbyzio and Freddy Moore, Peterson, Galles, Dunn, Charles,  (Brenner)  Feb 1978-Jun 1978
The Kats (v1) Bobbyzio and Freddy Moore, Peterson, Galles, Goldstein, (Brenner) Jul 1977-Feb-1978
The Skogie Band Bobbyzio and Freddy Moore, Peterson, Galles, Goldstein, (Brenner) Aug 1976-Jul 1977
SkogieMoore, Peterson, Galles, Goldstein, (Winger, Christianson, Brenner, Bobbyzio) Nov 1974-Aug 1976
The Robert Moore Group Bobbyzio Moore, Craswell/Bobby Z, Greg and Peter Dzubay, others Sep 1973-Nov 1974
Bittersweet Bobbyzio Moore, Greg and Peter Dzubay, Jeff Griffen, Paul Manske Oct 1970-Nov 1973
Skogie & The Flaming Pachucos (v2) Freddy Moore, Rogers, Goldstein,  Gasterland, Kubera, (Brenner, Bobbyzio Moore)  Sep 1970-Apr 1971
Moore and Young Bobbyzio Moore, Bob Young, others Dec 1968-Oct 1969

For more on Bobbızio Moore see:
PhotoArchive, Press Archive and AudioArchive


Some of Bobbyzio's Press Clips:

BAM - California's Music Magazine:
Freddy Moore's bristle-headed brother Bobbyzio "Easy Beezy" Moore, whose pigeon-toed antics defy his ability to play sax and guitar.

..."Bobbyzio used to be our roadie. Until one night he rolled the truck with all the equipment in it. After that, he joined the band as a full-time member."

..."We've got tickets booked up to the Golden Gate bridge in February if nothing happens." suggests Bobbyzio, ever one for drastic solutions.
 
LA Weekly:
The Kats are a rock band with musical cleverness and humor permeating their every move. Freddy's robust sense of theatrics is complimented by his brother Bobbyzio 's unbridled passion on saxophone; it's as though they perform for each other as they might have when they were kids in their bedroom, egging each other on with energetic abandon.
 
Los Angeles Herald Examiner:
...the raucous wails of two guitars and the saxophone of Bobbyzio Moore, who with his spiky-kooky hair and herky-jerky stage moves complements Freddy Moore to an appallingly fitting degree (as a friend remarked, is it possible that both of these boys issued from the same poor mother?).
 
The Reader:
Nu Kats...for sheer ear titillation, there's Moore's voice and brother Bobbyzio's sax as mainstays of the sound.
 
Daily Titan:
His younger brother, Bobbyzio Moore, on guitar and sax complements Freddy with his own moves (only, with a sax in his mouth…if you can believe it). It's easy to tell who the brothers are. Bobbyzio has the scratchy sax and Freddy has the scratchy voice. Dennis Peters on bass and Allen Galles on drums round out the quartet, whose music has been likened by one critic to a "collision between the Dickies and Cheap Trick." "We've been called everything," Bobbyzio Moore says. "We've been called punk rock, power pop, R&B-oriented, new wave … even jazz rock because of my sax."
 
Music Connection:
Musicianship: If this night was standard indication, the Nu Kats are one of the tightest local units around. Bobbyzio Moore is the resident jack-of-all-trades, hopping from guitar to keyboards to sax with equal facility, injectiong the tunes with kinetic vitality.
 
Daily Variety:
"Heart Of Steel ," elevated by a spunky sax line from Moore's brother, Bobbyzio, were riveting. There's abundant energy and enough sass, to make the group a solid attraction. Bobbyzio Moore also fulfilled a veteran rock observer's long held fantasy, by landing flat on the seat of his pants after a classic rocker leap into the air.
 
Music Connection:
Moore and his brother Bobbyzio, who was an absolute terror on the sax, were the visual stars of the show.
 
LA Weekly:
The Kats play strikingly original, danceable music with melodic new wave undertones and a dynamite rock and roll saxophone.
 
The New Rocker:
"Musically, we've decided who does what best/ Bobby (Bobbyzio Moore, Freddy's Brother) plays saxophone, but he basically started as a guitarist and a bass player. He plays keyboards and all these things, but we decided to concentrate on his sax because he can get a really nice sax sound, and he can do a lot of theatrics on sax.
 
Insider Magazine:
The lighting effects are especially impressive thanks to Bobby Moore (formerly of The Robert Moore Group of "No Driving on Sunday" fame), who also adds his wailing sax to "Heat Wave" and "True Fine Mama."

HISTORICAL TRIVIA: When Bobby was 15 years old he and Freddy recorded, edited, dupilcated, packaged and distributed Bobby's solo album: "Some people call it noise...I call it music!"


Bobbyzio & Freddy post gig.
 
 
 
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