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-based band. The group was originally formed in

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History

Justin Spencer formed Recycled Percussion in 1995 for a high school talent show. Spencer, looking to be more creative than using traditional instruments, took the idea of playing buckets, which was introduced to him in the subways of

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. Spencer then added more and more instruments to the show and expanded on the New York style of street percussion. Spencer specialized in using

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materials to build instruments. The band started to take off in 1999 when they were featured on the cover of ''

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''. Recycled Percussion began touring the country in 2001. The group continued to tour for 10 years until they made their debut on

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of the television show ''

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''. The group auditioned with over hundred acts and became the then-highest-placed non-singing act to ever compete in the series' history, finishing third. They lost this distinction when

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won season seven in 2012. Afterwards, they began to work with

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on a live version of "America's Got Talent". They spent three months performing at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas and one month performing the live show at MGM Grand Foxwoods in Connecticut. In 2010, the band sealed a deal with the MGM Grand in

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to have their own show. After runs of shows at the MGM,

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, they last moved the show to the Saxe Theater at

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on the Las Vegas Strip. Their interactive show features the audience being given drumsticks and other unique instruments, incorporating non-traditional items like power tools, ladders, buckets and trashcans. In 2017, the members of Recycled Percussion started ''Chaos & Kindness'', a television and web series where they give back to communities around New Hampshire and beyond in unique and entertaining ways. In one episode, they pay for

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for a friend of the band with

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, and in another they perform for twenty-four hours straight. The band also owns and operates a clothing line of the same name with several locations around New Hampshire, as well as running an annual toy drive for local children.Ali, Alissa
“Recycled Percussion hosts annual Chaos and Kindness Toy Drive”.
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Discography

;Studio Albums *Recycled Percussion in Manchester (1996) *Covers, Pt. 1: Icon Covers (1997) *Onhow (1998) *IV: The 4th Album (2001) *No Control in the Studio (2004) *Las Vegas: In the Inside (2006) *Recycled Percussion in Las Vegas (2006) *Metallium Metal (2009) *Lockout: Manchester (2011) *Lockout: Las Vegas (2011) *New Years Eve 1 (2014) *Them Boys Are Back in Town: Manchester (2016) *Them Boys Are Back in Town: Las Vegas (2016) *New Years Eve 2 (2019) *New Years Eve 3 (2020) *Greedy Bendy (2020) ;Extended plays *The Beginning: RP (1995) *Now ;Live albums *Live in Las Vegas! (2006) ;Compilation albums *Demos: Recycled Percussion (1995) *The Best of Recycled Percussion (2008) *The Collection: Recycled Percussion (2015) ;Video albums * Live in Las Vegas: DVD (2006)

Members

Justin Spencer - Lead Percussionist, Group Founder. "Mr. Red"
Ryan Vezina - Lead Percussionist, Body Percussion Specialist. "Mr. Blue"
Tony Zane - Dancer, Roller skater Jimmy Luv - Hypeman, Singer Davin Cox - Hypeman, Dancer

Former members

Greg Kassapis - Co-Founder - Percussionist
Aaron Fairhurst - Co-Founder - Percussionist
Zach & Ethan Holmes - Percussionists/Multi-instrumentalists - Introduced Musical Powertools, Flying Sparks, Ladders, and Beatbox to live show.
Loren "Butch" Valley - West Coast Hype-man, Front of House, Absolute Savage
Todd "DJ Pharoah" Griffin - DJ, Percussionist
Jim Magoon - Electronic Guitar player
Jerami Bellofatto - DJ
Matt Bowman - Guitar player, Percussionist, 80s Primal Screamer, Slinky Master. "Mr. Black"
Jason Davies - DJ, Percussionist, Dancer. "Mr. Green"

References

External links

Recycled Percussion Band Website
{{Authority control Musical groups from New Hampshire America's Got Talent contestants Percussion ensembles Musical groups established in 1995