The Buzzhorn is an American hard rock

Hard rock

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 band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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. The band's lineup consisted of Bert Zweber (guitars), Ryan Mueller (vocals), Todd Joseph (bass), and Rob Bueno (drums). In 1997, the group began performing around the Milwaukee club circuit. In 1998, the group recorded its debut album, self-producing it on a very tight budget. The end result was "A Complete Package Of Action-Packed Tragedies". The record drew instant praise among local music critics and as well as the band's live show was excellent. In 2000, Buzzhorn self-released an EP. A label representative from Atlantic Records heard the band and signed them to a contract in January, 2001.

In 2002, Buzzhorn released its debut single Ordinary which was followed by Disconnected in July, 2002. It was produced by Howard Benson

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). The Buzzhorn's major label debut brought them great praise for bringing a fresh approach to the hard rock world, with quotes from Hit Parader

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magazine labeling The Buzzhorn as "the new hard rock rookies of the year" as well as a 4 star review from metal edge magazine. Unfortunately, the album never really kicked off because Atlantic chose to promote hard rock act Taproot

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 much harder. Though very poorly promoted and supported, the album has been estimated to have sold at least 10,000 copies. This is due almost directly to the popular video game Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2. Shortly after, the band split in 2003 after completing their contract with Atlantic Records

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The Buzzhorn has toured with Seether

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 as well as many other groups in support of Disconnected

Disconnected (The Buzzhorn album)

Disconnected , released in 2002, is the first album released by the band The Buzzhorn on a major label. "Ordinary" was the lead single from this album...

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Following the completion of the band's contract, Joseph moved to California where he was working on projects as well as producing acts. Zweber joined a local Milwaukee band called King Gun made up of former members of the Milwaukee hard rock act Big Dumb Dick. King Gun only released a three song demo in 2004. The lead singer of King Gun reformed Big Dumb Dick in early 2008 and has recruited Bert as their new guitarist replacing Paris Ortiz.

On 15 October 2011, it was announced on Facebook

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 that the band is currently reformatting and looking forward to reunite. The band had also reformed the line up consisting of 2 original members Ryan Mueller – vocals and Todd Joseph – bass. According to their announcement the band will start rehearsing and writing new songs on the 1st of November 2011.

Albums

Date of Release	Title	Label
1999	A Complete Package of Action-Packed Tragedies	Self-Released
2000	The Buzzhorn (EP)	Self-Released
August 6, 2002	Disconnected Disconnected (The Buzzhorn album) Disconnected , released in 2002, is the first album released by the band The Buzzhorn on a major label. "Ordinary" was the lead single from this album...	Atlantic Records Atlantic Records Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...  / WEA Warner Music Group Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...