Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit

Col. Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit
October 2004
Background information
Origin	Atlanta, Georgia United States
Genres	jazz fusion[1]
Years active	1988–1997, 2004–2007, 2015
Labels	Capricorn, Evil Teen Records, Velvet Dwarf Records, Inio Music
Spinoffs	Frogwings Jazz Is Dead Surrender to the Air
Spinoff of	Hampton Grease Band The Late Bronze Age
Past members	Col. Bruce Hampton Jimmy Herring Oteil Burbridge Jeff Sipe Matt Slocum Jeff Mosier Charlie Leavell Chuck Williams Count M'Butu Matt Mundy Kofi Burbridge "Little John" Roberts Paul Henson Lee Venters
Website	Official Website

Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit was a jazz fusion group founded by Col. Bruce Hampton.^[1] The band gained popularity in the Atlanta club scene in the early 1990s and went on to tour with the first H.O.R.D.E. Tour. During their formative years, the band was composed of Bruce Hampton, Oteil Burbridge, Jimmy Herring, Jeff Sipe, Matt Mundy, and Count M'Butu. Jeff Mosier and Charlie Williams were members of the band during the early years, but left to pursue other endeavors. Although the band was never commercially successful, their combination of bluegrass, rock, Latin, blues, jazz, funk, and impeccable chops became a template for future bands^{[according to whom?]}.